r/ReelToReel

A couple of my fave tracks from this album.

Stevie…..
Side A - Music of my mind
Side B - Talking Book

Hey everybody, I’ve had this old tape deck working in the past a few years ago my transport stopped working, and I couldn’t get any motion on anything and it ended up being some components in the unit that I replaced since then I was listening to some old tapes my father recorded in the 70s and on multiple reels it’s slowing to a halt. I’m curious if anybody knows where to start looking for the problem.

You’re Takin’ Hold Of Me

He had said some of the tapes were from his tours in Vietnam and one tape had a message from a buddy who died in vietnam

Just bought the RT rebuilt by my dude. I have vintage minty Macintosh tube pre/amp and minty klipschorns. Have a chance to buy a box (50) of mostly 3 1/2 ips in great condition- based on location I can't try them out. Will I be disappointed? Thanks

It's frustrating, it's tedious, and this cut took me over an hour to make (and still, I feel it's not precise) and there are other songs remaining I need to cut / paste.

It works great but every once in a while it randomly stops playing and it does this. After a bit it will start going again but im wondering what the issue is.

Picking up decent tape on a newly acquired RT-707…… stay until end……

Santana

At least Juanda is “enjoying” it.

Hello, the screw in the top left of my cassette compartment (this is a tascam 414 mk2) has come fully off, and the plastic has broken, it’s meant to be the same as the screw directly below.

Should I replace the part ? If so how ?

Or can this be fixed any other way,

The machine was chewing tapes and not running properly prior.

Please AMA.

Akai gx620 any info? Im trying to help this old lady at my storage sell this.

I’ve inherited my Dad’s Teac, and just got it back from service.

These tapes were my Dad’s and I’ve been through them all. I think I was hoping to find something more remarkable, but didn’t. Some radio broadcasts, and dubs from vinyl records that I also have. He’d often record at 3-3/4”, so the quality isn’t great. The Sony PR-150 tapes, 10 of them are unused, but the 4 that are used didn’t sound good, and were very squeaky.

I think I’ll use the 7” Agfa reels to dub some favourite albums, or mixtapes of stuff that remind me of Dad. I’m not sure what to do with the 5” Sony reels? They’re unused, but the used ones sounded awful. They date from the late 60’s. Have always been stored in a cool place.

Ive been building this system for about a year and am just about done here!

My vintage audio hobby is very constrained, I am 15 so budget is a large concern, so is the “parent tax” - meaning the the nicer stuff has to go downstairs. The room is also not ideal with some horrid placement of my equipment that is subject to change soon when we renovate this place.

So far, my system is composed of a Nagra IV with the Chinese QGB adaptor, Otari 5050III, Empire 208 converted to take a Linn mount arm, McIntosh C28, ADCOM 5500 and Klipsch Fortés.

I picked up this gorgeous Akai GX-260D with the smoked dust cover and manuals for a really good price. I was excited to get home and get it hooked up. 30 minutes in, I heard the POP and smelled the unmistakable aroma of a capacitor shedding its mortal coil.

One of the caps on the condenser board failed and the rest weren’t looking too great. Luckily the board was pretty easy to access. My father used to service tube TV’s as a hobby when I was a kid. I was able to coax him and his soldering gun out of retirement.

Condenser board is recapped and the deck is back in business. This thing is so cool. It’s like Darth Vader’s RTR with the cover on.