Tandberg tape decks

i have a tandberg 3014, i originally heard on e against a 1000 zxl at an audio exhibition and was surprised to hear a machine beat the nakamichi, which i considered to be the best available, the tcd 910 studio deck is very similar in sound quality and that deck was sold to a gentleman last year in the states, whom is exstatic about it! the 3014 performs flawlessly and the best thing about it...you cannot tell if it is the recording or the source material you are listening to, bit of time taken in record azimuth on both sides and it is perfect.

Actually the Tandberg is more reliable of the 2 contested here. The Dragon has a tendency to have motor failures. I have had my 3014 and besides changing those awful orange drive belts and azimuth adjustment belt, couldn't have been happier with the machine. 3014 will always out do a Dragon every time.

I just bought a Tandberg 3014 but it's not in working condition. I am looking for the repair manual. If someone can help please email me at classicbuf@email.it
thanks

and got much over 1000$! If someone has one -) sell it. There are so few of them left in good condition. Only in the case that you dont need it...

Well my vote is for Tandbergs all the way. The Naks sound too "tinny" and have too much high end as do most japanese decks and electronic equipment. Tandberg's best decks were the TCD-910 for recording, TCD-911 for playback (has playback azimuth adjustment that is manual and much more rugged that the NAAC of the Dragon). Following that would be the TCD-3004 - nice deck, best all around but had tons of issues. A working one makes flawless tapes. Then would be the 3014A, much more available and similar to the TCD-910 (the 3014A has no playback azimuth correction). There were only 35 911s ever made for the professional recording industry and only 400 of the 910s. There were thousands of the 3004 and 3014s made, so they are easier to find. I wonder how many of those 911s are still in existance? One for sure, and that one is mine :)