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I recently decided to save a little money building my mic locker and bought a Warm Audio WA-87 (Neumann U87 clone), Warm Audio WA-14 (AKG C414 clone) and a Golden Age R1 MKII Ribbon (RCA ribbon clone)… then I also was able to use my Musician’s Friend rewards to purchase a Neumann TLM 103 for...

Alignments looked just fine. I also did all the other adjustments to the pinch roller pressure and stroke. All to no avail, same problem with the ATR tape leaving the heads and the walking around, and eventually off, of the tape on the take up reel side pinch roller. Other than spending money on...

I can check those alignments tomorrow. Our power just went off here, 7” of snow for us in NW Arkansas is a lot for our systems to handle, saw a transformer blow while taking the dogs out. Gonna be a cold night! Thanks for sending that, I see that in both manuals now! I hope that’s not the case...

I thought I mentioned earlier that after the tape falls off the heads, the squealing sound starts and the tape gets “squirrely”, sorry, i should have been more descriptive and less southern (ha ha) about it. I meant that the tape started walking around on the pinch roller as shown in the video...

Fixed the tension arm damper string. Put it back together (still don't know what that red tipped cable plug is for!?). machine operates again and the tape doesn't drop from the heads with the ATR MDS-36 tape, but the walking on the pinch roller is still happening and eventually it snarls up the...

Okay, so I opened it up. Upon inspection, I immediately noticed this anomaly: The supply side tension arm spring is not extended like the take up side. The little washer is on the wrong side of it's holder. It's a closed holder screwed on, so, not quite sure how it was possible to move unless...

Yes, yes we are! We joke that our town is a “g-d geographical oddity… 1 hour from everywhere!” I shop a lot up in Branson, MO, and you’d think there would be a lot of equipment coming through there, but most of those venues and shows up there have long since converted to digital and sold all...

Thanks, sorry I got you riled up! ha ha I’m still learning about a lot of this but I’m learning and still interested in learning more! I know I’m looking for a true mastering style half track stereo. Most of this consumer/prosumer stuff is quarter track auto reverse, etc. Not what i want...

Under $1000, 100 miles, located in Northwest Arkansas (we are an hour away from Fayetteville and an hour away from Branson, two hours from Springfield, MO) Prosumer would work, esp if it was more “repairable”… but at the end of the day, all this has me questioning if it’s worth this path. The...

I agree, this is a consumer-grade machine in a professional housing. They were probably having trouble moving the X-10s and though by adding the pro Tascam name they'd get rid of more. I don't think I'm going to spend any more time on it. I have contacted one of the guys I know that has a few...

Okay, I tried that. Putting pressure on either pinch roller did nothing to stop the tape from falling away from the heads. I tried two small reels, I tried low speed as well as high speed. Same... All this with the ATR MDS-36 tape. I tried some older, thicker scotch tape that I got with another...

I’ll give that a try!

On the tension arms, I thought I’d try holding them down a little to see if the tape would correct itself and it didn’t help. Not the most scientific approach I know. I hope when I open it up, I’ll find out more.

@sweetbeats I found the service manual from the X-10R and it’s identical to the 32-2B service manual. I saw that statement that said there are NO adjustments to the capstan assembly!! I guess that’s why I often read statements like “Don’t sink any $$ into this machine”. Money pit. I’m going to...

@sweetbeats, I take it back, it appears that the TEAC Tascam Series 32-2 is more akin to the TEAC X-10m as you stated originally. https://reel-reel.com/tape-recorder/teac-x-10m/

Sadly I agree, but those rollers probably need to be replaced too. I got this one for $300, that’s probably about $100 in rubber plus labor. Is it worth it? So, do I get to the belt from the back or by dismantling the front? The service manual is unclear. The 32-2B is the same as the X-2000r.

Sorry, I thought that angle would be best since the heads are so hidden up there, harder to see from a whole tape path view. i can do another though. I have not checked tensions yet, I’ve never opened this unit up, but I do have the service manual. From what I can tell, it’s one capstan motor...

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I’ll make that video in just a little bit. I’m using ATR MDS-36. I have some Recording the Masters LPR-35 that I haven’t tried yet. Thanks for the help!