hey thread world... i have a studer a80 vu half inch 15 / 30 ips for which i am trying to locate a capstan motor to get her up and running again, any advice on where i could find one would be much appreciated.. i have found one on ebay which is for a RC machine, are the capstan motors the same ? cheers robin
hey thread world... i have a studer a80 vu half inch 15 / 30 ips for which i am trying to locate a capstan motor to get her up and running again, any advice on where i could find one would be much appreciated.. i have found one on ebay which is for a RC machine, are the capstan motors the same ? cheers robin
As far as I know Fred Thal does not supply parts to hobbyists or amateurs.
Anyway people should be warned that service from official Studer agents, such as AudioHouse, is expensive, e.g. refurbishing an A80 capstan motor will cost around usd 1000. Surely we get a motor as new, but unless all your machine is refurbished to such high standards it does not seem to me to be the best option.
I am located in Scotland near Perth the studio is called Tpot studio, i do have the original capstan and the machine is in great working order, i use it all of the time for mastering on , tape echo and tape loops...
I am located in Scotland near Perth the studio is called Tpot studio, i do have the original capstan and the machine is in great working order, i use it all of the time for mastering on , tape echo and tape loops...
I have bought A80 motors from two european Ebay sellers, one in the UK - emas54a700, another in France - crossroadsexpress. As far as I can see in my spares there are small differences between A80 capstan motors of different age, but they look compatible - perhaps you can migrate the half inch capstan to a quarter inch motor. Prices vary a lot.