MSR 16 reviews?

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RRuskin said:
An aside: the one Tascam 16 track to avoid at all costs is the 1" format 85-16. It had a major design flaw in the capstan motor's servo-control circuit. I had many battles with TASCAM over this. Supposedly, the Model 85-16B fixed it but I have no 1st hand knowledge in that regard.
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Can you elaborate on the 85-16? There is one up for sale here for $750. Autolocater and dbx problems, but otherwise seller says works ok...
 
Blue Jinn said:
Can you elaborate on the 85-16? There is one up for sale here for $750. Autolocater and dbx problems, but otherwise seller says works ok...
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The capstan servo is constantly correcting itself to the point where it causes a high frequency flutter that can be heard on certain kinds of material, most notably acoustic steel string guitars. The frequency is much higher than 3 Khz and can't be detected by a standard flutter meter.
 
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do you all like this machine?
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Rick, that's the coolest recorder rack / stand that I've ever seen! WOW!!:D
 
Thrust said:
The MSR16 where to begin? I bought one brand new in 1990. It never worked. Mechanically it was fine. The transport etc seemed allright but the sound was full of Rice Crispies (snap crackle and pop). I went to the retail dealer, no satisfaction. I went directly to Tascam, they had me ship the unit back to them 150 dollars each way at my expense. When it returned it a exactly exactly exactly the same. At Tascams suggestion I replaced almost everything in my studio. No dice. At the time I had a thriving studio bussiness. I completely lost my bussiness. When finances allowed I puchased a Fostex G16. Better sound, better features never a sevice issue, never a breakdown, never a lost minute due to mechanical problems. Tascam ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Cost me my bussiness. G16 better sound better reliability. You decide. Fostex machines are treated like stepchildren on this site but in my experince for a small personal studio they are superior to tascams. Thats my story and Im sticking to it.
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I was recording with a Fostex B16 in the late eighties, fine sounding machine. In 1992 I bought a brand new Tascam MSR24S, a similar machine like the MSR16, but 24 tracks on 1" tape. This machine is still in working order and it has never let me down, not for a split second. After some 600 demo and album recordings it needed a new head. In 1998 I bought a 2" machine and the MSR runs sync on this machine when I need more than 24 tracks, but it always works like a charm.

You must have been extremely unlucky with your MSR, it really is a good and reliable machine, but there's nothing wrong with the Fostex either, though parts always have been very expensive here and rare, if not unavailable anymore.
 
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