allanmatters
Active Member
Hi all . First and foremost I am going to say I have searched through the forum and come across many different types of issues regarding electric low treble sort of scratching noise playing in the background with the music on through the speaker s .
I have read about cleaning the rec/pb buttons . How ever my buttons are not the physical push down buttons , but more like touch click buttons. I am not sure if cleaning that would result in elimination of the electric sound . The noise is present on all cassette s. I even tried a 40 year old pioneer n2a-60 type 1 normal . I have maxells UD XL1 blank cassettes mostly for recording all purchased back in 1978 to 80
The sound comes only when the song is played. (when the instruments and voice are in effect mostly not the low frequencies) . I recorded on a cassette with no source that is just blank with no sound and played back the cassette . It was silent as ever .
I also read about replacing mylar capacitors which solved the issue for some . And also about cleaning the capstan and oiling it from behind .
Not sure where to begin .
I have a Toshiba aurex PD-V30 . It was lying in the storeroom for roughly 8 years and had an expired belt which I replaced . It sounds really good given the fact I got used to CD . The tape deck still sound clear and warm . I did a recording and the results were great . Except the little scratching noise
I apologize if this thread should have not been made as usually there are many threads to search on here . But I've read many many threads here as well as in other forum . Is it worth fixing ? I do understand there are better decks out there like nackamichi dragon and other brands . Any one ever used this particular deck ?
Regards
Allan
I have read about cleaning the rec/pb buttons . How ever my buttons are not the physical push down buttons , but more like touch click buttons. I am not sure if cleaning that would result in elimination of the electric sound . The noise is present on all cassette s. I even tried a 40 year old pioneer n2a-60 type 1 normal . I have maxells UD XL1 blank cassettes mostly for recording all purchased back in 1978 to 80
The sound comes only when the song is played. (when the instruments and voice are in effect mostly not the low frequencies) . I recorded on a cassette with no source that is just blank with no sound and played back the cassette . It was silent as ever .
I also read about replacing mylar capacitors which solved the issue for some . And also about cleaning the capstan and oiling it from behind .
Not sure where to begin .
I have a Toshiba aurex PD-V30 . It was lying in the storeroom for roughly 8 years and had an expired belt which I replaced . It sounds really good given the fact I got used to CD . The tape deck still sound clear and warm . I did a recording and the results were great . Except the little scratching noise
I apologize if this thread should have not been made as usually there are many threads to search on here . But I've read many many threads here as well as in other forum . Is it worth fixing ? I do understand there are better decks out there like nackamichi dragon and other brands . Any one ever used this particular deck ?
Regards
Allan
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