Hello,
I recently got hold of a Sony EL-5 Elcaset deck. All things considered it is in excellent shape. No damage to casing, all the switches, dials, and lights work. Miraculously the belts seem to have been replaced recently as they are taught. I've also cleaned the head with some isopropyl alcohol.
But, I'm having trouble recording. Whenever I try to record to a blank Elcaset, the right channel is muffled, but not all the time. The muffled effect goes in and out. There will be patches of crystal clear audio, just like the left channel, then it will briefly become muffled on the right channel. I've changed cables, tried two amplifiers, and used the decks headphone output, but the muffling is there no matter where I send the signal off to. Also, the VU meters are slightly out of sync, the right doesn't go as high as the left unless I offset the recording volume with the right higher than the left.
However, it does not do this when I play my copy of Blue Wicked by Jeremy Heiden (The only pre-recorded Elcaset I know of.) Whenever I play that tape, it's as clear as day on both channels regardless of what amplifier is at the other end.
So, I'm trying to figure out what would be causing this. Any help would be appreciated!
(Sorry for the long post, just being thorough.)
I recently got hold of a Sony EL-5 Elcaset deck. All things considered it is in excellent shape. No damage to casing, all the switches, dials, and lights work. Miraculously the belts seem to have been replaced recently as they are taught. I've also cleaned the head with some isopropyl alcohol.
But, I'm having trouble recording. Whenever I try to record to a blank Elcaset, the right channel is muffled, but not all the time. The muffled effect goes in and out. There will be patches of crystal clear audio, just like the left channel, then it will briefly become muffled on the right channel. I've changed cables, tried two amplifiers, and used the decks headphone output, but the muffling is there no matter where I send the signal off to. Also, the VU meters are slightly out of sync, the right doesn't go as high as the left unless I offset the recording volume with the right higher than the left.
However, it does not do this when I play my copy of Blue Wicked by Jeremy Heiden (The only pre-recorded Elcaset I know of.) Whenever I play that tape, it's as clear as day on both channels regardless of what amplifier is at the other end.
So, I'm trying to figure out what would be causing this. Any help would be appreciated!
(Sorry for the long post, just being thorough.)