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IronWine
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My tascam 234 i got on ebay finally arrived today.
Im a bit confused about it after testing it..iv'e got a few tapes i have recorded on my akai mg614 (on double speed). And as far as i know the 234 runs on double speed only.. it seems that the tascam plays it on regular speed
.some cassette albums ive got it plays fine..which is clearly not suppose to.
The same exact tapes ive recorded, were tested a few weeks ago on a friend's 234..and it played just fine.
i can say from my humble experience that it looks like a good, refurbished to some degree unit (after seeing 4 different tascam 234 units and not buying them because of poor condition) and the speed issue, as far as i can say, is not due worn parts (worn belts, anyway). also it runs smoothly at accurate normal speed.
what makes me come to the conclusion that this dude i got it from on Ebay, or a previous owner, deliberatley 'moded' this unit to run at normal speed.
the question is wether re-changing the speed to it's original 3-3/4 rate, requires any 'critical' work or change of parts, or is it comes down to some internal pots?
cheers
My tascam 234 i got on ebay finally arrived today.
Im a bit confused about it after testing it..iv'e got a few tapes i have recorded on my akai mg614 (on double speed). And as far as i know the 234 runs on double speed only.. it seems that the tascam plays it on regular speed

The same exact tapes ive recorded, were tested a few weeks ago on a friend's 234..and it played just fine.
i can say from my humble experience that it looks like a good, refurbished to some degree unit (after seeing 4 different tascam 234 units and not buying them because of poor condition) and the speed issue, as far as i can say, is not due worn parts (worn belts, anyway). also it runs smoothly at accurate normal speed.
what makes me come to the conclusion that this dude i got it from on Ebay, or a previous owner, deliberatley 'moded' this unit to run at normal speed.
the question is wether re-changing the speed to it's original 3-3/4 rate, requires any 'critical' work or change of parts, or is it comes down to some internal pots?
cheers