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I've come across an unused 32. I have not bought it yet. Though unused it has two issues I can see. One, the minor issue, is the headphone out is very noisy. I presume this is fixable. The second issue involves "wobble" on the take-up side. It's as though the table(?) that the reel mounts...

I was recording a friend's guitar playing. Not much experience with the big electric 100 watt w/4x12 (Mesa Boogie). Anyway, it was loud. As such it was the first time I've never needed gain at the input of the channel strip. On the way home I wondered why in rock-n-roll world they make such...

Which outputs are for the Main Mix since none are marked as such? "Control Room" or "Studio Feed"?

Is it a good idea to attempt to straighten out a 10 1/2" metal reel? I have one that's branded "Tacam" which in two different places is squashed just enough to cause some tape grab as she rotates. I have it mounted on the take-up side. It's annoying as hell as it makes that scraping noise...

Should I be doing this everyday? Good brand/Bad brand?

This may get a little bit syrupy but here goes... I've forever wanted a RtR but always backed off at the last minute. I allowed the usual naysaying reasons to sway me. No need to go into detailing those because y'all here are the ones I credit with pointing out that many of the naysaying...

If it's not OK to ask very basic questions here please let me know. Or steer me towards the appropriate FAQ or site. Very basic info seems to be hard to come by for tape machines. I have recently acquired a Revox half-track. All I know so far is that it looks very cool sitting in the room...