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Picked the head up at the post office and brought it home. Wow, that looks amazing ... can't wait to mount it on my MSR-16. I'll keep you posted.

According to David the head is finished ... and perfect! 'Looks lovely', he writes. I'm anxiously waiting for the mail man to breing me my package. Meanwhile, I have rotated the tape lifters so that the worn part is on the opposite side of the tape path. I've used a good set of pliars for this...

With a good set of pliars you can easily rotate the fixed tape lifters so that the worn bit is on the opposite side. You need to apply some force to the pliars for grip so as not to severely scratch the lifters. Use the pliars near the bottom plate where minor scratches don't interfere with the...

Wish me luck. I'm going to send the rec/repro head of my Tascam MSR-16 in for relapping. I'm sending it to David Hill of Tapematic in the UK, the official relapping company for Studer, Otari, Fostex and Tascam. Very friendly guy with some 30 years of experience. According to David, my rec/repro...

I want to calibrate my Tascam 238, but I only have Teac test tapes for normal speed cassette decks. Can it be that output volume of test tapes played back on double speed (3000 Hz becomes 6000 Hz) is higher or lower? I used this procedure: first I played back the 6000 hz tone and - using the...

My Tascam MSR-16 which I collected a month ago had an odd problem. Pre-recorded tapes play back ok, but when I want to record some new material, the led meters indicate there's sound going through the machine, but it won't record. When I playback the tape, only a very, very faint recording is...

The Capstan motor drive of my Tascam 238 makes a slight scraping sound when in play mode. I bet it's wear of dirt. How do I best clean this?