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Hi Larry,
I also would love a copy of your work
Cheers
Graham

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Studer A810 with unbalanced preamp...
« on: February 14, 2014, 07:36:02 AM »
Thank you very much for extended trouble shooting procedure. I shall follow that accordingly.

In the meantime I checked my available two sets of cables how they are connected inside:

Cable #1

XLR pin1 together with pin2 and connected to RCA outer
XLR pin3 connected to RCA central (hot)

Cable# 2

XLR pin 1 connected to RCA outer
XLR pin3 connected to RCA central (hot)

Both cables just plugged to my vintage preamp unbalanced inputs and without source load (Studer A810) generate a lot of noise, mainly the Cable set #2.

Actually none respects the internal pin connection as suggested by you or Richard... These cables need some reconfiguration!

Cheers,

Guglielmo

Yep should be pin2 Hot

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Thanksgiving/Rotate Your Stock
« on: November 29, 2013, 12:41:44 AM »
Happy turkey day all you tape loving folks!
Every year I make it a point to listen to all of my TP tapes. Of course, some see some heavy rotation all year long but some just don't make it off the shelf for one reason or another.
Being a modest collector of older tapes, I find that the ones that I buy that are "still sealed" or appear to have been played a couple of times and then stored have more obvious print through.
Another issue with the ones that have only been played a couple of times before long term storage comes with inperfect tape packs.
As the tape tension pulls the tape toward the hub, any tape that's not layered onto the winds below it correctly can become curled over time. Also as the tape is pulled toward the hub, it can leave the outer layers with less tension allowing deformation in less than ideal environmental conditions.

So, this is my annual reminder to play your tapes.
I won't say that it absolutely has to be done to avoid dreadful tape issues or any issues at all for that matter.
But it's certainly not a hardship and it has been recommended by archivists.

So, enjoy the holiday season and share the wonderful sound of tape with your fellow man/woman.

Will do. We don't have turkey day here but I swear I am surrounded by them most of the time :)
Off to take your advice and play some TP tapes.

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Otari MTR-20 manual
« on: October 04, 2013, 04:44:23 AM »
Hi Paul,
My thanks also for organising this manual. Have just got my machine home and going through
getting familiar with it now. Next item to find are the extender cards.
Cheers
Graham

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Check out Sony studio in NYC
« on: September 21, 2013, 05:40:15 PM »
Paul,
Received an email from you weeks ago and have replied. How is the manual duplication coming along?
Cheers
Graham

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Check out Sony studio in NYC
« on: August 08, 2013, 01:19:34 AM »
Hi Guys,
I tried [email protected] but the email bounced. There are a few other guys on the page www.Otari.co.uk that I will try.
The last link on the page is John French at JFR. I guess that you guys would have already asked John?
Cheers
Graham

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Check out Sony studio in NYC
« on: August 07, 2013, 07:52:40 PM »
Hi Guys,
Was lucky enough to pick up a nice condition MTR-20 1/2" 2 track very recently but unfortunately there was no
manuals included. Can anyone point me to where I may be able to purchase both user and service manuals or
is this as I suspect highly unlikely?  Perhaps someone can help with scanned copies. I would of course compensate
properly for time effort and materials

Kind Regards
Graham

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