The Sony TC 280 Tape Recorder
Channel: CoolDudeClem
Date: 2016-01-06

It's been a while since I have done any tape recorder videos, so here is me servicing my Sony TC 280 Reel to Reel.  Oh, and before anyone mentions ... Yes I know I accidentally got the left and right reversed when I did the direct hookup from the tape recorder to the computer.  Anyway, after a head clean and an adjustment of the playback amp, it sounds really good, even at 1.7/8 IPS it records speech with reasonable quality, and even music at that speed doesn't sound too bad. Also does anyone have any idea of when this was built? I can't find a date code anywhere inside it, I'm guessing late 60's but I could be wrong.