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Heard about that spring on idle tire, just too temperamental of a machine for me. 1 came up for sale on CL. chickened-out, seller claimed new belts but seem so far from the truth from his limited pics.

Good day. I have the same device however, it is turninh at lower speed and would need some advice

I appreciate that this is an old video, but the pinch roller could be 'roughed up' via careful 'sanding' while the roller is in PLAY mode. Clean periodically with IPA or even acetone, although careful with the latter dripping on to some plastics. I used folded grit paper held with forceps, holding it evenly across the roller. It works unless the roller's rubber is 'shot'. Good photography here, very clear.

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What kind of lubricant did you use for the tone arm rail?

You can bend the Adapter for 45 if you have a Hairdryer! Warm it up, and then bend it. With care for sure... but it should work!

How does one find or make those stickers?

Good work, especially tuning BLE, because I have err problem on my ct630. But, if I tune BLE to those tracks with error, will it be able to tune other tapes?

Who is your belt supplier? Thanks for the info.

It is even more effective if you own a high end turntable with an acrylic platter. I have an older Rega with an English made acrylic platter (heavy by acrylic types). The more the record is pressed against the acrylic (weight), the more effect you receive. The back ground is darker, the bass is more pronounced, and the highs are clearer. You're talking about a $1000 turntable with $125 English made acrylic platter for the Rega. I have taken it off and returned the original platter, but the music is noticeably less detailed. With the platter, the records and platter meld into one, with no ringing.

It’s the MC cartridge that needs the extra boost for the signal before going into phono stage. The MM just goes into normal phono stage. SL-7 and SL-10 are a technical marvel but hard to fix. The J series are little better/easier to fix but does not have the record clamp.

Sorry I think this is a self explanatory question but I just wanted to make sure before I buy replacement hinges for the dust cover, I have everything except the clips that hold them on. If I buy replacement hinges do they just slide into the black metal piece on the back of the turntable? Thank you for your help.

Where did you get the belts for your akai gxc-65 cassette tape deck ?

thanks for sharing!

Great, thanks for the hinge hack. Now my dust cover works.🙂

4:10 The tray cover is too hollow in the center. More weight, disc will be higher on the edge. (sorry for the translation)

I've seen one for sale untested. I might take a chance on it

That was my first tape deck purchased in 1982. Sound was amazing. Strange that dbx never took off.

where did you get the belt for the belt drive?

The fit on the spindle will vary from table to table as all are not machined to exactly the same size, but the minute amount of play makes absolutely zero difference in how it performs, its a non-issue. The main benefits of these is to reduce surface resonance of the record and to a lesser degree help with minor warping - I have a few different weights and I decided not to use the heavier ones on my belt drive Harmon Kardon as its a bit harder on the belt, I also have settle mainly on the weight youre using here and for warped records I have a record clamp from record doctor, works like a dream to flatten and dampen the record

Saya punya type RS-M233X tidak ada suara apakah anda dapat membantu saya

Radio waves also affect the area around the sound head.Since the sound head terminals are visible, you can reduce noise by making and installing a shield cover.

hello, I just bought from ebay this turntable. on the speed selector button it is also write "auto" and "manual". do you know what it means? thanx

...hast du da gerade beim Riemenwechsel das Laufwerk ungeschützt auf die Platine geballert! 😂

What id like to know is why the 400 and 500 series have the most incredible stereo separation of any of these decks. My CR1A and 2A come close.. As well as my Harman Kardon CD491 deck. So intriguing to me.

It appears that this model of the transport mechanism does not have the smal capstan washers which prevents oil migrating onto the capstans.

Hi I have the same deck that plays slow .. is it possible to adjust the speed with a screw on the motor or another way?.. thanks .. I saw in your video that you opened a hole to the motor to lubricate it? Thanks

wd40 for the cap glue, it should break it up. have a 96 pioneer amp id like to freshen up, two big caps fine...then i saw the...roughly 400 other lilttle caps all over it 😂🤦 i understand most will be non audio function..but those woukd also need doing i guess, theyre the leaky types. nightmare

You can adjust the azimuth with the transport in postition. The bottom strip of the door is removable by pushing tabs inside the door on each side with your finger. There's a diagram showing this in the CT S430S service manual which has the same faceplate

I love dolby S sound amazing

Tengo una igual como problema de diodos que podría ser, porfa sería de gran ayuda

After watching Techmoan channel got J33 programmable unit. Like selecting my fav tracks. Didn’t know about linear TT until RUclips,lol. Guy cleaned out old grease, replaced old tonearm belt , lubed Direct drive motor before selling it to me. Thanks for serving tips

Thank you!

I have this turntable and it admits a lukewarm feeling on the turntable mat. Once played a Vinyl Record it feels very slightly warm. Is this normal? I have used this player for 5+ years and replayed many of the same vinyl records and it hasn't warped them. Just something I have noticed with this turntable.

Thanks for this great video. I have the same turntable and model. But inches are broken on the base, any idea to fix it please. Alex

Found this really useful, had one of these for around a year , its stopped working, just won't play at all , changed belt , did nothing, so going to try servicing the whole unit

Excellent video and thank you for your amazing effort on rebuilding the take up motor. Super job👍👍

What is the name of the rubber restorer and where to buy it, please? Thanks for the video!

@ClassicHiFiReviews Hi and thanks for tour vid’ guy… Do you think it’s possible to bring me the .pdf that you talk about please to see what the probably problem of mine ? I think it could helo me a lot…. Great thank ❤

almost looks similar to an 8-track player inside. simple design.

My only question is: Eye of the Tiger or Burning Heart? 🤔

Great job & beautiful amp!

Unfortunately the covers for the VU meter adjustments are no longer available.

the hiss when not using dolby it only appears when the heads need to be demagnatised for that i have a looking like a cassette from tdk that you play it and as two distinct beeps that changes when the heads are demagnatised, dolby normally decreases the original deck specifications as you can record with louder sound not using dolby ,this in good decks and never had hiss, but if recorded with dolby and played without dolby it increases a lot the hiss level, some car cassette players didn´t had and hiss apeared ,also i discover that some friends that had cheaper decks recorded always with dolby to play without dolby to increase the high´s on the recording but inbetween tracks a high level of hiss was heard but not a problem for them they had their precious high´s increased in their average decks without bias

i had a better deck than this when this model apeared but trade it with a BMW 2002 from 75 ,restored in the 80´s and later bought this model and a md player that was the model under the only ES md deck cost me the same as the one i trade for the car, only notice a plus ,the FLEX function ,i had and have lot´s of well recorded cassettes and with this i put the flex on and the old recordings seemed to recover all their quality almost like nakamichi azimuth correction, that i have all top end decks since 1974 till mid 90´s ,the last is the cassette deck1 that it seems better than all that came before but it´s simple design and size didn´t caught buyers interest, also have some pioneers top end models from late 80´s to early 90´s and in this deck one could notice a decrease in the frequency response but all cassettes sounded like i had just recorded them but with 10 years or a bit less or even some good cassettes from the 70´s.Yamaha as the play trim but is nothing related with flex but pioneer says it´s a similar efect it brings up the high´s that seemed lost on old recordings due to excessive use in difrent cassette players as portable ones, car cassette players and walkman´s, so i ended up buying later on ebay a CT-S630S very cheap but the only with flex ,the ones with upper reference don´t have flex but it´s a very interesting function,when trying it for the first time i couldn´t believe it´s quality in playing cassettes

I worked as a Panasonic service center in my town for 20 years until Panasonic closed it in the early 2000's. I worked on many of the Technics linear tracking turntables, both belt and direct drive. Two other techs and myself went through factory training on them with a Matsushita tech from Japan in 1981. He was great and showed us the "tricks of the trade." They are not difficult to repair if you have access to service manuals. I still have my SL-DL1 and performed restoration work on it two years ago. When we got a service note from Matsushita in 1992 that they were discontinuing replacement phono cartridges and styli, I purchased two spare cartridges and four spare styli with my employee discount.

Got one of these machines RS 615 (EU) and immediately upon inspection I noticed the massive capstan wobble... I've never seen a capstan bearing so worn out in any other decks that I've put my hands on. But apart from that the machine still plays nicely when the bearing is tensioned by the pinch roller pushing against it. Just by lubricating the bearing it has become smooth, it was rattling inside the housing before. I can't really stand the sons of a dog that use these machines without even lubricating the capstan bearing. It wasn't supposed to be re-lubed for 1000 hours after it was made, and a service life of 5 years regardless of hours. It's 50 years later you have to LUBE the goddam bearings!

Watching this again - excellent photography! ;o)

What a bit of cleaning can do! I picked up exactly the same turntable yesterday for €50 incl a pioneer amplifier and 2 speakers. Enough together as a nice starting set for someone of my family who wants to start again with vinyl. Also in great working order exept for the dust cover which im goin to try to polish. Nice cat 😂

All of those Pioneer decks of that time were beasts