In Reply to: RE: Small amount of hiss doesn't bother me posted by mcgjohn@yahoo.com on January 14, 2020 at 09:35:22:
[[ taking the signals off the tape heads]]
Interesting idea, especially if the deck's preamps start to give me trouble (pioneer tape deck preamps have a common problem with corroded transistors).
I have good soldering skills. Would not be difficult I think to tap into the direct head output but noise could be a problem routing to external tape head amp.
My playback system is already all tube - Transcendent Sound Grounded Grid preamp and Transcendent T8-LN OTL amp.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Small amount of hiss doesn't bother me - LtMandella 12:31:24 01/14/20 (6)
- Noise is not an issue if done right - Victor Khomenko 13:58:55 01/14/20 (5)
- Nice looking Otari MX50... - kootenay 00:02:17 01/15/20 (4)
- Sharp eye... - Victor Khomenko 05:15:29 01/15/20 (3)
- Just wondering... - kootenay 09:52:28 01/15/20 (2)
- RE: Just wondering... - Victor Khomenko 11:13:52 01/15/20 (1)
- I think the tape input is discrete and buffered... - kootenay 11:33:57 01/15/20 (0)