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Hello, this is 10 years after your post, but I found I was able to restore the function of my clutch by taking it apart and cleaning the parts and felt pads thoroughly with 91% IPA and several pieces of clean paper towel until the felt is bright white, like new on the two pieces that have it...

Thanks titanstats. It's definitely packed in there and very modular, so going to be a fun one. The mechanism appears much like a grandfather clock, and there are 25 circuit boards throughout the unit. Hoping I don't run into parts no longer available. petes'picks: Noticed another discrepancy...

Thank you again mcgjohn and dankik. Great tips and very helpful.

Thanks Okke 70s!

Many thanks dankik and great advice! Found some add'l discrepancies. The SM only lists one cap on the motor (PCB25) when in fact there are 3, as shown on the diagram and in the unit. One ceramic, 2 electrolytic, one of which is BP. Also, 2 add'l cap types found. Both labeled LN on the...

Thaks mcgjohn! I've got the broken down for cleaning and servicing the transport so can go component by component. The 1st 2 I'd like to tackle are the main amp and playback amp sections. So, I'm thinking Orange Elna/polarized dark blue Elna (orange and purple circles) --> Wima...

Many thanks Okke 70s. The schematic is pretty helpful with the playback and record signal plath and functions of the various sections, so ID'ing might not be too bad. Very helpful on the low ESR caps and the the Panasonic FC recommendation. If I am able to ID the functions: What migh you...

Hi All, In process of rehabbing a HK CD401 tape deck and wanted your thoughts on the capacitors. There's 139 electrolytics in there, mostly TK brand and several of these have popped. What types of caps do you recommend for the various sections/value ranges/etc? More details here...

That's what I ended up with! Picked up today and going through it now to order caps, test tapes. etc. I have a VTVM and O-scope, so I'm thinking with an inexpensive frequency counter, capacitors, items for test jigs in manual and some test tapes, I can still be close to my budget of $200...

I'm asking something completely different, but thanks, very helpful.

Yes, aware HX is for hf extension, not NR. My question is more about the relative differences in playback, so not exactly sure what you're trying to say above. If you happen to have experience with how different the sound is played back, as B vs S for a S/chrome tape would be wonderful to hear...

Many thanks! I'm leaning toward a higher quality dolby b/c/hx vs a run of the mill dolby S.

Hi All, Stopped by a local salvation army after many years. No equipment, but some tapes. In the market for a compact cassette deck, so looked for about 30 seconds and saw a couple marked 'chrome' in the pre-recorded bin, so grabbed them just for fun, in anticipation of the tape deck...

I get piece of mind from my SurgeX SEQ. Have no real idea on the impact to sound. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SEQ2U--surgex-seq-2u-14-outlet-20a-power-sequencer ~ $1800 new, but quite often easy to get on ebay for $100-200. (sales from regular server farm refreshes, etc) There's...

Most of my listening is under 1 watt, even when it's somewhat loud. Woofer is over 96db for sensitivity and the horn 105db. That's an earful at 1 watt! I drive the woofers at 160watts/channel and the horn at 70wpc. (8ohm rms) I don't know if it's overkill, but my theory is those big...

Apart from the popular songs, the remainder of the album is seemingly unknown to most folks. "Baby can I hold you" and "If not now" are simply emotional experiences every time I hear them and pretty well recorded.

Paint away! You can always sand or reveneer pretty easily. (oem veneer is VERY thin though) Other than being original the, oem base is flimsy. Ok for a suspension table, but with a retro-mod fat tire style wheel for the idler, anti resonance counterweight (from dual 701) and 3 layer mdf...

Well, I spoke too fast. On screen I got a you have won the aucution notice, to be followed by you have been outbid in my email 90 seconds after the auction, with the time stamps to match. Weird. Looks like the other person got the unit for ~$260. Hopefully a good unit for them, but for me...

Thanks all! Snagged the NAD for $230 at auction. A bit over my budget, but from what I understand a pretty good deck. Fingers crossed it isn't beyond my skills for maintenance and refreshing. Will post some pics when received. Sam

Thanks SgtShultz, I'm getting more comfortable with eBay and searching options there as well. Nice snag on the Teac! Incidentally, there's Tascam 112 available locally for a bit more than that, but doesn't seem to be near the quality of the 122.

Thanks Everyone and Taketheflame, the NR and HX overview is incredibly helpful, than you!

Thanks Hajidub, I did do some searching on tapeheads and google searches for each, but posted here to get some more opinions. I don't know why I didn't post there too, but doing so now. There's also a JVC-TD-V66 for $275. Curious if you happen to know how the KD-V6 and TDV66 compare?

I don't do headphones as they are way too uncomfortable for me, but I do have a pair of $180 (used) wired earbuds for travel that I can definitely hear more clarity than freebee earbuds that come with phones, particularly in the mids/lows. Sure I can hear the sounds, but in some cases, at my...

I think if you crave nostalgia, any decent tape deck and a tube receiver with some large woofered speakers should get you there. I'm assuming what you miss is the big sound, deep bass, rich voices and smooth melodic tones. My ampex (altought reel to reel) tape deck, fisher tube receiver and...

Decided to invest $100-200 on a relatively affordable tape deck. I'll be using this machine for playback only to occasionally play my girlfriends collection of cassettes on my main system. (She has great taste in music!). I don't care too much for conveniences like remotes, music search, etc...