You had me at hello!.. i recently had my Aiwa xks 7000 serviced..sounds amazing and worth every single penny...i love cassette decks..the engineering that's involved and the skills to build them again to any quality makes me weep
Oh my gosh, each one of those decks are absolutely stunning to me! I've never even seen any of them in real life! I'm currently using a Sony TC-WE305. I paid way to much for it because I bought it as "New old stock". It was never opened, and I bought it to have a somewhat decent cassette deck. Great video, bud. I'd love any one of those! 👍🏻
I have started using my Akai gx 8 again. Had it for over 30 years and still working great . No belt issues since there is one main one coupling the dual capstans . Love the 3 head monitoring and enhanced performance.
Something special about cassette decks for me, the look, the fluorescent VU meters moving, the clunk of the cassettes as they go into the transport mechanisms, the soft eject mechanism. But I was an 80s kid, so I did grow up with tapes. I have a Technics RS B33W cassette deck and never had any issues with it since buying it 2 years ago.
Thank you ! Watching vu meters, fluo , real needles or leds is fun , i don’t understand why they never put them on CD players is the aesthetics would be fantastic. Most cassette decks just require regular maintenance and maybe a belt , but as long as they are used they will run. Sitting idle is what kills them
Thank you for video. Im waiting for Yamaha KX-630 in silver to arrive soon and your comments makes me feel happy. Also consider Yama K-520, looks like it has decent quality with mostly sensor cleaning challenge. Thank you.
While I haven't owned any decks you mention here I have owned/used a Nakamichi BX-1, Akai GX-31 and a Yamaha KX-260. The KX-260 has a neat feature called Play Trim and is useful for older tapes. The BX-1 deck sits in my 900+cu/ft kitchen hifi system powered by an SX-434 receiver and feeds two pairs of speakers; Boston Acoustics A-40's and Synergistics S12B's. Nice video.
thank you ! the play trim feature of most yamaha's is indeed a very useful function. i really dont understand why other brands never implemented it. great collection you have there !
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair - thanks. My first component cassette deck was the Pioneer CT-F2121 purchased in 1975. Over the years I did "graduate" to more advanced machines; Akai CS-f14, Nikko ND-590ll, Onkyo TA-630D and a Technics RS-M224. I did get my girlfriend (now wife) an Akai CS-M01A deck in 1981. So yeah, I've used a few decks. I also have a Teac X-3 (R2R) deck purchased in 1982. You into Walkmans?
@@martyjewell5683 i have done and am doing walkmans as well , but they are (for me) less interesting to do , its even harder to get good belts for example so 50% of the time repair is not successful in my opinion as i cant get them ‘good enough’
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair- I bought a Sony Walkman 4 in early 1980's. Livin' in NYC it was my idea to use the Walkman on the subway. Nope, didn't work too good as the freakin' noise drowned out the music or I hadda have it so loud it was uncomfortable for me and other pissed-off straphangers. It did work well while travelin' on Amtrak. My Walkman 4 had inputs for two headphones so me and my girl could listen together. It also worked swell with my girl while hangin' out in a park (grazin' in the grass, if ya know what I mean). It was an early Walkman without a radio, just cassettes. Still got it and the box/receipt too.
I purchased a "parts only" Nakamichi BX-2 for $68 on ebay. All I had to do was remove a motor, take out the brushes and do a little cleaning. I now have a perfectly functioning BX-2 that sounds amazing. There are some great bargains out there if you know a little bit about how they work.
12:17 "The double flywheel also causes higher W&F" - if that is the case then your unit must be defective because the main idea of a dual capstan mechanism is to reduce W&F. Both the 880 and the 1100 have Nakamichi / Sankyo sourced mechanisms. But the 1100 was the TOTL and intended to better the 880 in any respect.
@@mihaischitcu1917 the dual capstan is needed to improve the tape path which is needed for 3 head decks to ensure proper azimuth, but more moving rotating parts also are causing a bit more w&f The 880 has the same sankyo transport with DD motor as the 1100 (and the naks ) but the single motor is better for w&f than the motor + belt + extra flywheel And the 1100 is indeed better in some aspects but not mechanically , and the difference is 0.005 to 0.01 % w&f measurable , the 1100 is the same as the naks but w&f the 880 is better
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Your particular 880 may be better than your particular 1100 but this is not the case in general. "the single motor is better for w&f than the motor + belt + extra flywheel" - again, not generally true, especially since they use different diameters for "diffused resonance". The dual capstan design's main benefit is the isolation of tape tension variations as it comes off the supply reel and through the cassette guides from the tension around the heads. It also provides near-constant tension throughout the length of the tape. This in turn mainly benefits flutter and head contact. "Proper azimuth" is generally not a direct consequence or factor. Dual capstan designs are not directly associated with 3 head designs. There are many 3 head single capstan drives, and some 2 head dual capstan drives (mostly Nakamichi)
@@mihaischitcu1917 i have had 100's or more of the 880 and the 1100 on my workbench, doing in and out of warranty repairs on these, since they came out in the 80s until i went to do something else at the end of the 90s. it has always been my experience and observations during those years that the 880 was (and still is) mecanically better than the dual capstan sankyo version in the 1100 and others. i am not going to argue here i am sharing my knowledge and observations
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Companies spent a lot of time and money in researching and implementing the closed loop dual capstan. Why'd they do it if it added more w&f? Maybe after all those years, decks get out of alignment and if not properly tuned, this system can do worse than single capstan transport, but when it's working as it should, it's clearly better.
@@phaenius it clearly has some benefits , like a more stable tape path and more stable azimuth. but everytime i compare (and compared) the single capstan DD motor Sankyo transport to the same transport with double capstan/flywheel the single capstan outperforms the double mechanically (W&F) . now dont get me wrong, the differences i am talking about won't be audible but they are certainly measurable . and the reasons why i pick the single 880 over the 1100 is cost (2 head machines are typically cheaper than 3 heads) serviceability (no capstan belt on the 880) the sound quality in on par with the 1100 and the mechanical specs. back in the day I also found that, for example, KX-7030 runs better (lower W&F) with the left pinchroller disabled , basically making it a single capstan machine. i will see if i can do a test with the 1100 and the 880 , compare and even make the 1100 a single capstan and measure before and after
I Like Tape so thoroughly enjoyed this, still have Yamaha KX-300U I bought brand new 1987 ish, lubrication of motors only issue, got 1 of those Luxmans with Alpine chip that was like $1000 new, and a top of the line Vector Research which is my favorite, bought on CL for $70. Hand/wrist..................Native American Indian.
I just found your channel and immediately subscribed. I have a JVC KD-V6 I bought new many years ago. Unfortunately, I think it needs belts, and the left channel doesn’t work. When turned on the level meter shows a steady signal, but no sound. I bought a service manual but I feel trying to repair it is beyond my abilities. Sadly, no one here in the Dallas area is doing cassette repairs. Thanks for the great video.
I loved your video. It gave me pretty much a whole evening of looking them up, reading the specs, seeing if I can find them on eBay, you know, all the stuff we do! I subscribed. Thanks. P.S. I have a Denon on my list of decks I own and I have marked it as "in need of difficult repair" so maybe I will look at your video and see what I can do. I lost patience in it last time.
thank you so much for your support and kind words ! if you are looking for a really good sounding entry level deck, see if you can find the yamaha kx-300 , need need for difficult repairs (easy belt replaement and cleaning) and after a good head cleaning it will rival many other decks , higher end decks most denon / yamaha / kenwood 3 heads are very good. you can always reach out to me if you think you found something and want a 2nd opinion
I could never make my mind up on what deck to buy for my system,i had about 23 in my watchlist but settled on a Onkyo twin deck, doorless TA- W80, nothing super special but it does what i need it to do.👍🇭🇲
excelent , today more and more young people are starting to use cassettes and no information about them decks, i have a hi-fi componets colection and cassette decks i have 48 and sold some aleready ,also restore them when bought recentelly in 2nd hand
that was exactly the reason wy i started this channel , to share what i know so the younger generation has an idea where to start with service and repair
i want to refer that having three kenwood decks all record with a higher quality , not a single deck from nakamichi as i have all top end models . Since at least 78 they do record with a higher quality but that one was in a cheap system from the 80´s , don´t know if it was sold separated . A friend of mine had at home bought by his father a total plastic compact system with a even worst looking cassette deck but one day i played a cassette from him thinking it would have been recorded in it´s old Crown 70´s system who was very good but no it was recorded in the even worst looking kenwood deck and it sounded with a higher quality of sound not that high the level of recording as it didn´t had rec level(that one at least that as it) but with quality , kenwwod always surprised me for it´s cassette decks and a receiver i had in the 70´s with timer also a turntable and speakers, that was really good ,i even bought for my car in mid 80´s a radio cassette player from kenwood, that was so good that i only took it from one of my old cars in 97 when i bought cheap a new minidisc car audio from Sony. Sorry but there is not such a thing as good double cassette decks, my opinion only ,i had a Sony that recorded in both decks but that was it, allthough if i had seen that i would buy it instead of a SONY, YAMAHA at least it´s a good brand in everything they do ,i had motos ,hi-fi system from the 70´s all was fine, still have it , the control amplifier is not audiophile friendly because it as all functions one could imagine it´s a C1 ,i think, one can level all sources as it as for each input in the back a litle volume knob , the K-540 still have it working but in black. see the kenwood 880 HK or similar was a surprising good deck and with the Amourphous heads fashion of the 80´s with calibration was sold till 96 with a 1000 reference and open/close instead of eject, the yamaha from the 70´s it even as "designed by...." signature deck?is it?you´re right the post 2000 decks are garbage but there are tascam decks with a higher quality of sound it´s a professional brand from which brand? am i thinking of TEAC?also great the Z-5000 is amazing good and the 6030 (semi-professional )and V-7000 are very good. That Marantz exists branded Harman-Kardon and Philips, as this last brand owned the previous ones and Philips that i know of since late 60´s till today had a great hi-fi quality including both brands refered and Grundig also had some components with a very high qiality including fine arts, owned by philips also ,that marantz or harman kardon or philips as they existed with the same design sounded like late 70´s or 79 F series from Philips wich is still very good today ,i still am using my 79 F series system, only 79 after they decreased a lot the F series or in 1980 when all brands decreased their components quality, the next Yamaha i´m not going to talk about it as it as auto-reverse, also i see you using a pre-recorded casettes and no one i ever knew bought them only in holidays so one can hear a just released Lp like me since early 70´s till today but 7 and was in holidays when i did it ,some even sound very good but with the years they destroy themselves i think polydor made them good but i was playing a the who Lp in cassette the first after the drumer died and and rewinding it it broke, the second i bought was also real good sounding but in early 80´s in a minute would dirt the play/record head ,was the first Boston LP, the 90´s 7030 from kenwood is amazing good but some have a problem that when it´s playing it stops for no reason i think it´s related with the counter like some older AIWA decks that a belt was conected to the counter and the stop at the end of the cassette was when the counter stoped ,i might be wrong as mine was stoped and now is doing that but i didn´t had the time to check it, it´s related with the auto-stop system maybe. About the play trim it´s handy but the 90´s flex from pioneer worked better, the yamaha with amourphous heads i did had good ones that one could notice improvement in sound using the Amorphous heads but when played in a regular decks normally the model under the high´s have a kind of vibration only in the high´s ,this refering to pionee CT-959 and CT-979 and CT-93 also the Denon DRM-800a(very good ,but coloured sound and no calibration but love it anyway,after they didn´t make them this good again but good anyway) with the DRM-700a(89)not using them amourphous heads i notice recorded in the others a distortion on high frequencies, the 1100 was the younger brother from the 90´s of the HK-880 like i refer ,as i have the 7030 and not the 9030, because i bought the 1100 with more modern fatures but all were good, about AKAI i thought they were the better recording tapes after in 1970 having a new version crossfield X-165D that works perfect today and later bought a 78 GX-4000DS sold till 82 or 84 the open reel deck but i had the GX-630D and the GX-9 , and in 92 i bought as a second deck maybe that one GX-32(others also bought them in the 80´s)
Yes, the Marantz SD-60 is same as Philips FC-60; the Revox C-115 adds balanced I/O but that's the only difference. I concur that the transport is very good for a middle-of-the-line 3-head deck (mine, originally for Japanese domestic market, still runs flawlessly with original rubber). But it's an ergonomical nightmare, especially for people with imperfect eyesight and dexterity. The main controls are too small and awkwardly placed. In real life I'd rather use a junior Yamaha (I still have model K-340, similar to your K-300 but without bias adjustment). My favourite Yamaha, however, is the 2-head model K-960, aka k-1d in Japan. Decent transport and superb looks - a transition from silver 70s to black 80s with a nostalgic green fluorescent meter.
Five years back I got a refurbished three motor/three head (twin capstan) Denon DRM-800A for $125 and it's the best cassette deck I ever had. You don't need me to mention the features as they're similar to your 700. If you enjoy recording cassettes, you'll really dig either the 700 or 800A. They're both boss decks.
I've been purchasing cassette deck since the day they first started now I have 20 cassette decks in my collection what is the easiest way to contact you for possible repair you are very talented you make it look so easy
Interesting I was just in Holland recently I have a Fisher cassette deck model number c r w 880 I'm going to contact you and mail it to you for free to see if you can repair it on one of your videos it's a very nice dick I put new belts on it but it's out of adjustment and the sound playback is not correct
Awesome video Rene! Thanks. I have the Yamaha KX-W952 and the Denon DRM-800. Love them. I also have a Yamaha KX-930 and a couple of JVC decks...TD-V621 and TD-V711 with the wood side panels. What is your opinion on JVC decks?
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repairI edited my comment. Please see my edited comment. I also have a couple of very nice JVC decks. Was wondering what is your opinion on JVC decks? I recently picked up the Yamaha 952 for $30 here in the U.S. Your video on this deck helped me get it up and running nicely. It's a beast of a deck!
@@sacflies the 621 and 711 are (very) solid machines , mechanically probably the better ones of the ones you mentioned , the yamaha may sound a bit more 'open' musically but i'f have to do an A-B-C listening test
it´s subscribed and i already learned somethings in other videos you have, like two monthes ago i was going to buy food at saturday morning and with my better half calling me i use the mechanism of the DRM-800a too faster and it stoped working this to put in the right place the cassette i was recording while going to the market, my 6th better half and last
That KX-1200 looks identical to the K-1020, with the exception of the KX-1200 having a wireless remote control and the K-1020 having a wired remote control.
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repairi own a toa fd20 wich is a Teac rebranded deck w6000R they are the same machine, it's a very good double deck plays wonderful and Record the same i think it's even better than this Tascam 302/322
@@Linux_Lucy 70% of the nakamichis out there share the same hardware with some of the decks i showed , so how are you then ‘sorted’ ? As they come with a lot of electronic issues as well
U got no real winners there. Lacking AiwA and Pioneer. Yeah,i know,aiwa mech and right belts are pain to find and overhaul,but aiwa is a total killer recorders. Got now Adf770 and 660 and 640. But sir,happy taping !!
Ok, thnks can you repair Sony lbt 105k in fully working, and one thing can we generaly install a normal rec/play head in Sony 3 head cassette deck modek 222esl brother, can give some advice
I just found your channel and immediately subscribed. I have a JVC KD-V6 I bought new many years ago. Unfortunately, I think it needs belts, and the left channel doesn’t work. When turned on the level meter shows a steady signal, but no sound. I bought a service manual but I feel trying to repair it is beyond my abilities. Sadly, no one here in the Dallas area is doing cassette repairs. Thanks for the great video.
Sono sempre stato attratto dai registratori a cassette. Tengo una Teac V800x e una V8030s, bellissime!!!
mille grazie !
You had me at hello!.. i recently had my Aiwa xks 7000 serviced..sounds amazing and worth every single penny...i love cassette decks..the engineering that's involved and the skills to build them again to any quality makes me weep
thank you for your kind words ! hopefully these videos can somewhat assist in keeping these machines alive !
Oh my gosh, each one of those decks are absolutely stunning to me! I've never even seen any of them in real life! I'm currently using a Sony TC-WE305. I paid way to much for it because I bought it as "New old stock". It was never opened, and I bought it to have a somewhat decent cassette deck. Great video, bud. I'd love any one of those! 👍🏻
i am glad you enjoyed the video! i am sure at one point you'll find your own dream deck
I have started using my Akai gx 8 again. Had it for over 30 years and still working great . No belt issues since there is one main one coupling the dual capstans . Love the 3 head monitoring and enhanced performance.
@@locutiss100 akai makes fantastic gear , specially the ones with the DD motors !
Something special about cassette decks for me, the look, the fluorescent VU meters moving, the clunk of the cassettes as they go into the transport mechanisms, the soft eject mechanism. But I was an 80s kid, so I did grow up with tapes. I have a Technics RS B33W cassette deck and never had any issues with it since buying it 2 years ago.
Thank you ! Watching vu meters, fluo , real needles or leds is fun , i don’t understand why they never put them on CD players is the aesthetics would be fantastic. Most cassette decks just require regular maintenance and maybe a belt , but as long as they are used they will run. Sitting idle is what kills them
They suck and sound like trash!! 🗑️👎
Amazing cassette players in this video !!!
Thank you Sir !
Thank you for video. Im waiting for Yamaha KX-630 in silver to arrive soon and your comments makes me feel happy. Also consider Yama K-520, looks like it has decent quality with mostly sensor cleaning challenge. Thank you.
i have a service video on the kx-630 as well , have a look ;-) but its a great machine , i would prefer it over the k-520
I remember that I used a double casette deck with dubbing speed, to copy Commodore 64 games. That was fun back in the days
Blast from the past !
What's with the bugs creeping around
@@davidleeashkenazi8992 i forgot to close a door to the workshop and with all the lights on i had an invasion of mosquitoes ! 🤣
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair lol great video and I love Yamaha 👍🏻
@@davidleeashkenazi8992 so do i (spoken as a yamaha fan boi 😎)
While I haven't owned any decks you mention here I have owned/used a Nakamichi BX-1, Akai GX-31 and a Yamaha KX-260. The KX-260 has a neat feature called Play Trim and is useful for older tapes. The BX-1 deck sits in my 900+cu/ft kitchen hifi system powered by an SX-434 receiver and feeds two pairs of speakers; Boston Acoustics A-40's and Synergistics S12B's. Nice video.
thank you ! the play trim feature of most yamaha's is indeed a very useful function. i really dont understand why other brands never implemented it. great collection you have there !
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair - thanks. My first component cassette deck was the Pioneer CT-F2121 purchased in 1975. Over the years I did "graduate" to more advanced machines; Akai CS-f14, Nikko ND-590ll, Onkyo TA-630D and a Technics RS-M224. I did get my girlfriend (now wife) an Akai CS-M01A deck in 1981. So yeah, I've used a few decks. I also have a Teac X-3 (R2R) deck purchased in 1982. You into Walkmans?
@@martyjewell5683 i have done and am doing walkmans as well , but they are (for me) less interesting to do , its even harder to get good belts for example so 50% of the time repair is not successful in my opinion as i cant get them ‘good enough’
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair- I bought a Sony Walkman 4 in early 1980's. Livin' in NYC it was my idea to use the Walkman on the subway. Nope, didn't work too good as the freakin' noise drowned out the music or I hadda have it so loud it was uncomfortable for me and other pissed-off straphangers. It did work well while travelin' on Amtrak. My Walkman 4 had inputs for two headphones so me and my girl could listen together. It also worked swell with my girl while hangin' out in a park (grazin' in the grass, if ya know what I mean). It was an early Walkman without a radio, just cassettes. Still got it and the box/receipt too.
@@martyjewell5683 those early sony's are sought after these days , worth a few pennies ! but its probably worth more to you on memories ;-)
I purchased a "parts only" Nakamichi BX-2 for $68 on ebay. All I had to do was remove a motor, take out the brushes and do a little cleaning. I now have a perfectly functioning BX-2 that sounds amazing. There are some great bargains out there if you know a little bit about how they work.
@@scottmcdonald7577 yes there are ! And i really hope my videos assist people in getting them back up and running
AKAI GX32. I have one of these in my collection. It's a good and simple deck. For me AKAI is the best.
There’s good and bad ones , AKAI mostly made good ones 😉
12:17 "The double flywheel also causes higher W&F" - if that is the case then your unit must be defective because the main idea of a dual capstan mechanism is to reduce W&F. Both the 880 and the 1100 have Nakamichi / Sankyo sourced mechanisms. But the 1100 was the TOTL and intended to better the 880 in any respect.
@@mihaischitcu1917 the dual capstan is needed to improve the tape path which is needed for 3 head decks to ensure proper azimuth, but more moving rotating parts also are causing a bit more w&f
The 880 has the same sankyo transport with DD motor as the 1100 (and the naks ) but the single motor is better for w&f than the motor + belt + extra flywheel
And the 1100 is indeed better in some aspects but not mechanically , and the difference is 0.005 to 0.01 % w&f measurable , the 1100 is the same as the naks but w&f the 880 is better
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Your particular 880 may be better than your particular 1100 but this is not the case in general. "the single motor is better for w&f than the motor + belt + extra flywheel" - again, not generally true, especially since they use different diameters for "diffused resonance". The dual capstan design's main benefit is the isolation of tape tension variations as it comes off the supply reel and through the cassette guides from the tension around the heads. It also provides near-constant tension throughout the length of the tape. This in turn mainly benefits flutter and head contact. "Proper azimuth" is generally not a direct consequence or factor. Dual capstan designs are not directly associated with 3 head designs. There are many 3 head single capstan drives, and some 2 head dual capstan drives (mostly Nakamichi)
@@mihaischitcu1917 i have had 100's or more of the 880 and the 1100 on my workbench, doing in and out of warranty repairs on these, since they came out in the 80s until i went to do something else at the end of the 90s. it has always been my experience and observations during those years that the 880 was (and still is) mecanically better than the dual capstan sankyo version in the 1100 and others. i am not going to argue here i am sharing my knowledge and observations
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Companies spent a lot of time and money in researching and implementing the closed loop dual capstan. Why'd they do it if it added more w&f? Maybe after all those years, decks get out of alignment and if not properly tuned, this system can do worse than single capstan transport, but when it's working as it should, it's clearly better.
@@phaenius it clearly has some benefits , like a more stable tape path and more stable azimuth. but everytime i compare (and compared) the single capstan DD motor Sankyo transport to the same transport with double capstan/flywheel the single capstan outperforms the double mechanically (W&F) . now dont get me wrong, the differences i am talking about won't be audible but they are certainly measurable . and the reasons why i pick the single 880 over the 1100 is cost (2 head machines are typically cheaper than 3 heads) serviceability (no capstan belt on the 880) the sound quality in on par with the 1100 and the mechanical specs. back in the day I also found that, for example, KX-7030 runs better (lower W&F) with the left pinchroller disabled , basically making it a single capstan machine. i will see if i can do a test with the 1100 and the 880 , compare and even make the 1100 a single capstan and measure before and after
I Like Tape so thoroughly enjoyed this, still have Yamaha KX-300U I bought brand new 1987 ish, lubrication of motors only issue, got 1 of those Luxmans with Alpine chip that was like $1000 new, and a top of the line Vector Research which is my favorite, bought on CL for $70. Hand/wrist..................Native American Indian.
@@robertdavis5714 hey Robert , welcome ! I have a video how to restore the kx-300 incl servicing and oiling , thank you for your comment
Love my Akai GX-8, and Aiwa Ad-f 780, 800. Sony ES is great, too.
I owned Akai GX-7 and GX-9 before.
great decks !
I just found your channel and immediately subscribed.
I have a JVC KD-V6 I bought new many years ago. Unfortunately, I think it needs belts, and the left channel doesn’t work. When turned on the level meter shows a steady signal, but no sound. I bought a service manual but I feel trying to repair it is beyond my abilities. Sadly, no one here in the Dallas area is doing cassette repairs.
Thanks for the great video.
@@rafacq thank you Sir ! Its sad to hear that there are fewer and fewer technicians working on these
I loved your video. It gave me pretty much a whole evening of looking them up, reading the specs, seeing if I can find them on eBay, you know, all the stuff we do! I subscribed. Thanks. P.S. I have a Denon on my list of decks I own and I have marked it as "in need of difficult repair" so maybe I will look at your video and see what I can do. I lost patience in it last time.
thank you so much for your support and kind words ! if you are looking for a really good sounding entry level deck, see if you can find the yamaha kx-300 , need need for difficult repairs (easy belt replaement and cleaning) and after a good head cleaning it will rival many other decks , higher end decks most denon / yamaha / kenwood 3 heads are very good. you can always reach out to me if you think you found something and want a 2nd opinion
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Thank you. Much appreciated.
I could never make my mind up on what deck to buy for my system,i had about 23 in my watchlist but settled on a Onkyo twin deck, doorless TA- W80, nothing super special but it does what i need it to do.👍🇭🇲
Thats the important part ! Doing what it needs to do
excelent , today more and more young people are starting to use cassettes and no information about them decks, i have a hi-fi componets colection and cassette decks i have 48 and sold some aleready ,also restore them when bought recentelly in 2nd hand
that was exactly the reason wy i started this channel , to share what i know so the younger generation has an idea where to start with service and repair
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair nice videos
7:10 the bugs on your table had me wiping my screen thinking I had ants.
@@TexTom1981 😁🤣 sorry a out that , had an invasion in the workshop (open door & lights) !!
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i want to refer that having three kenwood decks all record with a higher quality , not a single deck from nakamichi as i have all top end models . Since at least 78 they do record with a higher quality but that one was in a cheap system from the 80´s , don´t know if it was sold separated . A friend of mine had at home bought by his father a total plastic compact system with a even worst looking cassette deck but one day i played a cassette from him thinking it would have been recorded in it´s old Crown 70´s system who was very good but no it was recorded in the even worst looking kenwood deck and it sounded with a higher quality of sound not that high the level of recording as it didn´t had rec level(that one at least that as it) but with quality , kenwwod always surprised me for it´s cassette decks and a receiver i had in the 70´s with timer also a turntable and speakers, that was really good ,i even bought for my car in mid 80´s a radio cassette player from kenwood, that was so good that i only took it from one of my old cars in 97 when i bought cheap a new minidisc car audio from Sony. Sorry but there is not such a thing as good double cassette decks, my opinion only ,i had a Sony that recorded in both decks but that was it, allthough if i had seen that i would buy it instead of a SONY, YAMAHA at least it´s a good brand in everything they do ,i had motos ,hi-fi system from the 70´s all was fine, still have it , the control amplifier is not audiophile friendly because it as all functions one could imagine it´s a C1 ,i think, one can level all sources as it as for each input in the back a litle volume knob , the K-540 still have it working but in black. see the kenwood 880 HK or similar was a surprising good deck and with the Amourphous heads fashion of the 80´s with calibration was sold till 96 with a 1000 reference and open/close instead of eject, the yamaha from the 70´s it even as "designed by...." signature deck?is it?you´re right the post 2000 decks are garbage but there are tascam decks with a higher quality of sound it´s a professional brand from which brand? am i thinking of TEAC?also great the Z-5000 is amazing good and the 6030 (semi-professional )and V-7000 are very good. That Marantz exists branded Harman-Kardon and Philips, as this last brand owned the previous ones and Philips that i know of since late 60´s till today had a great hi-fi quality including both brands refered and Grundig also had some components with a very high qiality including fine arts, owned by philips also ,that marantz or harman kardon or philips as they existed with the same design sounded like late 70´s or 79 F series from Philips wich is still very good today ,i still am using my 79 F series system, only 79 after they decreased a lot the F series or in 1980 when all brands decreased their components quality, the next Yamaha i´m not going to talk about it as it as auto-reverse, also i see you using a pre-recorded casettes and no one i ever knew bought them only in holidays so one can hear a just released Lp like me since early 70´s till today but 7 and was in holidays when i did it ,some even sound very good but with the years they destroy themselves i think polydor made them good but i was playing a the who Lp in cassette the first after the drumer died and and rewinding it it broke, the second i bought was also real good sounding but in early 80´s in a minute would dirt the play/record head ,was the first Boston LP, the 90´s 7030 from kenwood is amazing good but some have a problem that when it´s playing it stops for no reason i think it´s related with the counter like some older AIWA decks that a belt was conected to the counter and the stop at the end of the cassette was when the counter stoped ,i might be wrong as mine was stoped and now is doing that but i didn´t had the time to check it, it´s related with the auto-stop system maybe. About the play trim it´s handy but the 90´s flex from pioneer worked better, the yamaha with amourphous heads i did had good ones that one could notice improvement in sound using the Amorphous heads but when played in a regular decks normally the model under the high´s have a kind of vibration only in the high´s ,this refering to pionee CT-959 and CT-979 and CT-93 also the Denon DRM-800a(very good ,but coloured sound and no calibration but love it anyway,after they didn´t make them this good again but good anyway) with the DRM-700a(89)not using them amourphous heads i notice recorded in the others a distortion on high frequencies, the 1100 was the younger brother from the 90´s of the HK-880 like i refer ,as i have the 7030 and not the 9030, because i bought the 1100 with more modern fatures but all were good, about AKAI i thought they were the better recording tapes after in 1970 having a new version crossfield X-165D that works perfect today and later bought a 78 GX-4000DS sold till 82 or 84 the open reel deck but i had the GX-630D and the GX-9 , and in 92 i bought as a second deck maybe that one GX-32(others also bought them in the 80´s)
Auto bias is NOT what you want....they never adjust accurately. Manual is always the best way to go 😊
Other than that. Great video 👍
if you have auto bias you can typically do manual as well, but not vice versa ;-)
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair that's just not true 🙃
The Dolby S NR Decks is highly recommended by default
sadly none of these are of the age where dolby S was available
Yes, the Marantz SD-60 is same as Philips FC-60; the Revox C-115 adds balanced I/O but that's the only difference. I concur that the transport is very good for a middle-of-the-line 3-head deck (mine, originally for Japanese domestic market, still runs flawlessly with original rubber). But it's an ergonomical nightmare, especially for people with imperfect eyesight and dexterity. The main controls are too small and awkwardly placed. In real life I'd rather use a junior Yamaha (I still have model K-340, similar to your K-300 but without bias adjustment). My favourite Yamaha, however, is the 2-head model K-960, aka k-1d in Japan. Decent transport and superb looks - a transition from silver 70s to black 80s with a nostalgic green fluorescent meter.
those high end late 70s early 80s Yamaha decks are superb
found you on reddit and actually think this is an interesting channel lmao, keep doing what you do!!!
Thank you ! And i will 😎
I am a pioneer fanboy always had pioneer decks
no pioneers yet that i had for repair, maybe in the next months ?
The Mosquito liked the Kenwood deck 😂😂😂😂😂
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Smash the likes people….love it…💯
@@kellymoss2091 thank you 🙏 !!!
Denon DRM700 my favourite one
Five years back I got a refurbished three motor/three head (twin capstan) Denon DRM-800A for $125 and it's the best cassette deck I ever had. You don't need me to mention the features as they're similar to your 700. If you enjoy recording cassettes, you'll really dig either the 700 or 800A. They're both boss decks.
I've been purchasing cassette deck since the day they first started now I have 20 cassette decks in my collection what is the easiest way to contact you for possible repair you are very talented you make it look so easy
hi john, thank you for your kind words
i am based in europe and my email address is : cassettedeckrepair@gmail.com
Interesting I was just in Holland recently I have a Fisher cassette deck model number c r w 880 I'm going to contact you and mail it to you for free to see if you can repair it on one of your videos it's a very nice dick I put new belts on it but it's out of adjustment and the sound playback is not correct
Deck
@@johnbrazzell9469 i'll keep an eye on my email !
Akai GX 32 apsolutni favorit 👍
its a good deck !
i have the bx150, the k540 as well, all my decks are black, my rarest one is the teac w880rx
@@aronslegogbcs1057 great collection!
Excellent
@@sajidmahmood4646 thank you !
i see a lot of bugs crawling around your table LOL
@@scottjohnson921 youre not the only one !! 😉 i left a door open to the workshop and with all the lights on i had a mosquito invasion !! 😁
Awesome video Rene! Thanks. I have the Yamaha KX-W952 and the Denon DRM-800. Love them. I also have a Yamaha KX-930 and a couple of JVC decks...TD-V621 and TD-V711 with the wood side panels. What is your opinion on JVC decks?
both of them ? great choices !
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repairI edited my comment. Please see my edited comment. I also have a couple of very nice JVC decks. Was wondering what is your opinion on JVC decks? I recently picked up the Yamaha 952 for $30 here in the U.S. Your video on this deck helped me get it up and running nicely. It's a beast of a deck!
@@sacflies the 621 and 711 are (very) solid machines , mechanically probably the better ones of the ones you mentioned , the yamaha may sound a bit more 'open' musically but i'f have to do an A-B-C listening test
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repairThanks for the reply Rene. I do love the JVC's.
THE ANSWER IS CASETTE DECK 3HEAD 3MOTORS OR 3MOTORS DIRECT DRIVE!
@@blade3120 thank you 🙏
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair don t mention it my friend greece Athens!
it´s subscribed and i already learned somethings in other videos you have, like two monthes ago i was going to buy food at saturday morning and with my better half calling me i use the mechanism of the DRM-800a too faster and it stoped working this to put in the right place the cassette i was recording while going to the market, my 6th better half and last
thank you !
DENON!!!
@@rich_t yessss !!! 🤣
That KX-1200 looks identical to the K-1020, with the exception of the KX-1200 having a wireless remote control and the K-1020 having a wired remote control.
they are virually identical aside from, as you mentioned, the remote. i cant think of any other differences from the top of my head
The K-1020 has a sendust head, which isn't as good as the amorphous one in the KX-1200.
@@Astralify youre right , i forgot about the head
In here the price around $100-150 sir.. greeting from 🇲🇨👍
@@andreasbianconeri879 price of which deck ?
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repairakai sir..i have one but forgot the type.. sorry 🙏
Looking for Tascam cassette deck 202mkvii
those should still be around ?
What reference tapes you use for adjusting Speed,Dolby Levels and Azimuth???
german Roth tapes , they can be found on ebay , they have light blue labels
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair oh,I have the same for Azimuth and Dolby levels
Nice videos ✌️
@@cassette_decks_and_turntables thank you ! and i just subbed to your channel , great vids
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair thank you ✌️
@@cassette_decks_and_turntables thank you !
Do you ever work on Sony? I picked up a TC-FX30 single direction deck and it's been great.
i sometimes work on sony but i dont recall ever had this model ?
I saw a yamaha k1000 at 200 usd, is it good to buy, also i has direct drive.
@@michaelhoang6221 i dont believe it has a dd motor but if i were looking for a good deck i would buy it for that pricd
Looking for Tascam 322 deck
this one is on its way to the USA but i will keep an eye out for you
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repairi own a toa fd20 wich is a Teac rebranded deck w6000R they are the same machine, it's a very good double deck plays wonderful and Record the same i think it's even better than this Tascam 302/322
Just find a Good / Working Nakamichi Deck ( 'ANY 'Nakamichi ) and U are .... SORTED ....
@@Linux_Lucy 70% of the nakamichis out there share the same hardware with some of the decks i showed , so how are you then ‘sorted’ ? As they come with a lot of electronic issues as well
U got no real winners there. Lacking AiwA and Pioneer. Yeah,i know,aiwa mech and right belts are pain to find and overhaul,but aiwa is a total killer recorders. Got now Adf770 and 660 and 640. But sir,happy taping !!
Kx-1100 is as good as a Nakamichi playing or a Aiwa xk-009 so is way better than people think
i completely agree !!
I want all set Buy i wish 🙏
i am sure you will find a good one one of these days !
Hello , can you fix my Aiwa AD F900? I'm live in Southern California .
shipping costs will probably be prohibitively expensive (ship to europe and back)
None!! Cassette decks suck in the modern age, boring! 🗑️😆👎
digital is boring ;-)
Price
due to shipping costs i think its only viable if you live in europe ?
I also wanted to repair my Sony lbt 105k in full wotking condition, its too far frm you
@@harmonteron9615 i am located in europe
Ok, thnks can you repair Sony lbt 105k in fully working, and one thing can we generaly install a normal rec/play head in Sony 3 head cassette deck modek 222esl brother, can give some advice
Buy a CD player instead!! 👍
But cd’s are too perfect 😁
Пещера Аладдина.
almost !
Buy? LoL.
some people collect and repair vintage motorcycles , others collect and repair vintage audio equipment
I just found your channel and immediately subscribed.
I have a JVC KD-V6 I bought new many years ago. Unfortunately, I think it needs belts, and the left channel doesn’t work. When turned on the level meter shows a steady signal, but no sound. I bought a service manual but I feel trying to repair it is beyond my abilities. Sadly, no one here in the Dallas area is doing cassette repairs.
Thanks for the great video.
Welcome aboard! its so sad that there are few technicians left working on these machine , i do hope you find someone