We have a STUDER A80 Mark II 24 Track Tape Recorder that is in good
shape but has not been used for a session since September of last year.
A couple of months ago after a black out, I turned it off, and I have
yet to turn it back on. This makes the CR that much quieter. I have no
idea when the deck will be used again, but I'm sure it will.

So, leave it on or leave it off?

Power up and run tape every once and a while?

Any other thoughts?

BTW, The deck in not for sale.

Thanks a bunch, -Mick

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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:55:50 -0400, "Mick F. Cantarella"
wrote:

We have a STUDER A80 Mark II 24 Track Tape Recorder that is in good
shape but has not been used for a session since September of last year.
A couple of months ago after a black out, I turned it off, and I have
yet to turn it back on. This makes the CR that much quieter. I have no
idea when the deck will be used again, but I'm sure it will.

So, leave it on or leave it off?
It doesn't need to run all the time.
Power up and run tape every once and a while?
--Yes, definitely. FF and rewind a tape once a while and play back a
little. Tape machines love this.
Any other thoughts?
I had a bit of luck when I first switched on a Revox B77 which has
been off for decades. The first fractions of a second the transformer
has been put under extreme strain, almost short-circuited, as the
power capacitors have had to form theirselves again. The machine
developed a dangerous smell.
To do it right, I should have used a variac transformer for the first
time. Now the machine is OK but as I said, I have been lucky.
BTW, The deck in not for sale.

Thanks a bunch, -Mick

Edi Zubovic, Crikvenica, Croatia

I'd definitely power it up from time to time and run some tape if you're not
doing so as a matter of course in sessions. I've wondered about the same thing
with my MX80, but fortunately have had occasion to use it often enough for it
not to be too much of an issue.

I think it's sort of like putting a car in storage - it's a complex machine
whose moving parts need a little exercise from time to time so they don't seize
up.

Which reminds me...I should get more exercise myself... : )


Ted Spencer, NYC

"No amount of classical training will ever teach you what's so cool about
"Tighten Up" by Archie Bell And The Drells" -author unknown

Ted Spencer wrote:
I'd definitely power it up from time to time and run some tape if you're not
doing so as a matter of course in sessions. I've wondered about the same thing
with my MX80, but fortunately have had occasion to use it often enough for it
not to be too much of an issue.

I think it's sort of like putting a car in storage - it's a complex machine
whose moving parts need a little exercise from time to time so they don't seize
up.

Which reminds me...I should get more exercise myself... : )


Ted Spencer, NYC

"No amount of classical training will ever teach you what's so cool about
"Tighten Up" by Archie Bell And The Drells" -author unknown

Ted,
Just take your MX80 out for a walk once in a while.

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John Noll

Ted Spencer wrote:
I'd definitely power it up from time to time and run some tape if you're not
doing so as a matter of course in sessions. I've wondered about the same thing
with my MX80, but fortunately have had occasion to use it often enough for it
not to be too much of an issue.

I think it's sort of like putting a car in storage - it's a complex machine
whose moving parts need a little exercise from time to time so they don't seize
up.

Which reminds me...I should get more exercise myself... : )


Ted Spencer, NYC

"No amount of classical training will ever teach you what's so cool about
"Tighten Up" by Archie Bell And The Drells" -author unknown

Ted,
Just take your MX80 out for a walk once in a while.

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John Noll