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Post by jametatone on Mar 7, 2018 12:08:36 GMT -6
![]()  I have a 1974 MCI JH-16 2" tape machie sitting in my studio. I literally have NEVER used it and It needs to be in someone's hands who will appreciate it fully. This is the holy grail machine. 16 channels on 2" for max headroom, with input transformers on every channel. It also has the full punch remote. The heads were relapped and never put back on the machine. Nortronics with approx 60% headlife. I have an upopened MRL for the machine, brand new 25 ft. Toushel snakes with XLR fanouts for ins and outs. The machine is in great condition but has something wrong with the erase function. I haven't used it in 10 years. It is located in Kansas City Missouri. Asking $1200 or a great vocal mic for trade. Buyer would have to pick it up of course. Email me if you want pics or more info. jonathonashleymiller @ gmail |
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Post by kcatthedog on Mar 7, 2018 12:32:52 GMT -6
A pic here would be nice ? So no use nor service in 10 years ?
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Post by svart on Mar 7, 2018 12:43:47 GMT -6
Wow, that's a killer deal. Wish this was available last year when I bought my tape machine.
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Post by jametatone on Mar 7, 2018 12:46:21 GMT -6
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Post by jametatone on Mar 7, 2018 12:47:20 GMT -6
and yes no service or use in 10 years
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Post by johneppstein on Mar 7, 2018 12:57:42 GMT -6
![]() I have a 1974 MCI JH-16 2" tape machie sitting in my studio. I literally have NEVER used it and It needs to be in someone's hands who will appreciate it fully. This is the holy grail machine. 16 channels on 2" for max headroom, with input transformers on every channel. It also has the full punch remote. The heads were relapped and never put back on the machine. Nortronics with approx 60% headlife. I have an upopened MRL for the machine, brand new 25 ft. Toushel snakes with XLR fanouts for ins and outs. The machine is in great condition but has something wrong with the erase function. I haven't used it in 10 years. It is located in Kansas City Missouri. Asking $1200 or a great vocal mic for trade. Buyer would have to pick it up of course. Email me if you want pics or more info. jonathonashleymiller @ gmail If it hasn't been in use for 10 years it's gonna need a recap. At least it won't be quite as big a PITA as recapping my 24 track Studer. |
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Post by jametatone on Mar 7, 2018 12:58:45 GMT -6
yeah labor of love for sure
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Post by johneppstein on Mar 7, 2018 13:20:27 GMT -6
MCIs are also something of maintenance hogs - they have a lot of Molex connectors in them that like to work loose periodically. (I have a JC-110 mixdown machine). If one particular connector works loose the thing goes into uncontrollable FF (IIRC) and ends up spewing tape all over if not caught immediately.
That being said, if I lived closer I'd consider picking it up. They're not that hard to work on, unlike some other machines, you just have to stay on top of it. And be careful about alignment since the top plates aren't quite a heavy as they might be. Oh, and it also helps to replace all the notorious red IC sockets - the contacts loose tension over time and cause annoying intermittents.
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Post by kcatthedog on Mar 7, 2018 13:26:40 GMT -6
"Oh, and it also helps to replace all the notorious red IC sockets - the contacts loose tension over time and cause annoying intermittents."
With the gold ?
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Post by jametatone on Mar 7, 2018 13:30:12 GMT -6
johneppstein Good to know. I'm a producer and not a maintenance guy so she needs someone who can care for her properly. 
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Post by johneppstein on Mar 7, 2018 13:31:33 GMT -6
Damn, the site just ate my post....
EDIT: Or maybe it didn't.
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Post by johneppstein on Mar 7, 2018 13:41:15 GMT -6
johneppstein Good to know. I'm a producer and not a maintenance guy so she needs someone who can care for her properly. <chuckle>.... Well, if you own a multitrack tape machine and you don't have a maintenance guy you'll find yourself becoming one sooner than later.... and you'll definitely need to learn to set up the electronics daily and do things like checking head alignment on an MCI. I am something of a maintence guy and can handle most routine stuff like recapping and chip swapping but still occasionally have to call in a specialist on my Studer A800 MKIII, which can be a real bear compared to the relatively simple MCI. Hey, at least the manuals for your machine aren't written in technical German! And most parts are not too hard to find. |
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Post by johneppstein on Mar 7, 2018 13:44:30 GMT -6
"Oh, and it also helps to replace all the notorious red IC sockets - the contacts loose tension over time and cause annoying intermittents." With the gold ? With typical black plastic ones. There was something wrong with the red ones that MCI used on most of their machines. If you're lucky somebody will have alreeady done the replacement. |
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Post by kcatthedog on Mar 7, 2018 15:59:29 GMT -6
So which does this deck have the red or the black ? But please lets not confuse that with the colours of my local pro football team which are red and black !
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Post by drbill on Mar 7, 2018 17:27:40 GMT -6
The two best days of my life?
The day I rolled the MCI JH into my studio, and the day I rolled it out 15 years later. LOL
^^^ Great deal for someone willing to do the work. It got to be towards the end, that it cost me $500 every time I turned it on. Make no mistake, these guys need a tech handy - or someone willing to learn and do the maintainence. BUT, they are the best sounding 2" out there IMO.
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Post by ericn on Mar 8, 2018 18:55:11 GMT -6
Man this thing is local! Well I don’t have the $$$ and even if I did I have already owned 2 early MCI 2in machines and while my wife won’t kill me if I buy a 2in she will kill me if I buy another MCI !
They do sound great but these beasts just are not built like Studer, 3m Ampex, or Otari !
But they do sound good!
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Post by donr on Mar 8, 2018 21:37:18 GMT -6
OT, but what's a reel of 2" cost these days and who makes it? I'm so far away from tape today I don't know. All the tape I have is in boxes, as are my 12tk, 2trk machines. I DO have a NOS box of new AKAI 12trk cassettes somewhere in my pile of stuff.
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Post by ericn on Mar 8, 2018 22:10:00 GMT -6
OT, but what's a reel of 2" cost these days and who makes it? I'm so far away from tape today I don't know. All the tape I have is in boxes, as are my 12tk, 2trk machines. I DO have a NOS box of new AKAI 12trk cassettes somewhere in my pile of stuff. ATR 2in on reel $345. |
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Post by Quint on Mar 9, 2018 0:31:34 GMT -6
This is a pretty smoking deal on a tape machine. I kind of want to buy it out of principle. But....
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Post by johneppstein on Mar 9, 2018 2:22:02 GMT -6
OT, but what's a reel of 2" cost these days and who makes it? I'm so far away from tape today I don't know. All the tape I have is in boxes, as are my 12tk, 2trk machines. I DO have a NOS box of new AKAI 12trk cassettes somewhere in my pile of stuff. About $300-$350 for a 10" reel. Who makes it? 2 companies - RMG and ATR. AKAI 12 track? I remember those. Odd ducks! |
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Post by keymod on Mar 9, 2018 3:59:58 GMT -6
Buy it and send it to Chris Mara at Mara Machines / Welcome to 1979. Done, and good to go.
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Post by kcatthedog on Mar 9, 2018 4:32:31 GMT -6
Yes but get out the wallet ?
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Post by keymod on Mar 9, 2018 5:08:51 GMT -6
Who was the guy, based near Nashville, who came out with a hardware product that synced tape machines to DAWs, wherein you could re-use the reels of tape and use the machine as a front-end to the computer? I forget the name of the product, but it seemed trick, though expensive. His ads were showing Aerosmith using it. If money were no object.........
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Post by jcoutu1 on Mar 9, 2018 5:31:39 GMT -6
Who was the guy, based near Nashville, who came out with a hardware product that synced tape machines to DAWs, wherein you could re-use the reels of tape and use the machine as a front-end to the computer? I forget the name of the product, but it seemed trick, though expensive. His ads were showing Aerosmith using it. If money were no object......... CLASP. www.endlessanalog.com/what-is-clasp |
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Post by svart on Mar 9, 2018 6:48:02 GMT -6
You can still get single use 2" without sticky shed for cheap on eBay.
I picked up 10 tapes from some guy for 150$. All seem good.
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