Muchas gracias por tus vídeos he aprendido mucho tengo ese mismo dat tascam da 30 el anterior dueño dijo que le cambiaron una correa pero no quedo bien Yo le puse otra y quedó excelente Graba y reproduce excelente Lo malo es que ya no se encuentran sus cabezales saludos y Gracias por tu tiempo y dedicación
It's the same like playing vinyls. It's the haptics that the people miss. And the fact to have to listen to the tape and not being able to instantly seek to another track or part of the current track like you can do today.
@@12voltvids The spring holds the tray stable from the left side so it opens and closes straight every time. With the spring removed the tray has a small jump in its travel. Holds it all stable for the micro switches on the right and keeps it truer.
When I was doing TV and VCR repair I quickly learned to clean the VCR heads and tape transport before doing anything because of all the people trying to fix it themselves.
I have never seen the actual heads on a DAT. The VCR versions I only see a loop of wire on a small PC board that doesn't actually contact the tape. In my mind I can see the drum being worn, or even the internal drum contacts from the heads to the pre amp are worn, or dirty. It always made me wonder how a VCR drum made those connections internally. Rather it be electrical or magnetic coupled. In my opinion most things are repairable if parts were available.
Any tape or disc based format that you want to keep needs a digital backup. Spares for these are now almost impossible to obtain, other than drive belts. I have spent the last few days filling a skip with the ones customers never collected after been told they were beyond repair. It's costing me just to dispose of other peoples trash.
No they don't. One usually wears out faster than the other. No you can't tell under s microscope unless you have a really powerful one capable of seeing a micron or 2.
I still got this DA30 sitting in the box that I was going to donate to you over a year ago. Just got to figure out how to pack it and get it from Washington state, through customs, and to you. Serial number TCA 451374
Thanks , Dave for your continued quality content👍
Muchas gracias por tus vídeos he aprendido mucho tengo ese mismo dat tascam da 30 el anterior dueño dijo que le cambiaron una correa pero no quedo bien
Yo le puse otra y quedó excelente
Graba y reproduce excelente
Lo malo es que ya no se encuentran sus cabezales saludos y Gracias por tu tiempo y dedicación
That is why those of us that have old tapes hoard working machines. I have a few here waiting in reserve.
It's the same like playing vinyls. It's the haptics that the people miss. And the fact to have to listen to the tape and not being able to instantly seek to another track or part of the current track like you can do today.
@@TD75 exactly what I came to say when I saw this comment!
Thanks Dave.
Anyone else watch the Spring dangling down inside the power supply. 00:12:02 HAHAHAHAH...
It wasn't close to anything energized. You missed the part when it fell off and dropped inside.
@@12voltvids
The spring holds the tray stable from the left side so it opens and closes straight every time.
With the spring removed the tray has a small jump in its travel.
Holds it all stable for the micro switches on the right and keeps it truer.
I remember the first time I saw the FM envelope from DAT and thought "that's never right!". But of course it is. It's not a video format.
When I was doing TV and VCR repair I quickly learned to clean the VCR heads and tape transport before doing anything because of all the people trying to fix it themselves.
I have never seen the actual heads on a DAT. The VCR versions I only see a loop of wire on a small PC board that doesn't actually contact the tape. In my mind I can see the drum being worn, or even the internal drum contacts from the heads to the pre amp are worn, or dirty. It always made me wonder how a VCR drum made those connections internally. Rather it be electrical or magnetic coupled. In my opinion most things are repairable if parts were available.
Any tape or disc based format that you want to keep needs a digital backup.
Spares for these are now almost impossible to obtain, other than drive belts.
I have spent the last few days filling a skip with the ones customers never
collected after been told they were beyond repair.
It's costing me just to dispose of other peoples trash.
Yes I know. There us a bunch if crap in my garage that has been abandoned and my storage unit is also bursting with unclaimed crap.
I've bought a few non working items on ebay, and got them to work. But that machine is way too complicated. Interesting video.
Yes they are rather complex especially the digital side of things. I wouldn't attempt to work on the digital circuits myself.
Awesome video - Where do you get the plastic split washers from? I constantly lose them. There are a couple different sizes.
I don't. If I lose them I'm screwed.
Don't heads normally wear at the same rate? I wonder if you can see any difference between the two under a microscope.
No they don't. One usually wears out faster than the other. No you can't tell under s microscope unless you have a really powerful one capable of seeing a micron or 2.
Great master ❤❤❤ long time
4 decades yk 😂
I still got this DA30 sitting in the box that I was going to donate to you over a year ago. Just got to figure out how to pack it and get it from Washington state, through customs, and to you.
Serial number TCA 451374
No problem sending low value items across border. As long as valued 20 or less they sail right through.