Does recapping work? (Patreon preview)

[@mattwesthaver6909]

Hey just wanna say thanks for the wealth of information on this channel. I just purchased a tascam 244 and I'm much less overwhelmed now

[@happy_hooray]

You mention flipping units on ebay, could you include your store page in the description?

[@afterrockradio1328]

Hello Mr. Tetrakan ! Can you please help ? Can 2 portastudios be synched together ? How about more than 2 ? What kind of device would I need to do the synching ? I know the particular portasudio unit has SMPTE capabilities for synching with drum machines and synths , and yes i am aware that I will need to sacrifice one track on each unit. Thank you !!!

[@foldingthemap3823]

Do you buy bulk packs of capacitors, or buy what you’ll need for the project? Do you have a preferred source?

[@Tetrakan]

When I srated out I gradually populated a multi compartment box with 20 or so common values . Rarer values or ones I go through in large quantities (10uf, 16v is really common for 80s Tascam mixers and amps for instance) I have a folder with poly pockets holding the different values. I tend to buy at least 50 of a value at a time from Farnell because they are based in the UK - Digikey has a wider range of stuff but they charge me more for postage and end up sending it to me from accross the atlantic and it takes weeks. I avoid resellers on ebay etc because the inherited wisdon from forum knowitalls is there are terrible awful counterfeits out there, though I've never encountered faulty fakes personally.

[@2112jonr]

Really good, pragmatic approach you describe in the description - the time taken to carefully dismantle often far exceeds the cap' replacement time. I'd personally much rather spend another 15-30 minutes replacing all the electrolytics if one has gone, and get another 20+ years out of it, than have to go back in again, or even lose a piece of gear if the cap's on the PSU.

[@Tetrakan]

Agreed... with hindsight it'd have been better if I made this point during the video, thanks for taking the trouble to read the description

[@ordaleem]

Yes, thanks! I've repaired a few of these and you're right, there are bad caps all over. Their voltage ratings are too low in general I think. Very nice that there's a very legible silkscreen on both the top and bottom of the boards though!

[@Tetrakan]

Agreed, usually the Yamaha PCBs are much more legible than their fostex and tascam counterparts

[@3rdisland477]

MT120 has a lot of caps problems

[@Tetrakan]

Agreed, altjpugh It's not a model I have worked on very often, the few I have had here all needed replacement capacitors. Thanks for watching!

[@NathanOZlegend]

recapping just fun keeps ya skill up

[@TheNLHAZE]

I have a Onkyo receiver that is sick would you be interested in working on it I would be more than glad to pay for shipping to and from and cost as well for your time and trouble thank you very much and I hope you have a wonderful day great video cheers🍺

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

Yes it does.

[@lauraiss1027]

Video starts at 2:00, you are welcome. Sorry man, this is what it is.