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Originally Posted by Techman
It rumbles along nicely like all BSR TD10 tape decks do, just turn the music up and you won't notice it.
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I should mention that I've replaced the main idler in a TD-10 machine that I have, with a Philips idler from an EL3547 (the EL3542 and similar machines with the same mech chassis (EL3536 among others) have three of them, and the EL3546 also has an idler of the same type). The outer diameter and shaft diameter are identical, but the shape of the hub is different, meaning that some creative work with some washers or shims is needed to get it to work properly. Still, these older Philips idlers predate the 'goo' era and tend to be reasonably supple still, so in my case it was a definitive improvement over the original but very much hardened one.