Agreed on the MCI's. The molex connectors are the
real bitch on those things, as is the inevitable
replacement of every single one in the machine. I'm a
big 3M man myself ( I have an M79 with heads for 2"
16-track), although the parts are scarce, and the
transport is quirky.... but the sound! Definitely a
commitment. The pinch and timing rollers were a
nightmare to obtain. The slings and arrows of the
disease that is pro-audio. ∗sigh∗
-Jack
--- gino wong <
wonggster@gmail.com> wrote:
> We scavenged Scully electronics too, that was the
> best part of the machine.
> Lots of old machine designs had scads of wow and
> flutter but good raw
> frequency response. Most MCI machines are a
> nightmare to service and like
> scully, there are no parts and no subs,
>
> On Feb 4, 2008 12:51 PM, Jack Younger
> <e4103s@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I would have to disagree on the Scullys. LOTS
> of
> > wow and flutter on the 1/4" half-track machines
> which
> > is usually inherent to the transport design and,
> with
> > very few exceptions, can't be adjusted out. I had
> two
> > of them (280 & 280B) and ended up junking them.
> The
> > 280's pre-amps are very cool, however, and are the
> > part to keep. But the transports are unmanageable.
> > I will recommend Teac as well as Tascam, as they
> > are "brothers", but Teacs can be had for much
> shorter
> > money with the same reliability.
> > I have two Revox machines and love them as delay
> > units. I also have two Teac machines as my backup
> > delay and looping units and they're lovely. MCI
> makes
> > one hell of a 1/4" deck as well, if you can find
> them.
> > Let's not forget Ampex although the cost is
> usually
> > quite prohibitive.
> > -Jack
> >
> >
> > --- gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com
> <wonggster%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > Otari, Technics and Scully had the same features
> and
> > > they are keepers
> > >
> > > On Feb 4, 2008 6:34 AM, Doug Berg
> > > <caddyfam@simcon.net <caddyfam%40simcon.net>>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > If any one is familiar with Roberts tape
> > > recorders, or Akai if not
> > > > stateside, models 990, 997, and early 720 were
> > > half track capable
> > > > machines. A rotary switch on the heads gave
> you
> > > choices of 1/4 track
> > > > left-stereo-right in 1/4 track mode and 2
> track
> > > stere, or half track.
> > > > These were introduced in 1962 and are tube
> (valve)
> > > driven. All machines
> > > > had speeds of 3 3/4, 7 1/2, and 15 i.p.s. and
> > > although s/n and wow and
> > > > flutter charachteristics were not as good as
> later
> > > machines, they were
> > > > very impressive in their time. One feature
> these
> > > machines included was
> > > > switchable bias for recording speeds,
> basically a
> > > treble roll off for
> > > > higher speed. These were institutional work
> horses
> > > in their day and
> > > > even today, I can still get belts, idlers,
> tubes,
> > > and still use mine
> > > > quite a bit. Doug
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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