How about the tascam 234?

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As a vintage tascam anolog junky, I'm also the winning bidder for a low use 234.I added this to my collection for these reasons. When I play live,and if the sound man is not harried,I'll only use my 238 if the sound man has the band miked and I can get individual tracks to the deck.The porta 1 I'm getting is for no hassel quick set up stereo mobile recordings.My 246 is my vintage home deck for messing with ideas and it produces suprisingly great cassette tapes.The reason I got the 234 is I can put the tape that I recorded in that deck and mix/play around with it in the 246,useing it's mixer.Also I read that the audio quality in the 234 was "professional" standard,the best ever for a tascam cassette 4 track.It should be easier to use and set up in tight time situations when I want a multi track recording because you can plug your mike right in the back of it with a 1/4 inch adapter and theres a gain control per track,unlike the 238.I'm very curious and hope some of you have used this and would love to hear your opinions about it about it as I am Not going digital,Nothing against it,I Just love my vintage tascam anolog gear
 
I cut my teeth on a 238 and I still have it and I liked it a lot BUT.... go digital. Don't resist...run to the light.
 
Hot Rocks! NO! Don't listen to him...don't give in to his forbidden fruit...analog all the way, baby!
 
I'm staying anolog, at least for the forseeable future. One day I'll take the plunge and get a DA38 but for now I'm very happy with my stuff. I keep it in ex. shape and covered in my smoke free home studio.It's all Vintage Japan made gear.I'm not looking for a record deal, This gear is simple,easy and fun to use and makes tapes that I'm very satisfied with. El Barto, I love my 238 and thats the "guts" of the 688.If you get a nice one I'll bet you will love it.Full featured mixer,4fx sends,8 track simultanious recording. That unit cost over 3 grand in 1990 recession dollars.They don't build cassette based 8 tracks any more and that one is the QE2 of em. Let me know if you get it
 
Thanks for the opinion on it :) From the pictures I've seen, yeah, it looks very sweet...for $660 total (that includes shipping and a flight case), I really hope it works 100%, because I would be very very happy. Got any tips as to what I should do to evaluate it and make sure it's a keeper? I mean, are there really components that are beyond repair when it comes to 8 track recorders like that?
 
I have owned both a 234 and a 238S Tascam records. They were both very solid machines but I think the 238S had a much better sound quality.
 
My 234 arrived yesterday,Sounds super,great addition to my 238 for live multitrack gigs.Yes, they built em solidly in those days,real quality workmanship when a buck was a buck.Japan. I'm sure the 238 "S" version must be great,Killer,But I am real happy with my DBX version,The "S" version would be a great deck for anyone to pick up on ebay,they rarely come up but their not making anymore of them so if you can find a lightly used one for say 400.00 to 450.00, That would be a find
 
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