Richard King
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By the way, the A-7300-2T also morphed into the Tascam 25-2.
By the way, the A-7300-2T also morphed into the Tascam 25-2.
Huh!
The MS16 was introduced in '87
Heath Brennell System 8
Sure, that's a fine looking machine, but would it have fit in my custom studio stand??I've had a secret love affair with the mini 8, at least from photos and from what I've been able to gather about it off the net. Can you just imagine 8 tracks on 1" tape, in one tasty little package.. Yum.
They're next to impossible to find though... at least around these parts.
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Wow...Ethan...we just can't seem to help taking your thread everywhere.
I've never even heard of the mini 8...I want to know more...links to resources/photos/information?
Dano...'84~'85 does indeed sound more right...I was quoting a Tascam history page that cited the MS16 introduction to the market in '87...typo?
Indeed, sorry for 'mini' hi-jack of your thread, Ethan...
Wow, 18K for an MS16 back it the mid 80's... That's like, what, maybe DOUBLE in todays money?! Kinda goes to show what a deal those machines are today.
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I don't know what a mini 8 is. The system 8 was a 24 channel studio console with really sweet eq.
My question is whether the electronics amps will crap out when attempting to use 499/ATR etc. My assumption is that they will because I notice my channels starting to clip even when aligned for +6 tape if I'm pushing it too much. Seems like with +9, this would be even more of an issue and one might not be able to even approach pleasing tape saturation.
I think I'll try upgrading U1/U2/U3 at some point to the chips that Ethan had experimented with a couple pages back. I'm guessing that perhaps these newer chips help in regards to higher headroom, allowing for the high output tapes to be used without clipping the channel amps?
Regardless, I still might stick with the levels I have going on here: 250nWb/+6 tape
What I'd really like to overcome is what I hear as a slight pokiness to some sounds. I think this is transients being distorted (not nicely by the tape) but as said by the clipping of the electronics. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that a chip upgrade will solve this issue.
Ethan, what say you to this? If you're still lurking around these parts? Did you ever put a scope on the new chips to verify that they don't need a cap?
Last question is, does anybody know the function of the big tubular relays on the (motherboard? daughterboard?) pcb that the channel cards plug into? I notice that there are 4 of them for 8 channels (in my 58) One went bad at one point, and I just bypassed it. Seems to work fine, but I'm wondering if I'm gonna fry a transistor at some point. Or a head, God forbid. ???