Harry Spring
New member
Hi, I am a newbie to this forum and have recently acquired several rtr machines. A few of them are three motor (Akai/Roberts) and I've noticed a general problem with slow rewind, especially when getting towards the end of the spool (7"). This is particularily annoying. I've sort of bypassed this problem by removing the tape from the normal path past the heads, tensioners, posts, tape lifters, and just run between the two reels. I remember years ago when I had a home model Ampex F4460 that DID NOT have tape lifters, it was recommended to rewind or fast forward tape in this manner to save wear on the heads. Anyone have any comments on this? I am thinking that the Akai/Roberts machines probably need replacement motor capacitors to increase the torque thru the motors. I have a couple of 1mfd motor caps and think I will try one of them to see if this helps. Now am also wondering if there is any problem with too much capacitance for the motors caps?? In other words, I would just parallel the 1mfd cap with whatever is already there. Thanks for any help. Am awaiting an A77 Revox to see how it measures up to the Akais and a Pioneer RT707.