Re: Advice on Reel to Reel
Hi Rob,
The Alba R17 is a 4 track mono machine, playing at 3 3/4 ips. If you play tapes made on the Alba on some stereo machines you you will need to take the output from just one channel ( left or right depending on which track you want to listen to ) or you will hear both tracks at once or even one of the tracks backwards.
As far as the Ebay option goes unless you buy a serviced machine you might find yourself in the same boat again needing some repairs or servicing before you can use it.
Some Akais have a problem with some of the metal parts of the deck mechanism making it unusable without replacement so need to be checked. The A77 was available with different track and speed configurations which you would need to check before buying. The Sonys will probably need belts by now as could any machine.
Another option is to borrow a known good 4 track mono machine or get the tapes copied to CD or MP3 etc, several members on this forum could help with this myself included, you might find a member closer to you than me to save postage costs and risk.
Cheers Mark
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