good time to be in the market for a 4 track. seems the ppl who snatched them up during lockdown specifically/exclusively 4 ambient tape loop shit are selling them off in droves and the prices are fairly reasonable. who couldve known that old complex electromechanical devices require nerdass upkeep
a lot of the parts/repair ones im seeing probably just need belts. dont go for a blue tascam, those fuckers are simply not worth it and probably wont be unless you have a lot of money and really really want to be just like alessandro for whatever reason
porta twos can be had for 100-200, and porta ones for less (generally. u know how ebay sellers are). i love my porta one but i do wish it had the 2 extra channels the two has for mixing crimes
my experience getting mine a year or 2 ago was there being few available generally and the ones that were were too expensive for how broken they were. i got lucky with one for a reasonable price from japan. the steal i felt i got (120, pre-shipping) seems to now be on the lower end of average