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hey, is it normal to see the acual track paths on the tape after rec or playback?

same thing as degauss

lol falken: I am using sony pr 150-7 tape. by calibration do you mean adjusting the knobs on the playback and recording amp boards? if so, there's no WAY i'm doing that myself. I did however try to align the heads by myself. I did a pretty decent job. I got maximum output. herm: no output...

akai 1730dss

hey, i have been recording from vinyls to an r2r machine and I noticed that whenever i switch from monitoring the source and tape I see a pretty big difference in the levels as indicated by the vu meter. For example. while monitoring the tape with levels centered around 0 when i switch to the...

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no date code i saw that site too (they are a great band btw) but i'm not sure it's the same exact tape I had bought them off ebay in mint, still sealed condition here is a scan

what about AMPEX with the logo on the top right hand side of the front cover? it is AMPEX 291 "audio visual tape" :confused: i could not find a single resource about this brand of tape

thanks for the help, it seems to be running fine since it got a chance to cool down a bit undoubtedly get the lube cooked off. how would i do this? jamie

akai 1730dss it seems to be running fine now that i let it cool down a bit anyone know what was the problem anyway? does the motor need lubrication?

hey, i was running my r2r deck face up on carpet. i ran a full tape on it stopped it and left it on for about maybe 1 hour total when I put it back right side up I noticed quite a bit of heat coming from the fan at the back. but that is not the problem i tried to run another tape and it ran...