Polk Forum Tapeheads -- how about a dedicated thread for analog tape reproducers?
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Ken -- PS -- we need a cheesecake shot of that TD-20 with two big sexy aluminum reels on her. Hubba-hubba!
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My Dad was a fan of the Sony TC-377. In the early 70's this was his go to player.
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I'll tell you -- it's not a bad sounding deck at all. No, it isn't.
It was probably the ultimate manifestation of Sony's single-motor, all-mechanical deck. I say "probably" because I have utterly no hands-on nor ears-on experience with their TC-399. That was, I think, the last of the single-motor Sony decks.
http://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/sony/tc-399.shtml
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Question for all:
I'm in Indiana, south of Lafayette. Does anyone here know of a RTR tech within 50+/- miles from where I'm at?
I will not ship this thing, I'll drive it to wherever.
Even though my 280 SS is working good, she is old and probably in need of some interior work to bring her back to her prime.
I have cleaned as much as I'm willing to do but there seem to be a million interior parts and I'm just not comfortable trying to do what needs to be done.
If anyone knows someone that they trust and can recommend in this area, I'd appreciate the info.
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I always loved the looks of the pioneer silver decks with the florescent blue. Even the cassette decks looked good like that.Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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They are nice decks, too.
Mine is kind of buried in the basement -- part of the "point" of this thread (yeah, right!) was to psych myself up to begin rehabbing the RT-909...
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Listened to this for quite some time today & sounds very nice as i just hooked it to the Marantz with Monitor 11 peerless tweets. The original owner never wrote what songs were on the tape shown,so today i wrote them on box. Shazam is my friend if i dont know song title
Tomorrow i hope i can squeeze a few recording in off the turntable-to-reel & see how this unit does with these new tapes. 
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TDK made good tape formulations, IMO.
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My Technics RS-1500 2 Track is my favorite deck.
Living Room
Parasound Model 2250v2 amplifier
Parasound P5 preamp
Turntable 1 - Technics SL-1210Mk2 turntable with Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
Technics RS-1500US reel to reel
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Any thoughts on a Tascam 22 2? Watching one on an auction.
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Rats, too late it's gone. Went for around 80 bucks.
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I have a non-working one of these in the basement...
I had a higher end model that I messed up trying to fix
and tossed in the garbage years ago...Kenneth Swauger wrote: »Hello,
In keeping with this thread, here is a Nakamichi BX-100 that was given to me a few years ago. I had to take the main drive motor apart and clean the brushes, the outer shell of the motor was a wrapped hard plastic "tube" that I just unfurled and took off the main assembly. Really a different approach. Then all the belts including the main drive pulley "tire" had to be replaced and a thorough cleaning was done. Somehow the AC power cord had been spliced and I replaced it. The top cover and the bottom plate were pretty scratched so I had them sand blasted and powder coated.
It checked out great, with wide flat frequency response and low distortion.
Cheers, Ken
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Didn't see that many favorable comments on it, don't have a tascam myself but the look was intriguing for my old eyes.
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Been looking at some Sony's also to add to the mix.
My wife calls it purchase "withdrawl", she is right...
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Hello,
Here's a photo of my Revox A77 high speed version 2 track that I've modified pretty extensively. It has the optional stainless steel front plate which adds a nice touch providing it isn't too scratched up. I'm playing one of the Tape Project tapes which sounds great.
Cheers, Ken
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Just like mine ('cept'n yours is considerably prettier) :- )
Thanks for posting photos, Ken!
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here is my baby
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Cool.
That (very rugged) Wollensak cassette transport showed up in several other places, too...
source: http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue16/advent.htm
see also: http://www.davidreaton.com/cassette_decks.htm
and...
source: http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/heath_dolby_cassette_tape_deck.html
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Question for you RTR pros. I will be looking at a Otari reel to reel this weekend. I think its model # is MX 50. Do you guys know anything about the Otari brand as to how well they record/playback/parts available and costs. Sorry to be so vague but I know absolutely nothing about this type of player.
As always THANKS.
David
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One other thing. This unit has xlr jacks instead of rca jacks. About all I know about it at this point.
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Otari (AFAIK) still makes a version of the MX5050 deck as a special order item; again, AFAIK, parts are generally available. Ken probably knows fo' sho'.
I haven't actually done anything to mine, so I haven't investigated this myself... yet.
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Tks Mr. Hardy.
Hopefully he will chime in.
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Interconnection of (line leve) balanced XLR I/O to unbalanced "RCA" I/O is...as mathematicians like to say... straightforward. You can make adaptors, or buy 'em from, e.g., Parts Express.
Here are some recipes for adaptors (just a Google pull): http://home.comcast.net/~zenkai-audio/gndtss/pages/adapters.htm
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Good deal. I just hope its good at recording and playback. Oh and actually works as the guy says it does...
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It'll outlive you! ;- )
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mhardy6647 wrote: »It'll outlive you! ;- )
I don't doubt that. I count it a great blessing when I make it past the expiration date on our milk each week...
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So, with the coming of the new LZ re-re-re-re-releases, I was hunting around to see what people thought of them. I ran across, the statement
"hires reel to reel rips of II & IV are quite good" and wondered if any of you
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umm-- no, but I do have one of the "ZOSO" licorice pizzas... and I've gotta admit, I was surprised by how good it sounded.
... and, in an unrelated story :-P (well, kind of on topic for the thread) there's a rumor circulating that "a Swiss pro and semi-pro" erstwhile reel to reel manufacturer is poised to te-introduce a reel to reel recorder as a product. Whether true or not, I don't know, but I'd certainly expect the price to be on the high side of astronomical.
http://www.analogplanet.com/content/famous-swiss-tape-recorder-brand-re-introduce-reel-reel-analog-recorder
source: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=593942
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