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An old friend called me up and said "I think you should have this."
"I also have three boxes of tape if you need any," he says.
This was purchased by CBC Radio back when these were new, and the tech who maintained it bought it at auction from them when CBC retired it. It was part of his studio until it was bumped by those new-fangled DAT decks. I doubt it's been turned on since.
Cool. But after some quick reading online it seems I'm likely going to need to replace the battery before I even try to fire it up, and I should re-cap the whole thing and clean everything. I thought "no problem," but there are around 74 caps to be replaced!
Then I'd need to learn to calibrate it, let alone use it!
Is this a project I really want to take on? My friend said he has another, not quite as good, a810 I could have if I revive this, so there's some incentive. But I'm not recording anything these days, let alone on a reel-to-reel. But, then again, it's a cool piece with a history behind it.
Came with original manual and all circuit diagrams! A 3.5" binder!
What to do? Keep it 'cause it's cool? Sell it? Refurbish and sell? Bury it in my "old, but probably cool," pile of gear?
"I also have three boxes of tape if you need any," he says.
This was purchased by CBC Radio back when these were new, and the tech who maintained it bought it at auction from them when CBC retired it. It was part of his studio until it was bumped by those new-fangled DAT decks. I doubt it's been turned on since.
Cool. But after some quick reading online it seems I'm likely going to need to replace the battery before I even try to fire it up, and I should re-cap the whole thing and clean everything. I thought "no problem," but there are around 74 caps to be replaced!
Then I'd need to learn to calibrate it, let alone use it!
Is this a project I really want to take on? My friend said he has another, not quite as good, a810 I could have if I revive this, so there's some incentive. But I'm not recording anything these days, let alone on a reel-to-reel. But, then again, it's a cool piece with a history behind it.
Came with original manual and all circuit diagrams! A 3.5" binder!
What to do? Keep it 'cause it's cool? Sell it? Refurbish and sell? Bury it in my "old, but probably cool," pile of gear?