Akai CR-80T Arrived!

"still_trackin" wrote
I can align that deck for you, if you want. Where are you located ?-
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Last night I took the bottom off and experimented with turning the
flat head screw for head height. Figured if I messed up I could take
it in as I intended anyway, so I gave it a shot. Using my copy of
Exile On Main St. which was playing track 2 with quite a bit of track
3 bleed thru, I turned the screw until only the correct track could be
heard.
This was done on tracks 2 and 3 as suggested.

This tape BTW plays fine on all other decks, so I thought it might be
a good starting point. Played other tapes that I could hear bleed thru
inbetween tracks originally and heard virtually none. Only my EMI copy
of The Beatles Love Songs which is a double tape, had a small amount
when I listened closely. Not bad considering this tape exhibits this
on a couple other decks anyway.

Anyway it seemed to help the problem for the most part. I listened to
the deck for several hours last night and the sound is
excellent....azimuth seems pretty accurate. I have it currently
running thru my Audio Research tube system and actually sounds pretty
decent, plus I like having a tuner to use with that set up. Still plan
on using it in another system as I mentioned before in the future.

Will start looking around for an amp after the holidays. Gotta go
now....helping my other half with Thanksgiving preps! Enjoy your
turkey day!

get yourself an AKAI M8 or ROBERTS 770X tube amped reel to reel, it will
unlock the true magic of that Akai deck

good work on the head alignment

keep in mind, only align your deck with carts that have good pads, or
replace the pads first

my main Roberts 808D (same as Akai 80) deck, I have cut a small square
access hole in the bottom, so I don't have to remove the bottom cover to
adjust tracking/azimuth. If you want, you can then play the deck standing u
p on its side- and adjust tracking for every tape, before playing it.