Hi everyone,
This is my first post on this forum and would like some advice please and technical help. I have posted this thread on similar forums but so far had no help so I thought I post it here too
I have 2 Studer A807s, MK1 with VU meters on board and a MKII with meter bridge and on both experience harsh braking when using 7 inch reels and smaller. I know that these machines are not so suited in handling nonbackcoated tape especially on cine center reels however I wonder if there has been any modifications that have been done to the electronics so they can handle LP tape a little gentler? I don't think it is a case of misalignments from my part. I believe years ago, a technician from Studer in Switzerland mentioned to me some modification that can be done so the back tension can be reduced for using smaller reels. I find them a little aggressive when stopping a fast winding tape by reversing the direction and can damage the tape.
Also I note that when using 7 inch reels and am starting to wind a tape from let's say a 3/4 full reel to fill it up completely, the machine does not pick up the full winding speed but for a few seconds it winds at a slower speed and then kicks in to the fast speed. Is this normal?
I hope that I can get some feedback from you experts out there so I can keep my machines up to spec as much as possible. The sofwares I have are the following:
MKI: 10.89
MKII: 06.90
Many thanks
This is my first post on this forum and would like some advice please and technical help. I have posted this thread on similar forums but so far had no help so I thought I post it here too
I have 2 Studer A807s, MK1 with VU meters on board and a MKII with meter bridge and on both experience harsh braking when using 7 inch reels and smaller. I know that these machines are not so suited in handling nonbackcoated tape especially on cine center reels however I wonder if there has been any modifications that have been done to the electronics so they can handle LP tape a little gentler? I don't think it is a case of misalignments from my part. I believe years ago, a technician from Studer in Switzerland mentioned to me some modification that can be done so the back tension can be reduced for using smaller reels. I find them a little aggressive when stopping a fast winding tape by reversing the direction and can damage the tape.
Also I note that when using 7 inch reels and am starting to wind a tape from let's say a 3/4 full reel to fill it up completely, the machine does not pick up the full winding speed but for a few seconds it winds at a slower speed and then kicks in to the fast speed. Is this normal?
I hope that I can get some feedback from you experts out there so I can keep my machines up to spec as much as possible. The sofwares I have are the following:
MKI: 10.89
MKII: 06.90
Many thanks