Month: May 2021
Using an Optimod 8100A in a studio
I got an Orban Optimod 8100A in for repair. The power supply was the problem, the only tantalum cap on the board had opened up. That is strange since tants usually short, not this one. The symptom was that the + 15 volts would slowly decrease until it got to about 12 volts and everything […]
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We were going through the warehouse to see what kind of stuff we could get rid of (or I could fix in a video) when we came across this. That is the pinch roller on a Otari MX5050 4 Channel reel to reel. This thing has been sitting in the warehouse for a number of […]
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