I like Ghost's version. It has all the detailed information of a good urban legend.
I'll bet their parts department will lose business without all the advice given on the forums to go there for manuals and parts.
Am I the only one who sees LTU/ Reel Person as a classic example of of a manic-depressive or as the latest PC-would have it- a -bipolar personality? He helps a great deal with his experience with every piece of crap Tascam ever built (he owns them all) but he goes beserk when anyone challanges...
I have begun to believe the rumors that the Tascambbs was shut down because most of us were upset that they had gone wrong by abandoning analog for digital. You cannot expect a company to support a forum that constantly puts down the path that the CEO's have decided is the best way to go.
Good stuff.
For those of you who want the best and for which money is no object buy only Caig products. You can't get better stuff than Caig RBR stuff.
It is far too long for me to paraphrase it, but it essentially says they are going after the "little" guys who download copyrighted originals and covers. They are going after whomever pays for the ISP whether or not that person was the one who did the dirty deeds. Grandpas are being sued for...
Lubrication.
Some spinning parts use sealed ball bearings-- these should not be lubed. The best guide is the service manual which is a worthwhile investment for any machine more than ten years old.
This kind of cogent and intelligent reply is far more welcome and informative than obscene flames (apparently the moderator agrees since the worst of them were deleted.)
My original post was based in my own twenty-five year experience with the kind of recording I do, and was not meant to...
Here is a link on average prices. You can see what's good (or at least most wanted) by relative prices. I only wish it were updated more frequently.
http://www.prepal.com/data/Tascam.htm
In all fairness, the www is rife with boards where bunches of fanatics shmooze about their pet product. As one of my cars, I own an ugly '91 Chevy Corsica. When I had a problem with it, I found a bbs full of people who thought it was the greatest car ever made, and yes, it included experts who...