Hello
I work with cassette decks mainly in my shop and have seen an influx of service requests lately.
What cassette decks are you guys using?
Paul
I work with cassette decks mainly in my shop and have seen an influx of service requests lately.
What cassette decks are you guys using?
Paul
I have two and both are Sony. A Sony TCK5 and a WM6DC. The W6DC is a rebuilt write where an estimate was refused (connected to a car 12v socket with incorrect polarity) and the TCK5 was bought new around 1978 and been in the family all that time. All original electrically. New rubbers have been fitted a long time ago now but its still in mint condition.
Nice Walkman and vintage K5. I restored a K5 a few years ago for a customer. Good FG servo motor in that deck and highly reliable
The D6C is a great portable maybe one of Sony’s best
The D6C is a great portable maybe one of Sony’s best
I sometimes use my partner's Technics cassette deck to record something from the radio, and also to play it back of course. I usually use a Fostex digital field memory recorder for recording, but the cassette deck produces far less radio interference, so when recording something from the radio, the signal-to-noise ratio is much better with the cassette deck.
I have a Walkman WM-D3 currently not working (plastic parts eventually give up the ghost) but looking to repair it. I haven't had a deck in years, but would love to add a refurbished Nak later this year to my system.
I am down to four cassette decks. One Onkyo, two JVC, and one Technics.
Still have two dcc decks in working order, theoretically able to play analog cassettes too.
Still have two dcc decks in working order, theoretically able to play analog cassettes too.
My main system is almost all Technics stuff, including a 1994 Technics RS-TR333 dual auto-reverse cassette deck.
Still operates beautifully, however I've got a set of those replacement 3D printed gears from Poland that those (and others) decks need eventually, the soft gears losing teeth and clicking noises happen during forward play.
The replacement gears seem sturdier, and should last forever.
I just gotta find the time to work on it.
Still operates beautifully, however I've got a set of those replacement 3D printed gears from Poland that those (and others) decks need eventually, the soft gears losing teeth and clicking noises happen during forward play.
The replacement gears seem sturdier, and should last forever.
I just gotta find the time to work on it.
Yes I also have worked with those Technics Series Dual Decks & they have the notorious gear fracture. Disables a lot of those decks. A good 3D print should be in order
I have two Sony decks, a TC-KA7ES, and a TC-KA3ES...
They're very good machines, the subjective performance gap between KA7ES and KA3ES is a literal chasm, unfortunate that they never sold the KA7ES in the U.S. They are not a lot of fun to repair.
Yes, i completely agree about dcc, it was great format. It was conceived by Phillips, just like cd. So pretty good from the start.
I had many dcc decks, and unfortunately some died because of poor capacitors, or dead head.
Those i have now have been rescued by dcc doctor from california.
DCC never achieved popularity it should deserve because of Sony's very aggresive minidisc campaigne.
I had many dcc decks, and unfortunately some died because of poor capacitors, or dead head.
Those i have now have been rescued by dcc doctor from california.
DCC never achieved popularity it should deserve because of Sony's very aggresive minidisc campaigne.
It is sort of an odd story in my case, I gave up on cassettes more than 30 years ago. A few years ago a two friends independently gave me a couple of very dead Otari MX-5050 R2R, I found I was both good at fixing them and enjoyed it. I bought a number of additional Otari decks and fixed them all. I thought cassette decks would be a fun diversion and a very sick CTF-1000 found its way here, took a long time to find all of the parts, but I fixed that one too. The Sony KA-3ES was another basket case I picked up for a song, and I fixed that one as well. The KA7ES is the only one I bought in working order, it will need some work eventually - I have lots of parts on hand.
The great irony is that for all the vinyl playback hardware I have designed and built as well as owning a Studer A810, I am pretty solidly in the digital camp these days, to the tune of about 95% of my listening.
The great irony is that for all the vinyl playback hardware I have designed and built as well as owning a Studer A810, I am pretty solidly in the digital camp these days, to the tune of about 95% of my listening.
You could get gears made in brass for decks, a gear machining setup for watches and clocks should be enough.
May be an issue if the gear is oddly shaped, or non standard tooth profile.
I had a Minolta film camera repaired here, those people replaced the broken plastic gear with a brass one, though now the film camera is dead as a user object.
Camera still works. Last bought film in 2009.
May be an issue if the gear is oddly shaped, or non standard tooth profile.
I had a Minolta film camera repaired here, those people replaced the broken plastic gear with a brass one, though now the film camera is dead as a user object.
Camera still works. Last bought film in 2009.
My beloved, heavily used & abused DR-M33HX. It was my reference analog source for a few decades... Still works and sounds fantastic.
What a Joy to read this thread. I always liked making recordings of my favourite Radio programs.
Party Tapes for instance. And collections of my favourite musical numbers to be gifted to friends.
I know, copyright and all that. Artists deserve to be paid.
What I saw in Cassette Tapes was a possibility to reverse Time Distortion. A severe problem in Analog Recording.
How did the Audio industry sell us a poor idea from a good one? I think I shall consult the audio expert about reviving Cassette Tapes in my Household.
After all, we thought Vinyl was dead and buried. But I always liked it in terms of resolution.
Party Tapes for instance. And collections of my favourite musical numbers to be gifted to friends.
I know, copyright and all that. Artists deserve to be paid.
What I saw in Cassette Tapes was a possibility to reverse Time Distortion. A severe problem in Analog Recording.
How did the Audio industry sell us a poor idea from a good one? I think I shall consult the audio expert about reviving Cassette Tapes in my Household.
After all, we thought Vinyl was dead and buried. But I always liked it in terms of resolution.