Frankly, I have nothing nice to say about Dokorder. The parent company was Sharp, and they came out with a number of decks over about a 15 year period, designed for both the consumer...
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Otari decks- Otari made many models of reel to reel tape decks, primarily for the broadcast and studio markets, and was one of the last manufacturers to get out of the reel to reel...
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The GX models come with glass heads, that Akai rated at 150,000 hours, as compared to 3000-4000 hours for a typical steel tape head. The first generation of GX heads came out around 1972,...
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Models with 3 or 4 numbers, with no prefix, or the X series. These are the early versions of Akai decks, some dating back to the late 1950s, but most are from the mid...
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To recap, or not to recap vintage electronics
This will be by far the most controversial post on the website! After having repaired literally 1000s of pieces of electronics equipment, from fast food restaurant VHF belt packs for the drive-through system, to...
READ MOREFostex Reel to reel tape deck – Summary
Fostex was a relative latecomer to the semi pro and home recording industry, bringing out their first tape deck, the A2, in 1981. Fostex only marketed to the recording studios, and generally speaking, Fostex...
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There’s not a whole bunch online about when Pioneer started making reel to reel tape decks. N0 question that they made receivers long before they got into the RTR business. That aside, their tube...
READ MORERepairing the motorized tape tension levers in the Akai GX-747
While many say that the Akai GX-747 flagship deck was too complicated, and that users should look for the lesser GX-635, 636 or 646 (and they’d be partially right!), a properly working GX-747 is...
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To get under the front transport cover on a Studer A810, specifically in this case to change out the left and right tape tension levers, the following materials are required metric set of Allen...
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