Hi, I'm looking to dip my toe into cassette tapes. I have a load of old cassettes I'd like to listen to and possibly digitise. I was looking at the TEAC H300 but these seem to hold their value quite well and are a little pricey, probably because they have a standard RCA stereo output.
I've noticed loads of Technics decks and other makes which are of a similar era and type as the H300 which go for peanuts. A lot of them use proprietary ribbon interconnects.
Im wondering if anyone has traced the connections back to figure out which wires within the ribbon cable carry the left right analogue audio signals and then retro fitted RCA sockets in the chassis of one of these decks? Seems like it should be easy enough to do.
I've noticed loads of Technics decks and other makes which are of a similar era and type as the H300 which go for peanuts. A lot of them use proprietary ribbon interconnects.
Im wondering if anyone has traced the connections back to figure out which wires within the ribbon cable carry the left right analogue audio signals and then retro fitted RCA sockets in the chassis of one of these decks? Seems like it should be easy enough to do.
If it is similar to an R H300 then look and see if uses the same chip and take the audio from the collector of the mute transistors.
(A scope would show the audio on the ribbon in seconds, just go along each conductor and locate line in and line out)
(A scope would show the audio on the ribbon in seconds, just go along each conductor and locate line in and line out)
