TASCAM DA30 is this one ready for the TRASHCAN?

An update. After playing tape through 3 times it is starting to behave and play better. I am hoping that repeated play will get the transport to free up even more.

As a rookie, I learned a lot from your videos. Thank You. You taught me to appreciate that satisfying moment when something 30 years old that was considered junk few hours ago, now working as it should, and I made it happen. Thanks for the educational videos !

Cheers for the vids man. Really dig them especially the audio ones.

I would remove the tension arm band and wash it with dishwasher detergent to get all the grease off and roughens the spidle a little bit.

At around 24 minutes mark, it's so interesting to see it run totally uncovered, for some reason to me. Great video!

Dave, that tube of toothpaste is diminishing a lot faster than the Sony pouches. Great work..

I had my first magic smoke.

is it possible to take off that roller at all. Clean it in hot soapy water, in uk we got fairy washing up liquid as its a de greaser for your plates and really good for cleaning belts and rubber pully wheels :) eg. my xbox 360 drawer has a belt with pullies, put a bit of washing up liquid on the belt with some water, rinse then dry with microfibre cloth. all works fine.

Not DAT again, that machine looks like it came from Hell.

how do u charge for repairs? Do u give estimates before i ship it to u?

Get a heat gun and go over it. Clean it first then heat the board. Ignore the multimeter

Defunct format.

I'm wonder (as I watch) whether these DAT tapes also can go 'frictional', like ordinary cassette tapes?

The thought has occurred to me that as the tape is 'scanned' diagonally, then any small wow/flutter from the pinch roller will probably not impact on the sound, since the data will be 'buffered' and playback is taken (and decoded) from the buffer.

@12Voltsvids Hey Dave i love too see you do a video on some old Zenith floor model console televisions. Like Shango066 works on on his channel.I dont know if you like the old stuff made in America back then . Ill tell you one thing the Televisions were made way better back then . Ultrasonic remotes cleared the way for modern technology. Solid state Television and Old hybrid Tube and full tube sets had better sound we actually beat Sony in sound quality louder and clearer . Too bad the old sets didnt have stereo back in the 1970'S . I guess thr broadcasters didn't want too make it happen .

I swear, you have that cat only to catch mice...

Are u sure there isn't a slipping belt?

Repairing stuff - very very very time consuming.

Though calling the dude for the flight case out came across as a bit rude.

I thought it might be a bad tape, dried out with lack of lubricant, causing drag on the head wheel, but I guess it still happened using a different tape.