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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Teac X-1000R / X-2000R

« on: February 20, 2013, 04:59:41 PM »

Thanks Steve,

 I think, I solved one of the problems. What shop manual does not tell you is that there are two trimmers to adjust the tension of the guide roller arms.
One is for the left and the other for the right arm. It took me some time to figure out how to adjust them (perhaps only very close to factory specs) without having any special tools. It would be nice to have a testing tape and scope and to depend on ones ears only. Thus far, when I run a tape on my venerable SOny TC377 and then on X1000R I do not notice a difference. A 7minute recording takes exactly the same time on both machines. But I have encountered another problem A bad ground of sort on X1000R. I have to have both RCA jack connected to the output terminals. otherwise I get some power frequency hum. When I connect the recorder and the ampifier with a ground wire, the sound really comes alive. Any idea where to look for the source of this problem?
Dusan Neumann

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Teac X-1000R / X-2000R

« on: February 19, 2013, 09:14:01 AM »

I always liked TEAC x1000R, but only now I was able to purchase one on the E-bay. To my disappointment it performs poorly. . it sounds like wow & flutter is totally out of any tolerance. I opened the machine. The belt looks Ok, but i do not have any means to check whether it is stretched. Adjusting FWD play trimmer did not help. It seems odd that a trimmer i set 3/4 way to the right. Pinch rollers seem to be pressing sufficiently on capstans, but the tape is moving unevenly. Only when I press hard with my fingers on a pinch roller cap towards the capstan, the sound slightly improves. The service manual downloaded from the Internet dose not give enough hints on what I should focus. Please, can you help with an advice?