An article I read about this said "boomers" are reliving their younger lives, and young kids today are getting into it because it's something different and new to them. I don't necessarily agree with

Had we known how popular Reel to Reel recording would be now, someone back in the 1980s could have warehoused reels and pancakes of tape and made a good amount of money. Even those cheap $2 reels of R

VERY good advice, having seen some folks trust their ISP or list, only to lose 10 years of valuable info.l Fred From: mkaplan22@... The lesson: keep important information in a safe place, likely

I think it was a good ride on Yahoo, but I don’t think Facebook and other platforms is to blame. These other services are but only another way to access dialog. I’ve found over the years that the amou

It would be interesting to take the tape or LP and see if iZotope RX Pro could clean it up. Hum is usually no problem. The bass could be an issue depending on the amount of roll-off. Some of those ear

You may have to look at the diagram and rule out what is good and what is not. Sometimes it makes a lot of sense to copy the schematic, and draw circles around the areas you’ve inspected or replaced.

If you are careful with the wires, solder some small wire on the power supply connection points, and run them out to a terminal strip. This way you can have the board in the machine, yet measure the v

Sometimes you are forced to desolder wires or add jumpers in order to get appropriate test signals while still in the unit. Be careful for yourself, and your equipment. If at all doubtful it can be do

I’m thinning the herd, as I’m 9 months away from retirement and a move. I hate to dumpster stuff if someone can use it. I have 2 Spotmaster “delay” cart decks. These were used to get the 7 second dela

Welcome. Looks like we’re up and running. Fred (in Ohio/USA) From: peter@... Hi all, I guess it is too late to be first, but accessed the group messages today. Looks good, so far, even if a