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Teac x2000 open reel deck
The idea that the X2000 deck does not have strong motors in it is wrong. The spooling or winding of any sticky tape is not a problem of the deck but of the tape. The machine can not be blamed for that and spooling is suppose to be slow. If you take the restrictions off the motors that is there...- skywaveTDR
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- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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Taascam BR-20 upgrade
I have not been a fan of outboard preamps as most the time when I ask technical questions as to the improvement I get nothing but snake oil answers- It sound better is not what I am after. The typical reel to reel owner trying to squeeze ever last drop of audio out of a deck may spend a lot of...- skywaveTDR
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If tape is so good why does it record so poorly?
Yes, there are plenty of correct answer here but what you originally said is a guy all sales and hype but not a very good Technician at his place. A tape deck with good heads and upgraded correctly should have no difference from source to tape at 7.5 IPS and above. The 3.75 IPS on decks was...- skywaveTDR
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- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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