famous beagle
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So I've been restoring an Akai X-150D stereo reel to reel, and I'm having a strange issue.
When I record and listen back through the headphone jack, it sounds great. But when I listen through the line outputs with speakers, the pitch sounds wobbly --- as if it's an out-of-round pinch roller or something. I know that the pinch roller could stand to be replaced, because it's showing its age, but that wouldn't explain why the playback sounds fine through the headphones.
Has anyone experienced anything like this? Some type of electrical issue (I assume) that sounds like wobbly playback?
When I record and listen back through the headphone jack, it sounds great. But when I listen through the line outputs with speakers, the pitch sounds wobbly --- as if it's an out-of-round pinch roller or something. I know that the pinch roller could stand to be replaced, because it's showing its age, but that wouldn't explain why the playback sounds fine through the headphones.
Has anyone experienced anything like this? Some type of electrical issue (I assume) that sounds like wobbly playback?