Hi all,
I hate to have to do this, but I am letting my 3M M56 8-track go - it's up for sale.
I'll probably never have another opportunity to buy a machine like this again but I need to let it go to someone who will actually use it.
Very similar to the M56 used by John Lennon on his Imagine LP except his was probably a 50Hz version.
Everything functions last time it was recently run. Has a good number of spares to keep it going for a good long while. Even includes a ANOS headstack.
Many have said these are simply some of the best sounding machines. All discrete electronics, NO ICs.
Email: [my forum handle] (at) gmail (dot) com.
References available.
Cheers,
Chris
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Machine is in very good condition. Clean!
Hard-to-find professional mutli-track! Some sources (one of the machine's designers) say not more than 200 M56s were built...
I am the fourth owner. Machine was originally from the midwest. I understand Oral Roberts University was the original owner. I shipped it to my home studio in Honolulu about 10 years ago. Always stored in a smoke/pet/child-free environment.
Includes many spares, some NOS: a dozen relays (two NOS), NOS pots, capstan flywheel belts, bulbs, lenses, NOS transport buttons, VU meter, misc transport parts/hardware, spare channel cards, incoming/outgoing capstan idlers, reverse idler (NOS), and a nearly NOS spare headstack.
Remote and manual also included.
Electrolytic capacitors replaced last year, including in the Lambda power supply. New bulbs/lenses throughout. New capstan flywheel belt. New incoming/outgoing capstan idlers & bearings.
Everything works as it should on the machine. Here's a video of the repro alignment. This is with the original heads having about 30% headlife remaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMrZlP062Zc
I received an estimate from a packing/freighting company I've successfully used in the past. Quote was approx. $1500 professionally packed/shipped (to New York, for estimation purposes). Actual could be +/- a little... I may be able to have a carpenter friend build a crate which would drop freight costs to about $1000...
Asking $5500. References available.
Thanks,
Chris
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Machine is in very good condition. Clean!
Hard-to-find professional mutli-track! Some sources (one of the machine's designers) say not more than 200 M56s were built...
I am the fourth owner. Machine was originally from the midwest. I understand Oral Roberts University was the original owner. I shipped it to my home studio in Honolulu about 10 years ago. Always stored in a smoke/pet/child-free environment.
Includes many spares, some NOS: a dozen relays (two NOS), NOS pots, capstan flywheel belts, bulbs, lenses, NOS transport buttons, VU meter, misc transport parts/hardware, spare channel cards, incoming/outgoing capstan idlers, reverse idler (NOS), and a nearly NOS spare headstack.
Remote and manual also included.
Electrolytic capacitors replaced last year, including in the Lambda power supply. New bulbs/lenses throughout. New capstan flywheel belt. New incoming/outgoing capstan idlers & bearings.
Everything works as it should on the machine. Here's a video of the repro alignment. This is with the original heads having about 30% headlife remaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMrZlP062Zc
I received an estimate from a packing/freighting company I've successfully used in the past. Quote was approx. $1500 professionally packed/shipped (to New York, for estimation purposes). Actual could be +/- a little... I may be able to have a carpenter friend build a crate which would drop freight costs to about $1000...
Asking $5500. References available.
Thanks,
Chris
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