Yesterday i bought a karat MP-202 russian cassette deck at the flea market for like 2 dollars...it doesn't really work as some belts and idlers are worn , one resistor very hot...probably some regulator damage as well , but the overall design and transport left me breathless, especially one very ingenious feature around the capstan roller that can tilt , probably removing the posibility of chewing your tape even with a worn rubber roller, but i expect some feedback on that feature if it really works .I'll refrain myself telling more about the huge flywheel when i know russians also made some awesomely stuffed direct drive decks, but that looks impresive too and and the all metal-rubber belts and very simple yet efficient transport gave me a really solid feeling of something worth restoring and maybe looking for improving the electronics if needed as it only uses a DNL like type noise reducing system and just a universal tapehead, but maybe taking one of those transports and placing it into my favourite pioneer deck would be more interesting...Hopefully someone will help me with a schematic cause i can't find anything and i don't know how to look for rusian info.
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usually fixing their stuff was a nightmare, especially due to very poor pcb quality...but their mechanics was usually very tough.I had another rusian casette player 20 years ago, all idlers, no belt or plastics...very sturdy .