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Tape Tech / Re: Head direct out/internal electronics switching
« on: February 04, 2014, 03:24:48 PM »
Thanks Doc! I love getting tips to avoid wrecking gear!! 

I don't plan to do any crazy A/B testing or anything, in fact I'm likely to set it to external and leave it like that for a LONG time!

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Tape Tech / Re: Head direct out/internal electronics switching
« on: February 03, 2014, 01:05:38 PM »
I am trying something a little different someone might be interested in.

I'm in the process of getting my RS-1506 up to speed to listen to some project tapes.  One of the first things I did was pull the head unit and send it to John French to have some flux heads fitted.  John and I talked about what I planned to do with this deck.  I explained I'd be using it for playback only and mostly (if not always) with external Bottlehead electronics.  We originally planned to keep the erase and recording gear intact even if I didn't plan to use it. We started talking about wiring externally form the front of the tape head or modifying the internal wiring. 

That's when John had a thought... he asked me what I though about having a switch on the front of the playback head to switch form internal to external?  The downside, I'd need to put dummy heads in way of the erase and record heads to have room, but otherwise he thought he cold fit it in there.  That sounded pretty slick to me.  I turned John loose to be creative, and as I understand it at least one brainstorming call was held with Jeff from J-Corder.

You can see what John came up with in these photos.  I am working on routing some internal wiring from the spare pins now in use from the switch to new RCA's I'll mount on the back.  I think it's a really clean set up which meets my individual needs perfectly. 

Cheers,
Chris







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General Discussion / Re: Update on Tape Production?
« on: November 06, 2013, 12:27:57 PM »
Hey Steve,

Yes, that's me! 

I got hooked on Doc's stuff after building a Seduction and Quickie. Now I've gone off the deep end with a few more (actually a lot of) Bottlehead projects including an Eros Tapehead pre for my new acquired 1506.

You probably don't remember me, but I helped run one a few of the Bay Area Head-Fi meets with Christian (Cee Tee).  I certainly remember you and your awesome tape rig.  Seeing and hearing your rig, along with Docs, is one of the reasons I decided to give tape a try! 

Tonight I'm getting the "before" experience.  I fired up the 1506 and I'm listening to some vintage 7 1/2"/s tapes using the Technics internals.  My son thinks it's the coolest thing he's ever seen... and he said "I've never seen anything like that before!" 

Anyway, it sounds pretty darned good, but I know I'm going to be in for a treat once I give this old beast a good overhaul and get the Eros up and running. 

Sorry to derail the thread!  Thanks for the welcome.  I'm glad to be here.  I know I'll have some questions for you guys after I've digested the fantastic beginners guide.

Chris






 

Hey Chris,

Welcome to the forum and the wonderful world of hi rez tape!
BTW, are you the same shipsupt from over on Headfi?

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General Discussion / Re: Update on Tape Production?
« on: November 05, 2013, 07:43:32 AM »
Awesome news for those of us just getting started on our collection from the Tape Project!

Chris

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