Just got it from a local store selling old hifi gear and everything is serviced. Great audio and a good upgrade from cassettes except for the portability.

Very pleased with this one.

I’m fairly new to reel-to-reel equipment so bear with me. I found this unit for $15 at a local flea market, and with me looking for one for a decent price since I was in school, I quickly picked it up. After I got home and finally had a chance to actually test it, it worked perfect for 5, maybe 10 minutes. After that the 8 track player has been channel selecting non stop and everything starts to flicker and shut off. I was able to reach into the tape player and wipe down and clean all of the heads and sensors I could see and feel, but nothing has changed. I work on electronics for fun, but not Long enough or old enough to know where else to go from here. Any help is better than what I got right now. Please help.

I have cleaned the tape head multiple times, it just spins muddy, any way to fix that?

Working on a TEAC A-2340SX that’s noticeable muffled sound in the left channel. The R channel sounds perfect. It just sounds muddied. I’ve ruled out the playback head as switching the PB head inputs on the EQ AMP board, the issue remains in the L channel. I’ve tested all the capacitors on the EQ Amp board and Line/Phone board. The line input to the unit sounds great on each channel. I’ve also cleaned all the switches and controls with DeOxit. Anyone with any experience on this unit have any ideas on what the issue might be.

I recently acquired an Akai 4000DS that has been working perfectly except that it just started squeaking. Sounds like it is coming from the capstan. Any suggestions? In need of lubrication? Thank you in advance!