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Thanks for the input ( even if 5 years on). Coincidentally I am currently going thru all my gear and started to address these again. I found a Nortronics AT200 cassette alignment tape which has test tones on it so i have some verifiable reference to try to set the speed on these. I will try the...

I shot deoxit around the button and it frees up a bit. Really it was not just sticking down but also very sluggish coming back up like it was fighting something sticky. I’m going to keep working it . In fact all the controls need a shot and some working to clear them up. That may be part of the...

I am on a quest to get all the gear I've got in hibernation to either be fully functional and used or get rid of it. I dont know about other list members but I have come to a late life realization that 1) I have too much stuff and 2) I have diminishing patience to keep fixing and maintaining...

My "quarantine" home office is in the same room all of my gear is set up in and where the storage closets are. My big project was to empty the closets and not put anything back in. Been about 50% successful and a bunch of stuff went to new EBAY and Craigslist homes. 2021 = round 2 and hopefully...

I have a dbx 3BX for an expander...probably one of more my over-used processors. I like what it provides to many of my older recordings. The 119....not so much. I just wasn't getting anything i liked from it. I am sure it has its place......

Played with this some more today. Just didnt get into what it was doing. Some things i have a short attention span on. Its back on the display shelf

Yes, I hear an effect, but.....its not ...well....pleasant. Let me put it this way. My system in its current configuration is for listening more than recording. As such i'm not sure that i need the compression part of this. As noted earlier I got the 119 with a tall stack of processing gear...

I have read thru all this multiple times but....... I have a 119 sitting on the shelf that i got along with a big pile of dbx gear a few years ago. I hooked it up and messed with it and i just cannot *hear* what its doing. In simplistic terms, what is it SUPPOSED to do to the signal/sound? I...

Particular thanks to Mickster for steering me back to a solenoid adjustment!!

SOLVED IT!! The general consensus seemed to point to the lack of current and possibly the relay contacts being oxidized or burnt. BUT I was hung up on the fact the the reel brake solenoids, which are in the same circuit worked fine. Looking closely at the pinch roller solenoid I noted that in...

All good there. I replaced the gooey one when i rebuilt the mechanism some years back. I have pretty much discounted any mechanical hangups. >> Interesting note: I did a test with the pinch rollers on my 2340S, 3340S, and the 6300. If I hold the pinch roller to keep it from pulling in when i...

And i DID have that sticky problem on my 3340S as well, but it was rectified by cleaning and re-lube as you indicate.

Thanks Geoff. I've had that assembly off in the past. When I got the machine many years back the prior owner had crudely modified the linkages in there, perhaps to have some sort of tape lifter defeat. I sourced the correct parts from a donor machine and restored all the mechanicals correctly...

I cannot see anything i the manual indicating the voltage for the solenoid. My measurement across the coil was something in the range of 8 volts which seems low. The Brake solenoids are even lower than that but all 3 solenoids fire and when they are pulled in are pulled in firm. I guess my...

I have the manual and schematics. I can see the relay that triggers the capstan solenoid, Just need to id it in the machine. Teac does a nice job of burying them. Would it help to measure the voltage at the coil??