
GJgo
Well-known member
So in another thread I've been working on a bunch of (triple track) reamps. When I got to the new-to-me '89 Mark III I could hear in the playback that the tracking seemed... slow. So, I had a look at the stems. The IIB, IIC+, IVb and Triple Recto G/C all line up perfectly. The Mark III however was in fact tracking slow- 0.052 seconds (52 milliseconds) slow to be exact.
What do you guys think could be causing this? It's all stock and pristine which makes me think it spent decades in a closet. Could this be from tired caps? If so, that could explain the "stiffness" a lot of guys complain of after a cap job. Maybe I'll get it a cap job & re-test.
To clarify, the IIB and IIC+ got a full recap in the last few years, and the IVb and Triple were late 90s and don't need one yet.
What do you guys think could be causing this? It's all stock and pristine which makes me think it spent decades in a closet. Could this be from tired caps? If so, that could explain the "stiffness" a lot of guys complain of after a cap job. Maybe I'll get it a cap job & re-test.
To clarify, the IIB and IIC+ got a full recap in the last few years, and the IVb and Triple were late 90s and don't need one yet.