Desert island R2R 1/4" 2 track master player

[Ki Choi]

and Ki...
mailed Switzerland yesterday reg bearings, field upgradability etc and Daniela responded straight away
her Studer service guy would be back monday and would answer me then
very efficient, very Swiss
thxs
best
Leif

For my last order, Daniela accepted Paypal payment and the parts got here in 10 days. World is getting smaller and smaller - good thing for us - tapeheads.
Ki

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

good
I´ll wait til monday then
in the meantime I resoldered the output from the SPUD and now the signal goes through Neutrik XLRs to my TVC via Mogami 2552
nice fluent sound
best
Leif

 

[mep]

The hallmark of great tape is the ease and naturalness of sound it brings to the table.

 

[Ki Choi]

+1

 

[microstrip]

and Ki...
mailed Switzerland yesterday reg bearings, field upgradability etc and Daniela responded straight away
her Studer service guy would be back monday and would answer me then
very efficient, very Swiss
thxs
best
Leif

Most probably you know about it, but your will need proper tools to take the old bearings and place the new ones - precision bearings are very fragile.

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

Ok Thxs
No I didn't
What do you mean by proper tools
Best
Leif

 

[c1ferrari]

For my last order, Daniela accepted Paypal payment and the parts got here in 10 days. World is getting smaller and smaller - good thing for us - tapeheads.
Ki

I am delighted to learn of this...international wire transfers at $35/transaction discourage smaller orders. $35 for a large purchase are acceptable.
Ki, was your order relatively large
Thanks.

 

[Ki Choi]

I am delighted to learn of this...international wire transfers at $35/transaction discourage smaller orders. $35 for a large purchase are acceptable.
Ki, was your order relatively large
Thanks.

the last order in Jan was small $250. But current order is relatively large

"Thank you very much for your order

1.820.141.81 Tape Guide Assembly Motor right CHF 1'070.00

1.013.345.00 NAB Adapter ½" with Aluminum Hand Piece CHF 690.00"

 

[Mike Lavigne]

the last order in Jan was small $250. But current order is relatively large

"Thank you very much for your order

1.820.141.81 Tape Guide Assembly Motor right CHF 1'070.00

1.013.345.00 NAB Adapter ½" with Aluminum Hand Piece CHF 690.00"

 

[mep]

I think we know where those parts are going.

 

[c1ferrari]

Thanks, Ki
How're you doing, Mike?

 

[Mike Lavigne]

Thanks, Ki
How're you doing, Mike?

I'm ok Sam, other than considerable guilt about what I've put Ki thru fixing my 1/2" A-820.

 

[c1ferrari]

I'm ok Sam, other than considerable guilt about what I've put Ki thru fixing my 1/2" A-820.

It's good to hear from you, Mike
So, what's up with your 1/2" A820

 

[Mike Lavigne]

It's good to hear from you, Mike
So, what's up with your 1/2" A820

long painful story, somewhat self-inflicted, not yet ended, and one I'm not going get into the details of. the good news is that Ki has figured it out and is getting it going again. I've owned 6 very high end tape decks (including a couple of Nagra's) and been very lucky to have never had any problems......all my good Kharma on the other 5 has now been balanced by the bad Kharma of this one A-820.

and that is all I'm going to say about it.

 

[c1ferrari]

Acknowledged...hang in there

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

hello again
got a very detailed answer from Herrn Berner in Audiohouse, Switzerland regarding the bearings and field upgradeability
It even included a pdf with exploded view of the tape tension rollers in all their glory(and parts)
Acc. to him and my own judgement, I dont think it should be too complicated, given that one has the correct ring pliers and spare circlips
All bearings, except the capstan bearing, should be field upgradeable
Anyway Ill first go through his checklist to locate potentially worn bearings
best
Leif

 

[hvbias]

Congratulations Leif, that looks like a true reference caliber machine. If you want to try some really nice transformers for your spud amp, I like the nanocrystaline c-cores from Tribute for lower power OPTs. Long wait times though

 

[microstrip]

hello again
got a very detailed answer from Herrn Berner in Audiohouse, Switzerland regarding the bearings and field upgradeability
It even included a pdf with exploded view of the tape tension rollers in all their glory(and parts)
Acc. to him and my own judgement, I dont think it should be too complicated, given that one has the correct ring pliers and spare circlips
All bearings, except the capstan bearing, should be field upgradeable
Anyway Ill first go through his checklist to locate potentially worn bearings
best
Leif

In order to look for defective bearings you can look at the wow and flutter spectra with high resolution - most lines are easy to correlate with a specific rotating part.

 

[microstrip]

Ok Thxs
No I didn't
What do you mean by proper tools
Best
Leif

Unfortunately I do not know the proper names - the objective of using these tools is avoiding making any strength in the bearing balls, and extracting and placing them in the absolute vertical.

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

that´s ok...Herrn Berner explained the procedure and what tools were needed....

best
Leif