Re: arsclist slaying the Dragon

["Richard L. Hess" <ArcLists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:24 AM 02/28/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> Nakamichi having rendered this splendid creature extinct, assures services &
> parts for how many more years?  I think that's a very important factor in
> making a committment to a piece of gear.  If too esoteric for any of we
> tinkerers to be able to properly align & or repair it without their support,
> then as good as it is when working correctly, might be an ill-advised
> purchase.

I'm in the middle of seeing how long parts will take, but the West Coast 
Factory Service Depot is wonderful and the first Dragon I bought had just 
been brought back to full spec by them before the seller put it up on eBay 
($800 buy it now)

The second one should have been sent back to the Service Depot before going 
on eBay and the seller and I have a bit of a disagreement over what 
"excellent working condition" means. While the bill from the Service Depot 
included with the first Dragon was $300 (included in the $800 sales price), 
I just authorized $480 worth of repairs on the second Dragon--it needed a 
new play head, but I paid $710 for it (in part because a dealer stated that 
it was...nevermind).

I have stuggled with the same decision that Art made and he and I came down 
on different sides of it. It is a very tough decision and the Tascam 122 MK 
III is a very tempting and excellent machine.

Art, could you please describe how playback azimuth is adjusted on the 
MKIII and is it totally independent of record azimuth?


> It's actaully wintery here in NYC this morning: 26 degrees & I'm not used to
> it!

It's about time there was some winter--it was 77 degrees here yesterday in LA!

Cheers,

Richard

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