Thanks! Maybe I will get to save some money after all.
Ah, ok, Thanks for the clarification. I did some more fiddling and ended up switching the head to the ferrite one. I found that the Sendust head...
So, turns out there were two pieces of shims under the erase head. They are about the same thickness, but around double the thickness of the one...
Ok, after a bit of more fiddling I have found another piece of identical brass shim under the erase head. Reading the SM shows nothing should be...
Thanks again for the reply. Unfortunately I don't have the gauge as of right now. are there any alternative methods to check? I have tried to fold...
Thanks for the reply Valentin. The head height is 1khz and azimuth is full track 10khz. I used these tapes, I'm not sure if you are familiar with...
This is what it looks like when using head height tape with the original head
A little update. Here is something very odd. Before changing the heads, after running Azimuth, head height and level checks, azimuth and level...
Thank you very much for the clarification Valentin! I will update after I'm done with the procedure!
This is wonderful. These type of niche information is very hard to find and usually only known to those who has been in this hobby for very long....
Oh wow, this is great information, thanks! However, is it the head that's limiting the FR or the electronics inside? Again I'm sorry if this is an...
Thanks man. I appreciate the support. I'm just wondering if there's any reasons NOT to do this. Cheers!
Hello people, first of all I'm not sure where the TC-D5M fall into as of categories, so if this is in the wrong place I do apologize. I can't...
It would seem that in my excitement I have accidentally posted this on the wrong sub-forum. Is there any way to move this thread to the...
Here's some more pictures. Serial number is 04129, which seems pretty low? What does that serial number tell you? I also found out that it doesn't...
I can't believe it. I'm still in shock. What should I do now? I found this at an estate sale for 1500 CAD, which is about 1090USD. Granted it was...
Actually, I went back and checked it again, and I found out that my pinch roller assembly was bent, causing excessive wow. Now I've fixed that the...
The W&F I got ranged from 0.12 to 0.08, mostly stabilizing at 0.09, 90% of the time. I used tapes from Duplication.ca, 3000hz.
I don't know if anyone still need this but the T-shaped Idler is available on eBay now.
I would buy the parts if they were made available. There are rubber parts already being produced that are sold on eBay(including the T-shaped...
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