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Bumping up this old tread :cool: I brought my own Tascam 238 to the technician. he replaced the caps mentioned as problematic..but just as it happened to you sweetbeats, the tape still performs defectively. I have contacted Teac of america regarding the capstan motor assembly, but they said...

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Thanks Miroslav for your input. yes, a booth will be a better word for it. i might got it a little off on the size and it's a bit larger, maybe 14sqm, but anyway it's small. that's fine with me. what about..what about doing the soundproofing work from the outside rather then the inside? I am...

heya people. i am moving to a new (old) house, in a quite town. the house is surrounded with a big yard and theres an old shed of about 12sqm. i woul'd love to make a small "live" room, wired to the control room (an extra 10 sqm room inside the house). Mostly, i will record instrumets one by one...

So it was the pinch roller i suspected the most that woul'd need a replace for a new one . those new rollers going for about 70-100 bucks if i remember correctly. not too bad, but i do try to save every dime on the project, and as long as the parts i have around can do the job i rather use it...

heya fellas. sorry for not updating so long. it's been busy times..i moved to a new place, went thru the exams period, all in relative success. the Ampex project went on and on, being the most interesting aspect of my studies, there's so much to learn. the amount of work on this machine is...

hey you guys (for any AKAI MG614 users around..) my akai mg614 is at the tech shop. the tech has no experience with this specific machine so asked me to consult other people who are familier with the transport section of the MG614. What's happning right now is that the capstan motor starts...

work in progress! over the past two weeks i had 3 sessions . did mainly deep cleaning for the different parts. this is actually how the faceplate looked at the first place: so yes i reckon most of the 50 years old debris is gone now. also these nameless parts are getting refurbished: the...

Thank you sweetbeats for your input. yup, it seems like the differences of heads impedance killed the hybrid machine idea. i might just grab them anyway. As the project going on, the whole transport is now disassembled. The faceplate is now all shiny and clean. there are some spots that still...

Quick question: does anyone around here knows of the AG440 series preamps can be hooked with the older 351 transports? have a chance to grab a pair for 200$.

Does the 244 has any internal equalisation pots for the individual channels? i suppose it does and worth checking

heya Dave funny you have mentioned those blue caps..polypropylene caps if i am not mistaken, i have actually been adviced that those live forever! every cap weill be checked anyway. the goal of the project is to bring back this machine to manufacture specs , thrilling job! yup exactly Jones...

26/04 hey there ya'll sorry for the long delay..duo to the fact that it is my college studies final project it took a hell of lot more time then i thought to get start with it, April is actually the first month they are able to approve projects ideas. and so mine has been firmly approved and...

thank you for your input! well, i do want to make them into balanced microphones. so, having said that the coil has a negative and positive sides, i still can't understand how only one conductor(and shield connected to chassis) goes out of a microphone ? does that means that in that case of...

Hey fellas i have acquired some old quirky consumer microphones in the past months. some of them has TS connector, some have DIN, all with fixed 1m-5m cables. I wish to mod all of them to have female xlr socket (and a 5cm cable i guess), so i can simply connect them with any xlr cable. that...

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Thank you both guys! YES, i'd love to keep you all posted. it's a year long project so it might be awhile untill true achivments will be made tho. in the meanwhile, a photo i like to call "Erase head and a bug". also, some cleaning agent tests regarding getting that face plate all shiny again.

Thanks for you input sweetbeats. i'm reading it now with the 3 machines standing by me :D you had some realy good points. those machines are 1950' beasts with heavy electronics and 100 pounds cases. getting those without amps was my red line. it turned out that the missing amps deal was a...

Hey there reel people! A local old man is getting rid of 3 Ampex 351 (one is mono, two are stereo) that are sitting in his garage. he wants for the whole lot 250$. there's extra 150$ for shipping and handling, as it sits at -1 floor and about 45 min drive from my place. i am having serious...