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barrymagrec · 28th Oct 2020, 6:47 pm

I can`t remember quite how those meter rectifiers go together but if it had been unscrewed it may have affected the clamping of the plates.

I don`t think the resistor you changed is in the bias circuit, I think it is the meter series resistor, if it is in the same position as the 82k on the CBL circuit.

I would expect differences between the WVA / B and the CBL because the heads are totally different for the mono and stereo machines.

28th Oct 2020, 6:47 pm	#58
barrymagrec Octode Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Morden, Surrey, UK. Posts: 1,561	Re: Vortexion reel to reel tape recorder WVA series 5 I can`t remember quite how those meter rectifiers go together but if it had been unscrewed it may have affected the clamping of the plates. I don`t think the resistor you changed is in the bias circuit, I think it is the meter series resistor, if it is in the same position as the 82k on the CBL circuit. I would expect differences between the WVA / B and the CBL because the heads are totally different for the mono and stereo machines.