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Otari MX5050 BII2
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Otari was one of the last brands to manufacturer a new tape deck. Founded by Former Teac Engineer, Masayuki Hosoda in 1964, his company produced some of the best tape decks ever made. It may sound funny but Otari is widely considered by industry professionals as the Toyota Tacoma of tape decks! The reason why is that they learned the hard lessons from Studer/Teac/Tascam etc and as a result built one of the best tape decks out there. Also, because of this, the availability of parts is much more widely available; not to mention the serviceability of this deck is much better than say a Technics. One of our favorite decks!
*Key point. We love this deck for the new or experienced listener... why? Because it has the versatility to playback both 1/2 and 1.4 track tapes. This way you don't loose out if you have a 1/4 tape collection. Not to mention, it is also one of the, if not the most, user friendly tape decks out there.
Summary of Restoration work... 1 year warranty provided (on non-customer related issues, RRH reserves the right to inspect and determine.)
*Please see video.
Issues Found & Corrected / Restoration Report
- motor had weak torque and would not start from certain angular positions, one coil sensor weak oscillation - found and replaced partially shorted C18 (510pF 50v mylar cap - replaced from parts unit)
- audio electronics full-scale DC offset and loud frying noise in tape monitor mode, found and replaced bad IC501 njm2043 op amp
- dead SEL REP ch2 led - replaced
- rotated guides / straightened tension arms
- disassembled / cleaned / relubed capstan motor, re-glued sensor coil mounting
- resurfaced capstan
- resurfaced reel tables - NAB reels slipping under own weight when operated vertically
- replaced VU meter lamps
- cleaned all controls
- dead / intermittent speed/reel size/edit switches - cleaned and exercised
- replaced P/R with Athan corp P/R - set P/R pressure @ 6 lbs
- reflowed cold and possible cold solder joints on control board / audio board molex connectors / power buss bars
- replaced both rec/sync relays
- set reel table height
- set capstan speed w/ 3150hz speed MRL at all 3 speeds
- full audio / electronic calibration at 15 / 7.5 ips with SM911 tape (3dB over bias @10KHz @ 15 ips)
- "MID" flux = 0 VU = 250nWb/m NAB
- Cosmetic restoration performed - new wood sides (African Rosewood!), lettering to original Otari specs.
Dim's for shelf consideration
70 Lbs
(H) 27 (D) 12 (W) 17 - inches
*S/N 18407118
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