It looks like Yamaha and Nakamichi appreciated each other's wedge designs. As in the Nakamichi 600 Cassette Deck. I still have my Yamaha HP-1 Mario Beleni designed Orthodymanic headphones (and a pair of HP-2’s) purchased in college from that same era. 😢
I left school in the summer of 1974, so it would have been around about that same time that the Yamaha was first sold that I went to a party at the house of one of my classmates, Russ, whose parents had a Philips cassette deck which had one of those clear plastic attachments which allowed the loading of I think it was six cassettes, which could then be left playing in turn infinitely. I loved watching it eject one cassette and load the next, and thought that was about the coolest thing I'd ever see. Just turned sixteen, I'd never heard anything which could be described as real hi-fi, so the sound quality, which was decent, to be fair, made less impact on me than the then amazing contraption for loading tapes into the machine. In all honesty, I reckon I'd still get some level of thrill from seeing one in action today.
The DJ at the Rollerama skating rink back in the early 80's had this Yamaha deck and he used to mix it with records utilising the pitch control. Real nice to see it again as well as you both. Thankyou for sharing.
Man how I lusted after one of these, I had a cheap wedge shaped Aiwa for a while which looked groovy but my stooopid Nytech DIN didn’t have enough output juice to record at anything above full recording level, good looking combo though.
Happy new year both. I may have mentioned this previously, but on the subject of the Sharp portable turntable, a friend's parents owned a stack system from the same brand where the tonearm would automatically flip to the underside of the record to play side 2 once the first side was finished.All pretty James Bond.Of course it wasn't high end,but it was a uniquely fun feature. Thanks for the entertainment.
HNY guys! 1155.... a great year. Thomas Becket repaired the Palace of Westminster and Henry II's son was born. (and 1155 in the Assyrian calendar was 5905...... which is the exact same number of TC80GLs made.)
Of course. 😜 (I remember a colleague once saying that my sarcasm will get my nowhere. I told him that it got me to the sarcasm worlds in Tokyo in ‘85. He said ‘ooh did it?’ I just drily said ‘no’. 😜
@@MrVinylista While you're there, you must head east and search out the amazing DDR-era Karl Clauss Dietel and Lutz Rudolph Heliradio designs. Liepedia has a list of museums where they are on show; Berlin, Leipzig, Chemnitz, just for starters...
A friend had one of these, his brother brought it home from the recording studio he worked at. For some reason i thought it was either TEAC or Tascam, so couldn't find it. This had line/mic mixing when recording.
"The Shape of Things to Come", was the advertising strapline for the Triumph TR7 in the United States. Another iconic wedge-shaped artefact. Coincidence, or is there a prize for spotting this?
@@MrVinylista Best that Mike should have it. The nearest I have to a respectable cassette-playing machine is a 45 year old JVC KD-720B which is running a bit slow. It was the poor man's TC800GL of its day, mind.
I remember the advert s plate special coming down the line s plate special right on time for Leyland cars and all other makes you can get them now with the new s plate
Not sure you guys have the date correct for the UK, i was working in the trade at the time and my memory seems to recall this was introduced to the UK market from 1975 1976 period, it was a proper good high end device, Yamaha's reputation for build quality was well deserved the TC800 was a real hot potato as far as sales were concerned , Yamaha at the time was imported and distributed by NSS , Natural Sound Sytems .
Fellas, thank you so much for another lovely video - it is much appreciated!! Also, let’s make this year a good one for all and let’s do it together! No more idiotic wars! At least, one can dream. This Yamaha is completely bonkers!! These console-type devices are cool because by nature of design, you have to approach them and touch them because all of the controls are on top! Who needs a remote, eh? It is the stupidest idea in existence! All the best in the New Year to you and your families! Cheers!
Did you get that tape machine from the Jawa's by any chance. The reason I ask is that the Jawa's are really good with their prices. The only reason that the ended up on star wars was due to the fact that they cut a good deal on the price. 100% Fact that is lads. Talking of Lad's you should concider doing a riff on the turntable by LAD, the LAD GAJ 942sp. I have someone I know that has a pair and he was playing a tune on one of them one day and while it was playing he gentle grabbed the rear of the deck and slowly pulled it up towards himself until it was fully virtical and it carried on playing the 12" with zero issues what so ever, I was impressed.
It looks like Yamaha and Nakamichi appreciated each other's wedge designs. As in the Nakamichi 600 Cassette Deck. I still have my Yamaha HP-1 Mario Beleni designed Orthodymanic headphones (and a pair of HP-2’s) purchased in college from that same era. 😢
Great to see you back guys. You’ve been missed. Happy new year.
I left school in the summer of 1974, so it would have been around about that same time that the Yamaha was first sold that I went to a party at the house of one of my classmates, Russ, whose parents had a Philips cassette deck which had one of those clear plastic attachments which allowed the loading of I think it was six cassettes, which could then be left playing in turn infinitely. I loved watching it eject one cassette and load the next, and thought that was about the coolest thing I'd ever see. Just turned sixteen, I'd never heard anything which could be described as real hi-fi, so the sound quality, which was decent, to be fair, made less impact on me than the then amazing contraption for loading tapes into the machine. In all honesty, I reckon I'd still get some level of thrill from seeing one in action today.
WOW love the ski slope and the watch and the "ÿour mug's broken down already" hahaha
The DJ at the Rollerama skating rink back in the early 80's had this Yamaha deck and he used to mix it with records utilising the pitch control. Real nice to see it again as well as you both. Thankyou for sharing.
Great to see you return from the festivities!
Had a mono deck for many years,
finding a good quality tape brand took some effort and spending.
Happy New Year guys. Keep doing the interesting riffs.
Glad you are back chaps!
I was starting to worry that you had rifted your last! Happy New Year!
Welcome back Gents - you have been missed over the festive period.
A lovely piece of design - I think it still looks good today. Cheers fellas.
I thought JVC had taken it far enough with their KD-720 slope-loader, but this is magnificent!
He has taken the tracks down for the mix tape, the list is in his will 😂
Yes your back 😊😊😊
Man how I lusted after one of these, I had a cheap wedge shaped Aiwa for a while which looked groovy but my stooopid Nytech DIN didn’t have enough output juice to record at anything above full recording level, good looking combo though.
Happy new year chaps. great looking thing that looks like an extra from Blakes 7. Never heard it but I won't be ditching my Chord Dac 64! 👍😁🎵
Happy new year both. I may have mentioned this previously, but on the subject of the Sharp portable turntable, a friend's parents owned a stack system from the same brand where the tonearm would automatically flip to the underside of the record to play side 2 once the first side was finished.All pretty James Bond.Of course it wasn't high end,but it was a uniquely fun feature. Thanks for the entertainment.
Wow! That would make a lovely match with the Nytech tuner-amp. Imagine they were contemporaries?
Welcome back and HNY!
Love the mug
How I lusted after one of those back in the day. I ended up with an Aiwa AD1250, which was a similar ski slope design but way cheaper!
I still have mine that is in mint condition.
Lovely!!
A friend of mine had one for a few years in the late 1980s, I thought it was very good for a cassette deck.
Got one after lusting after one when I was a lad......Battery hatch on base !
1:02 I can't believe that David MUGGED Mike. I thought this was a family show. David had better WATCH out. ;)
Class watch
HNY guys,great vid.
I'm sure back in the late seventie's /early eighties Aiwa did a very similar design.
Yes, the Aiwa AD-1250 and AD-2000. A review of the latter is coming soon.
So did Nakamichi with the 600.
@@MrVinylista Exciting news!
HNY guys!
1155.... a great year. Thomas Becket repaired the Palace of Westminster and Henry II's son was born.
(and 1155 in the Assyrian calendar was 5905...... which is the exact same number of TC80GLs made.)
Is that you, Rainman?
Of course. 😜
(I remember a colleague once saying that my sarcasm will get my nowhere. I told him that it got me to the sarcasm worlds in Tokyo in ‘85. He said ‘ooh did it?’
I just drily said ‘no’. 😜
@@markorchard2272 Next level!
Danke und gutes Gelingen für 2025. Das Yamaha Design-Deck kann hier in Deutschland in der Stadt Kassel im Museum bewundert werden.
Cheers. This is now top of my list of places to visit.
@@MrVinylista While you're there, you must head east and search out the amazing DDR-era Karl Clauss Dietel and Lutz Rudolph Heliradio designs. Liepedia has a list of museums where they are on show; Berlin, Leipzig, Chemnitz, just for starters...
@ 🥂
Why do the two of you take vacations? Shall watch a second time. The two of you educate people.
Happy New Year. Love from Bangladesh.
A friend had one of these, his brother brought it home from the recording studio he worked at.
For some reason i thought it was either TEAC or Tascam, so couldn't find it.
This had line/mic mixing when recording.
"The Shape of Things to Come", was the advertising strapline for the Triumph TR7 in the United States. Another iconic wedge-shaped artefact. Coincidence, or is there a prize for spotting this?
Well done Robert, you got my allusion! Would you accept Mike's mixtape as the prize? Was just about to give it to him...
@@MrVinylista Best that Mike should have it.
The nearest I have to a respectable cassette-playing machine is a 45 year old JVC KD-720B which is running a bit slow. It was the poor man's TC800GL of its day, mind.
I have the 800GL, I think it needs new belt/s. It eats tape. I like the design.
Sad to say the Yamaha cassette deck had quite poor reviews at the time .
I remember the advert s plate special coming down the line s plate special right on time for Leyland cars and all other makes you can get them now with the new s plate
Is that a left over piece of cheese? 😂 👍
Didn't know David's Volvo had a flux capacitor.
Not sure you guys have the date correct for the UK, i was working in the trade at the time and my memory seems to recall this was introduced to the UK market from 1975 1976 period, it was a proper good high end device, Yamaha's reputation for build quality was well deserved the TC800 was a real hot potato as far as sales were concerned , Yamaha at the time was imported and distributed by NSS , Natural Sound Sytems .
Fellas, thank you so much for another lovely video - it is much appreciated!! Also, let’s make this year a good one for all and let’s do it together! No more idiotic wars! At least, one can dream.
This Yamaha is completely bonkers!! These console-type devices are cool because by nature of design, you have to approach them and touch them because all of the controls are on top! Who needs a remote, eh? It is the stupidest idea in existence!
All the best in the New Year to you and your families!
Cheers!
Did you get that tape machine from the Jawa's by any chance.
The reason I ask is that the Jawa's are really good with their prices.
The only reason that the ended up on star wars was due to the
fact that they cut a good deal on the price. 100% Fact that is lads.
Talking of Lad's you should concider doing a riff on the turntable
by LAD, the LAD GAJ 942sp. I have someone I know that has a pair
and he was playing a tune on one of them one day and while it was
playing he gentle grabbed the rear of the deck and slowly pulled it
up towards himself until it was fully virtical and it carried on playing
the 12" with zero issues what so ever, I was impressed.
is this a watch review?
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2025
Thank you so much :-)
Great entertainment but my wife thinks I’m an anorak.
Evening gents👍👍
Evening KJBB
Cool looking machine.....but a mediocre performer.
By mid 1970s standards it was very good. By 1980s standards, it was quite good, and by 1990s standards it was so-so.