Hi,
I have a Tascam 388 that Ive had for a couple of years now. Not long after I bought it, I noticed that the Left channels were not audible unless panned to center. Meaning that the recorded audio was on tape but not able to be panned Left at all without the signal disappearing. But the problem wasn't always there, say for instance if I moved it or it was jarred just a bit, the Left side may come back for a while, then disappear again. It could also happen that I might power it on one day and it was suddenly fixed, temporarily of course.
Currently, Ive got it in the shop of a very competent repair tech in my area who has owned one of these machines before, and he said hes spent about 6 hours on it and is losing hope of finding the problem and is only going to spend another couple hours before he gives up. He said he's scoped it, and is going to start checking caps but after that he's at a loss. So,needless to say that Im concerned as Ive had a lot of fun with the machine (when it works) and if its unable to be repaired, its not very useable and Ive lost some money and what would have been a very useful piece gear to me.
So my question is, has anybody ever experienced this or have any ideas, thoughts or experience with this issue? Thanks in advance!
I have a Tascam 388 that Ive had for a couple of years now. Not long after I bought it, I noticed that the Left channels were not audible unless panned to center. Meaning that the recorded audio was on tape but not able to be panned Left at all without the signal disappearing. But the problem wasn't always there, say for instance if I moved it or it was jarred just a bit, the Left side may come back for a while, then disappear again. It could also happen that I might power it on one day and it was suddenly fixed, temporarily of course.
Currently, Ive got it in the shop of a very competent repair tech in my area who has owned one of these machines before, and he said hes spent about 6 hours on it and is losing hope of finding the problem and is only going to spend another couple hours before he gives up. He said he's scoped it, and is going to start checking caps but after that he's at a loss. So,needless to say that Im concerned as Ive had a lot of fun with the machine (when it works) and if its unable to be repaired, its not very useable and Ive lost some money and what would have been a very useful piece gear to me.
So my question is, has anybody ever experienced this or have any ideas, thoughts or experience with this issue? Thanks in advance!