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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: bit of help required Akai 1720L

« on: September 27, 2012, 02:00:47 PM »

hi so your real name is ironbut ? lol i have edited to include in signature ,ok after a bit of investigating it seems some of the tapes on the 10.5 spools have been spliced , i split one onto a smaller spool and it plays fine,im not sure if this is the case for all the spools but i will not know till i go through them

so onto the next problem ,i hooked it up to the pc using an RCA cable to line in but the record level is really poor using audacity  ,would a preamp cure this ,and lastly what machine would you recommend for 10.5 ,i am in the UK and most sellers seem to be USA based

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / bit of help required Akai 1720L

« on: September 27, 2012, 05:14:26 AM »

hi there ,first post and a total idiot when it comes to reel to reel,i have inherited a Akai 1720L ,at first it wasn't working but I've stripped it down given it a clean etc and now all seems fine ,however the bulk of the tapes are on 10.5" spools so i am not 100% sure they belong to this machine and i have one smaller reel that plays slowly on either speed,the rest of the tapes play fine once i get them going in the right direction

so my question is can 10.5 inch reels be played on a machine that takes up to 7" reels,someone mentioned that you can buy (and forgive me here) an extension arm or adapter to allow the use of 10.5 or are the two types of tape incompatible? ,as i say i am a total beginner so any advice would be much appreciated