Picked up a Foxtex 280 4-track and whooeee, is it noisy on the inputs. I’m not worried about dolby noise reduction when recording or playing back, but I would like the default floor reduced.
I figure I’ll use it for quick recording jobs in the meantime, but has anyone renovated a cheap 4-track like this and upgraded the op-amps? I don’t know if there’d even be space in the case but it would be nice if the lo-fi was more specific to the medium.