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sweetbeats replied to the thread Tascam 34 - meters doing strange things.Do you have the service manual? It has pictures that show you were the major assemblies are, and how to access them, and all the pinouts... -
sweetbeats replied to the thread Tascam 34 - meters doing strange things.Yeah that’s normal and tells you the meter motors, the coils and amplifiers, are working. You just, as you know, have no audio signal.
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sweetbeats replied to the thread Tascam 34 - meters doing strange things.Sounds like everything audio is out. IIRC the headphone amp has a separate power supply from the main +/-25V audio power rails. Step 1...
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sweetbeats replied to the thread Ampex 440C 1" 8trk Capstan motor.I do understand and appreciate the “completist” syndrome. Which gap are saying was larger on the B? Sync or reproduce head? And...
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All great interesting points, especially the MM1200 freq response. Oh, sorry yes MM1100/1200 16trk:oops:, speed typing is not my strong...
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sweetbeats replied to the thread Ampex 440C 1" 8trk Capstan motor.When you say “MM100” do you mean MM-1100? The MM-1100 is relatively solid once it’s had the all the field updates implemented, which, in...
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sweetbeats replied to the thread Tascam M520 Story....We just gotta figure out why it keeps blowing fuses.
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My M-520 levels all check out according to the manual and it's completely aligned with my MS-16 now, ready to start recording again.
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sweetbeats replied to the thread Ampex 440C 1" 8trk Capstan motor.I can relate to multi-year projects!! :D
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sweetbeats replied to the thread Ampex 440C 1" 8trk Capstan motor.You’d have to correspond with John French regarding what’s actually available. I’m not sure how up-to-date the website is. He and I...
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sweetbeats replied to the thread Ampex 440C 1" 8trk Capstan motor.I really don’t think so…Flux was the last one I know of making new heads but I believe Greg retired. So anything out there would have to...
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Yes John was nice, he did a set of 1/2" 4trk for me as well way back. So I replaced all the caps throughout the unit cards, power...
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sweetbeats replied to the thread Ampex 440C 1" 8trk Capstan motor.That’s great. Not that there aren’t others capable of doing the work, but John and his wife are great people and JRF is my preferred...
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JRF did the relap.
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That's cool, I did not know that. I did have them re-lapped. I think they said on the chart it has 38% life left on the heads.
