I have acquired a Sony dtc-670 DAT deck. Now, I t does NOTwork, but I did have it working for a bit. Durinng that short time, I was IMPRESSSED, with the sound.
I got it to work, by "finger cleaning" the heads, and that worked for a short time, but they soon were clogged again. So, I did this a couple of more times, and after about the fourth session of cleaning(with swabs and alcohol, the other times), it now refuses to read at all anymore. SO-- is the head drum shot? and, can I use the drum from a DATA DAT deck, (I may have one somewhere), will they be the same, or am I going to have to "find" another one, of the same model, or similar?
I was using a 90m data DAT tape I got (a box of 5) and it looks like I can get at least 3 hours of time with those, and over 6 hours in the LP mode--- so, needless to say, i would like to get it "going" again....
Oh, and it is great to see the site back again... for about a week, I was unable to get n here... BAD times indeed!!
I got it to work, by "finger cleaning" the heads, and that worked for a short time, but they soon were clogged again. So, I did this a couple of more times, and after about the fourth session of cleaning(with swabs and alcohol, the other times), it now refuses to read at all anymore. SO-- is the head drum shot? and, can I use the drum from a DATA DAT deck, (I may have one somewhere), will they be the same, or am I going to have to "find" another one, of the same model, or similar?
I was using a 90m data DAT tape I got (a box of 5) and it looks like I can get at least 3 hours of time with those, and over 6 hours in the LP mode--- so, needless to say, i would like to get it "going" again....
Oh, and it is great to see the site back again... for about a week, I was unable to get n here... BAD times indeed!!