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In Reply to: The 234 is a 4-track. posted by soundnut on March 19, 2007 at 13:45:05:
the few guys that do have 234, 122, or C-machines all love them. I've yet to hear a Tascam/Teac guy bitch those machines.You're right about the 234, it lacks the home-audio options. The only reason I considered it is, these units are now going for dirt cheap- many times a beat up 234 goes for less than a 122. The Teac C-machines are very rarely even for sale- which speaks volumes about their quality.
What's the actual difference between a 122 and C-deck ? It looks like the only diff is, the rack mount and lack of feet on the 122, and the color- am I right here ?
These machines with metal tape at 3.75 IPS, have specs like an older reel to reel at 7.5 IPS. Can't beat the compact cassette for storage either. The one downside is, 90 min tapes become 45 min. at 3.75
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"What's the actual difference between a 122 and C-deck ? It looks like the only diff is, the rack mount and lack of feet on the 122, and the color- am I right here ?"Actually, not even that. The original TASCAM 122 is virtually identical to the TEAC C-series decks. The main difference is that user-tweakable bias & eq is standard on the 122, whereas on the TEAC decks, it's a plug-in card. That's about it.
what does that adjustable bias/eq actually do ?
The original TASCAM 122 is pictured here. The part encircled in red is a front-panel, user adjustable section for bias and eq with a preset that allows you to tweak the bias and eq to match the tape you're using. When you want to use that particular bias & eq setting, you press the "preset" button on the right to recall that setting.On the TEAC C-series machines, there's an optional plug-in card slot on the front of the deck. If you can find the card (a big if, they're scarce.) it'll give you the same feature as the 122.
have you ever set that yourself, if so, what's the procedure ?I just bought a C-3x Teac deck with that option in it
I'd imagine you have to tape onto the cassette in question with a built-in test tone, then adjust the little screws there ?
this one has that adjustable option, not a standard card with no adjustment
The link below should tell ya everything you need to know.Cheers,
Bobbo :-)
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