I have this Sony TC366 that I'm slowly resurrecting. Current issue is the right channel seems much hotter than the left. I initially tried recording tapes myself and the right channel sounds fine with the left sounding muffled/as if a low pass filter were put on it. Figured that either the tape could be bad or too old or the heads are beyond the end of their life. Then I got a prerecorded tape and the right channel is maxing out the VU meter most of the time with the left seeming somewhat normal.

I've adjusted the heads and cleaned them, sprayed contact cleaner in the switches (although maybe not enough), etc. Could the culprit here be a bad capacitor on one of the amplifier boards? High gain with a prerecorded tape makes me think it's something electronic and not just a corroded switch or knob.

Hi,

I recently acquired a Fostex B16 for a very decent price. including some tapes.

Most of the channels work as expected. Some need some love here and there.

The thing I’m running into is that when I record vocals and have longer notes the note seems to jitter or flutter. Which makes it sound like kind of weird. Now of course I understand the appeal of tape and flutter and jitter but this sounds kind of off. (See video). Or am I running the signal too hot and ia it just distorting?

Is there anything I can do to reduce this? Or perhaps some pointers on what to look into?

Hi all, just picked up two studer a62 in the hope of getting one working out of the pair. Does anybody have any recommendations of where to take them to be looked at in the uk. Thanks