10,000 hrs on heads ? Yeah, I'd say that it has "some" wear! LOL!!

[cjacek]

Check out this TASCAM 38 auction. Too funny!

"The Recorder is fully operable and the heads were showing some wear in the 10,000 range."

http://cgi.ebay.com/TASCAM-38-8-Trac...em140059642481

If it's a misprint, then isn't it nice to see someone take such care in describing a complex electronics item like that, especially one with no photo added ?

Makes you want to place a bit, don't it ?

[Beck]

Scary...

[A Reel Person]

I read this as [para] 'head wear that's noticeably affecting the 10kHz range',... not 10,000 hours. That's just me, though. Chatsworth's close. If I had the desire or interest I'd check it out, but I don't.

[cjacek]

Originally Posted by A Reel Person

I read this as [para] 'head wear that's noticeably affecting the 10kHz range',... not 10,000 hours.

I think you're right. It could be, but isn't it a hell of a way to put it ? If the seller just wrote straight up, as you did, then I certainly would have not wasted bandwidth on this. Still, it goes to show, even if he meant 10khz, that one deals with numerous personalities on eBay and it's a maze sometimes ... Ahh .. forget it... I'm out!

[The Ghost of FM]

I read the guys blurb and I'm leaning toward him indicating that the deck's got 10,000 hours of use.

Bottom line; they'll need a re-lapping and fresh calibration plus the work needed on the brakes. Throw in fresh rubber parts and the perspective buyer is looking at about a 500 dollar repair bill or more. At that price, this machine might be better as a parts deck for the $100 bucks it's currently priced at in the auction. For 100 bucks, it's a decent deal.

Cheers!

[Slowrider]

I thought he meant ten thousandths inch. ".0001". wear. Or maybe .0002". Actually, .0002" wear is quite alot. But not as bad as .5000"!

[cjacek]

By way of this guy's puzzling auction description, anyone of us could be right.

[_DK]

Originally Posted by A Reel Person

I read this as [para] 'head wear that's noticeably affecting the 10kHz range',... not 10,000 hours. That's just me, though. Chatsworth's close. If I had the desire or interest I'd check it out, but I don't.

Same here.
That's what he meant, obviously!

[Beck]

He reluctantly sent me a picture of the record head... whatever else he was trying to say, as you can see it looks pretty ugly. This is magnified x10 so be advised.

[cjacek]

OMG! AGHHHH!!!

[Beck]

Originally Posted by cjacek

OMG! AGHHHH!!!

Do tell! and to think this is the condition before shipping even...

Is that a fixer-upper or what?