Loved the MSR-16
I have nothing constructive to add to this thread (other than the fact that it would be worthwhile contacting Tascam as they're pretty good for parts)....but I just had to say that one of my best memories from 1993 was helping a friend do some recording on an MSR-16 at Radio One, Dunedin (New Zealand).
Lovely recorder, and the headroom was amazing at 15ips with dbx.
The studio time was only NZ$100 per night from 6pm to 7am, and it was just after final exams at Otago University, so we did about 7 all-nighters in a row. Great fun for a then-21 year old!
The problem was that I had to return to Invercargill before the mixing. When I heard the final product, mixed by some 'pros' (who turned out to have no idea of recording, only live sound) it was nothing like what I 'heard' while I was recording the tracks. Very disappointing. Would love to have re-mixed the whole thing, but have just never had the chance and now I have no idea if the master tapes are still in existence.
Anyway that's my off-topic rave.....hope it doesn't offend!
Cya
Andrew