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Ok, so my recent aquisition of an Otari MX5050 BII machine plus a Revox B77 MkII machine has netted some interesting evenings..
The Otari was tested audio wise yesterday for the first time since purchase 2 weeks back, sound absolutely wonderful, but one hour in and the capstan motor went dead..
A slight tap on its side and she was up to speed again, Facebook feedback at 4am revealed that there is a hidden speed switch inside the unit which goes bad resulting in said issue, a good cleaning and she is back up to par, for now..
The Revox B77 was purchased with the knowledge of a broken right channel Record switch, its the righthand most toggle switch on the control panel, clearly missing on my unit..
The Otari was tested audio wise yesterday for the first time since purchase 2 weeks back, sound absolutely wonderful, but one hour in and the capstan motor went dead..
A slight tap on its side and she was up to speed again, Facebook feedback at 4am revealed that there is a hidden speed switch inside the unit which goes bad resulting in said issue, a good cleaning and she is back up to par, for now..
The Revox B77 was purchased with the knowledge of a broken right channel Record switch, its the righthand most toggle switch on the control panel, clearly missing on my unit..