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RE: You will be surprised...

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ltman

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In Reply to: RE: You will be surprised... posted by Victor Khomenko on March 18, 2024 at 08:02:13

I think I will dub all my tapes to DSD before I try anything to the deck that could screw it up.

Right now, after the deep cleaning and lube it is sounding great. Almost to the point I wonder if I could _only_ make it worse by fumbling with the heads.

What I will do is try some analysis with the scope. See what I can discern in the way of performance. Probably will need to spring for a calibration tape to even do that though...

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RE: You will be surprised... - Victor Khomenko 05:28:48 03/20/24 (1)
You are correct... if it is "sounding great" then don't go inside without the proper knowledge and tools, you will, most likely, just make it worse.
- RE: You will be surprised... - ltman 21:47:48 03/21/24 (0)
  One thing I learned about this deck. The main motor - which happens to be the only motor in the deck - is electrically "noisy". At least with the cover off...
  
  My left speaker (as opposed to my left nut ;) is only a few inches away from where I placed the deck, and when the main motor is running (transport paused so the music does not mask the sound) I can hear a "fluttering" noise from the speaker. Low level, and only when the main motor is idling, but when no music playing it can be heard with the ear close to the speaker. The speakers are not magnetically shielded (Reference3A DeCapo I)
  
  Right speaker which is almost 3 meters from the deck has no fluttering sound. I did not go through the trouble of physically switching speakers to confirm it is the deck and not the speaker but it is the deck. The speaker is fine...
  
  Probably I will not attempt to add shielding to either the deck or the speaker...

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