TEAC Reel to Reel repair

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I’m looking for some place that still has the ability to repair a TEAC R2R. I have had this one a very long time. Unfortunately a recent move interstate has left it sounding like a pinball machine when turned on.

My local repair shop says I am 2 years past them being able to get parts any more.

I have a few reels I’d like copied to DAT or another media (CD, Flac . . . ) if repair is not possible. DAT there’s a step forward huh? I can convert to digital from there on my own though.

As always, thank you all for the input.

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Digital is a step forward. You can just save your tracks to HD or SSD, no need for yet another tape media.
If you’re just interested in conversion, it may be cheaper to use a service, or even buy the music again in digital, depending on how many tapes you have. I tried digitizing one of my cassettes some time ago and decided to buy CDs instead, as the print-through was quite audible.

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I may have to look into a service doing it then.

I have figured out how to convert some of my vinyl to flac, bit of a learning curve. Pressing my own vinyl is on the bucket list too.

The couple of reels I have that I’d like converted haven’t been commercially released. A college party mix tape and Trey Anastasio’s Master Thesis “The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday” ← the sole reason I’m really pursuing this.

I just have no clue which reel that one is.

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You could potentially buy a replacement.
Where are you? Plenty of candidates pop up for repairs in the U.K.

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I’m in the US. Maybe finding one used that works is the path.
Thank you.

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Depending on how much you want to spend of course.

For a full rebuild you are going to be looking at a minimum of $700 upwards depending on what it needs.

A very nice Teac r2r just sold on Usaudiomart for $650…

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Ok so my nostalgia was going to be costly.

Appreciate the prodding.

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Lol.

I got out of r2r for a lot of reasons, cost being one, ongoing maintenance another.

However when it all came together…oh boy did it sound… GOOD :grin:

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I copied 2000 albums and used vinylstudio, it made the process far less painful than it could have been. Can’t recommend it highly enough.

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Thank you. I have a few more to do and using audacity, has me thanking you without even looking it up.

it can go straight to DSD, that’s pretty cool.

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No problem. It estimates gaps very well so you only have to adjust slightly and makes track and record labelling easy. De clicker is remarkable too.

I went to 24/96 and it sounds fab to me.

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But not as good as the original vinyl :grin:

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We both know that only reel to reel is comparable to vinyl….!

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I had my Teac X-2000 repaired at New Jersey Factory Service. This location was the East Coast service center for Teac some years ago. They gave me great service. I dropped my unit off and picked it up. Website: http://www.njfactoryservice.com/

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