I got the open reel bug in 1982. I didn't want to spend a lot as I wasn't sure I'd dig this format. Three models were available in the R2R budget range. The Akai GX-4000 series machines seemed clunky and looked cheesy. Seen too many in for repair. Didn't know this Realistic was available. I got the Teac X-3 with dust cover for $330. Stereo Review gave the X-3 a swell write-up and that sealed the deal, gotta trust Julian. My X-3 has lasted forty two years with minimal maintenance. Still works fine and as you say is a lookalike for this TR-3000. The X-3 is a three motor/three head machine. A nice touch is the tight tape pack when running in FF/Rew and specs are good to boot. Nice video.
I always wanted one of these, mostly because it was made right at the end of life for consumer reel to reel recorders (1981-1983). Same reason I want to pick up a Realistic TR-803 8-track deck.
These are basically Teac's in disguise. They also use cheap ALPS brand push switches that are notorious for going bad. Mine had a bad pause switch. Stuck in pause mode and I couldn't figure out why the deck stopped working. Tore it apart more than once trying to figure out why. Tried repairing the original switch but no luck because they're junk. Ended up soldering a wire on the PCB to "remove" pause from the circuit. $499.00 new when they came out in RS stores. Decent, good sounding decks.
I got the open reel bug in 1982. I didn't want to spend a lot as I wasn't sure I'd dig this format. Three models were available in the R2R budget range. The Akai GX-4000 series machines seemed clunky and looked cheesy. Seen too many in for repair. Didn't know this Realistic was available. I got the Teac X-3 with dust cover for $330. Stereo Review gave the X-3 a swell write-up and that sealed the deal, gotta trust Julian. My X-3 has lasted forty two years with minimal maintenance. Still works fine and as you say is a lookalike for this TR-3000. The X-3 is a three motor/three head machine. A nice touch is the tight tape pack when running in FF/Rew and specs are good to boot. Nice video.
I always wanted one of these, mostly because it was made right at the end of life for consumer reel to reel recorders (1981-1983). Same reason I want to pick up a Realistic TR-803 8-track deck.
These are basically Teac's in disguise.
They also use cheap ALPS brand push switches that are notorious for going bad.
Mine had a bad pause switch. Stuck in pause mode and I couldn't figure out why the deck stopped working.
Tore it apart more than once trying to figure out why.
Tried repairing the original switch but no luck because they're junk. Ended up soldering a wire on the PCB to "remove" pause from the circuit.
$499.00 new when they came out in RS stores. Decent, good sounding decks.
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