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Hi All, I've been shedding a bunch of hardware and in general downsizing - I plan on sailing away for 5 years... But, I have kept a few things and have a need/desire for a Tascam M-1B manual (service or operators or both) Pointers to the right place would be welcome.

I'm not using my Ampex atr-100s much now. I'm torn between keeping them and selling them. Both are halftrack machines, one is 1/4" the other is 1/2". They are both functional and appear to have been atr-104 once upon a time. They could be used as-is or sent off to ATR Services. I'm really torn...

I'm cleaning out the garage and listed some 1" tape on the adds section. Some 499, 456 and precision reels with likely sticky 996 on them. The precision reels are outstanding for those who have never used them...

Hi All, I'm cleaning out the garage (em, studio) bit by bit. I have some 1" tape that I want to move. 2 reels of Ampex 456 2 reels of ampex/quantegy 499 5 reels of Scotch 996 on precision reels 1 precision reel without tape. All are 1", the 996 is likely sticky so the value is in the reels...

Now that my M520 is gone I have a M512 that took one too many bumps in shipping. Should I just sell it as is or part it out. It is a shame to part it but if the parts make some others M512/520 whole it would be good. Regards, ethan

It has been a long time since I've done anything audio. Real Life caught up with me and kept me away.... My daughter plays violin for her high school orchestra and was given homework of playing a 20 second piece. The piece needed to be recorded and emailed to the teacher. Options for recording...

Its time to do a little garage cleaning.... I thought to offer them here before putting them on eBay. 1" tape (1" new ATR tape goes for $164 ouch!): 1 reel 1" GP9 $95 currently on 499 hub in Scotch plastic shipping box 2 reel 1" 499 $75 1 reel 1" 456 $50 1998 date code 1 reel 1" 456 $40 1989...

I'm downsizing some of the hardware that I have got. One of the first to go is my Tascam M520 Mixer. In good working and cosmetic shape. The question is what to expect for it. Located in the Portland area. Regards, Ethan

I'm selling my M312B mixer and just put it on eBay. Just an alert if you are interested in one. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110607519818&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT --Ethan

I was given 2 Teac RA41 stereo amps. This is an echo from the past. These were the electronics that were used with a 4010 (I think) transport in the late '60s. THey are in super shape. I was thinking of gutting them and putting some mic preamps in them. But who knows.... Regards, Ethan

I've got a few things in the fire but this weekend I needed to just focus on something else. At the moment I'm out of lapping film so no more heads for a while. Anyway to come to the point I had these 3 headstacks sitting arouund waiting for me to get to them to relap. Two from 388's and 1...

I've been replacing the relays in the 58 and discovered that I do not have enough metal covers for the relays. I like to put them in as that they give a little noise immunity when the relays switch. I'm at work right now and think that I need 6 or perhaps 8. So if you have any dead channel...

It is time to re-lap a few MCI headstacks. One is Mine and the other belongs to Jortiz. I like to get some practice in before risking an otherwise good head. I have a MCI headstack or two floating around so I have started with the most wornout one. Here is a scan of the Rec and PB heads. The...

I've managed to find enough parts to start working on the #2 Ampex ATR-100 parts machine. No photos yet.... I've spent the day working on this deck and thought to give a running monolog of the debug process. The deck came missing a number of boards which I was able to get from eBay. The big...

Odd how you come to find a local store that sells tape. Here in Portland I can recommend SuperDigital (1150 NW 17th) www.superdigital.com The story goes like this: I was looking to see if MRL would give a qty discount on MRL tapes. Turns out that they do not and they suggested that I contact...

I've got some Quantegy/Ampex 1" 499 tape for sell on eBay if anyone is interested. This is true 1 pass tape which was used for track a band then set on the shelf after mastering. Very fine and in great shape. Ampex...

I think about all that 2" tape going for not too much and I think "Gee, I should be able to slit that down the middle to get 2, 1" then slit again to get 4, 1/2" reels". Anybody have any thought or experience? --Ethan

I picked up a 1/2" 2 track headblock for my ATR104 1/2" 4 track. After some days of fixing and testing and in general learning the ATR I've done the first calibration on it with the 1/2" 2 track heads. There was the odd moment where when going by the book I could not get it to overbias 499...

Hi All, I should be getting a pair of APEX 205 ribbons for Christmas. With that in mind I have some Lundhal transformers coming in the mail and plan on doing the well documented transformer upgrade as well as the pull the wind screens off mod which is also well documented. However, ribbon...

I'm setting my 38 up for a remote tracking session of a friend. He plays classical guitar and Jazz. On this roll around is a Tascam 38, a Presonus M80 with Jensen transformers and opamps upgraded to opa627 and a Tascam M1B. The M1B allows him to hear the other tracks as he adds in each part...