Getting As Bad As Jim For Waving The Teac/Tascam Flag

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Picked up a Teac C-3X for cheap from a Canuck Audio Mart ad. It arrived yesterday and is going to the tech tomorrow to be serviced. It is one of two decks used in a Calgary radio station and being sold by a seller in Alberta. Maybe I should have bought the second one, too, for resale purposes.

I now have a Tascam 122 MK II, Teac C-1 MK II, Teac 450 and now the C-3X.

Seller's photo:

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Nando.
 
Elite-ist said:
Picked up a Teac C-3X for cheap from a Canuck Audio Mart ad. It arrived yesterday and is going to the tech tomorrow to be serviced. It is one of two decks used in a Calgary radio station and being sold by a seller in Alberta. Maybe I should have bought the second one, too, for resale purposes.

I now have a Tascam 122 MK II, Teac C-1 MK II, Teac 450 and now the C-3X.

Seller's photo:

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Nando.
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That's a beauty Nando !
 
I have a feeling Lee is referring to his series of quotes on his signature:

" The Pioneer U-24, unfortunately, is just too expensive and rare to find. That's why I have one."--Nando-2014

Nando.
 
Elite-ist said:
I have a feeling Lee is referring to his series of quotes on his signature:

" The Pioneer U-24, unfortunately, is just too expensive and rare to find. That's why I have one."--Nando-2014

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Even with that landslide of sig comments - it just goes to show how easily they are overlooked - :p

So much for getting excited Lee had a deck, patched in. :confused:
 
Tony: You know, I think Lee has a Pioneer CT-F9191 patched into his system. I'm just going off of memory.

Nando.
 
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Limited experience with Teac, started with the Radio Shack version of the X-3, then serviced a X-10R, then buying my own X-7R, I’m impressed with the internal construction, I can only assume this applies to the cassette decks as well.
 
Lee: Last year I got a Pioneer CT-97 to match the rest of my Pioneer silver-faced gear with rack handles. It's the Spec version of the CT-F9191.

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Nando.
 
Beautiful Nando..,. does it also have the clutch problem?
 
I thought it was just a gussied-up version of the CT-F9191. Don't know if it has the same style of clutch. It has been working in a side system since I got it in August of 2023. I had the tech do a complete service on my CT-F9191 less than six months ago and the clutch hadn't failed in it, either.

Nando.
 
Good to hear it may not be plagued with the bad clutch.

Damn Nando.....you need a rack...
 
Wave the flag!

As I see it, Tascam is a tool, not a toy. Built reasonably well (not Studer well) and reasonably priced. Perform well out of the box and better when optimized for your specific tape. (I still want a Studer deck to play with, but I won't invest the normal asking money to test the waters)

No flash, or gizmos. They just work for their intended purpose.

Before Tascam I was a Teac fan. My A3340S was a beast and it worked great when I needed it as a four-track recorder. High playback speed dubs from CD or LP were awesome too. I figured if they focused on tape only, they probably had a pretty good handle on it, as opposed to other brands with every type of component available. Of course, with a shot gun blast you eventually hit something, but dedication to one discipline generally leads to a better final product. Now, Teac makes everything, and I am not as enamored with them Tascam too for that matter. But Tascam's new digital stuff is good bang for the buck for sure.
 
Elite-ist said:
@Chris Cables: The C-3X doesn't have balanced XLR I/Os, but my Tascam 122 MK II does.
Nando.
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They look like proud siblings! I like the look of your Sanyo SuperD sittin up there too. I've been playing around with a dbx 3BS-DS recently, lot's of fun.
I need to get a 122 mkII or III pronto and I remember mentioning it in your TH thread recently.
Apart from exploring how a balanced signal path will record and PB it will be interesting to experience a real Tascam hayday deck. Do they have their own particular SS?
I've been watching ASB Custom's videos restoring a mkIII. Love his videos and narration style, it's like watching Painting with Bob Ross, but with tape-decks instead of paint and canvas :lol:

 
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