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I have a total beginner's question for the group. I recently purchased an
Otari MX-5050 MKIII-2 reel-to-reel deck in order to transfer a large
collection of family recordings to CD. The deck is in excellent condition
and all functions seem to perform as expected. There's one thing that does
worry me, though. Perhaps I'm just paranoid, but it seems like it
produces a lot of static (hiss) just by having the power on. Without
playing a tape, there is the same amount of static if I listen through my
headphones connected directly to the deck as there is through the rear
outputs. So the problem seems to be internal. Is this normal for an older
piece of equipment such as this?
While searching through Google News concerning a problem I came across a
post from way back in 1998 which I think might have a bearing on my
problem. Here it is:
http/groups.google.com/groups?q=otari+5050+static&hl=en&lr=&selm=
19981109162149.00770.00001699%40ng30.aol.com&rnum=1
Thanks for your help.
Timothy
I have a total beginner's question for the group. I recently purchased an
Otari MX-5050 MKIII-2 reel-to-reel deck in order to transfer a large
collection of family recordings to CD. The deck is in excellent condition
and all functions seem to perform as expected. There's one thing that does
worry me, though. Perhaps I'm just paranoid, but it seems like it
produces a lot of static (hiss) just by having the power on. Without
playing a tape, there is the same amount of static if I listen through my
headphones connected directly to the deck as there is through the rear
outputs. So the problem seems to be internal. Is this normal for an older
piece of equipment such as this?
While searching through Google News concerning a problem I came across a
post from way back in 1998 which I think might have a bearing on my
problem. Here it is:
http/groups.google.com/groups?q=otari+5050+static&hl=en&lr=&selm=
19981109162149.00770.00001699%40ng30.aol.com&rnum=1
Thanks for your help.
Timothy