Teac X-2000M // Vintage / 10.5" Reel to Reel // Professionally Serviced

The TEAC X-2000M is a late-era reel-to-reel legend—big, bold, and unapologetically serious about tape. Built in the early ’80s, this is the high-speed, high-performance version of the X-2000, running at 7.5 and 15 IPS for wide bandwidth, huge dynamics, and that unmistakable open-reel realism. It features TEAC’s robust dual-capstan, closed-loop transport, direct-drive motors, and logic controls that make operation smooth and confidence-inspiring. Sonically, it’s clean, powerful, and detailed, with a rock-solid low end and a spacious, effortless presentation that reminds you why tape still reigns supreme. Massive, beautifully engineered, and endlessly cool, the X-2000M is one of those decks that feels less like a component and more like a statement.

There are a few nicks and dings commensurate with its age and likely studio life, but it now functions flawlessly.

S/N: 560152

RESTORATION

• Cleaned tape path
• Adjusted tape tension
• Replaced electrolytic capacitor and shorted transistor in reel motor power supply
• Adjusted playback and record levels
• Adjusted speed
• Cleaned head selector switch
• Cleaned control contacts
• Adjusted tension arms
• Verified brake operation
• Verified playback and record are to spec
• Includes 10.5" reel hubs, copy of owner's manual
  *Fast forward slows down as it gets near the end of the tape
  *Not calibrated for EE tapes

FACTORY SPECS

• Track system: 2/4-track, 2-channel, stereo/monaural system
• Heads: 1 x 2T record, 1 x 2T playback, 1 x 4T playback, 1 x erase
• Motor: 1 x capstan, 2 x reel
• Reel size: 7 or 10 inch reel
• Tape speeds: 7 1⁄2 or 15 ips
• Wow and flutter: 0.04% (15 ips)
• Signal to Noise Ratio: 56dB
• Total harmonic distortion: 0.8%
• Input: 195mV (line), 0.775mV (mic)
• Output: 436V (line)
• Dimensions: 516 x 472 x 268mm
• Weight: 55lbs