Well Bos, the flip mechanism is slow and I can see new belts are required so I ordered a set from Marrs. It's been a good 15 years since it was run so I'm not surprised. I only searched for it as I also uncovered a box of Jazz tapes (I once thought I had sold off all my cassettes but they keep appearing). I think it will get a trip to Willy Hermann just to make sure it is adjusted properly. I do have a functioning Pioneer Elite deck in storage, if I could just find it.
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Yeah, but I sold my Dragon many years ago with about 500 tapes. Never thought I'd get back in to cassettes and don't really want to in any big way again. I understand the home-recorded stuff, but most commercial stuff I never critically listened to. In addition to the 505 (which I forgot I had), I purposely kept a Pioneer CT-05D that is quite good at payback of commercial releases and I previously used to digitize collections (plus it was newer and didn't require any expensive work!). I'll find it in one of the piles next time I'm at storage.Some nice Jazz tapes there! As much as I enjoy listening to my RX-505 in my office, for critical listening in my main system, it does not compare to the Dragon. You really owe it to yourself to hear these pre-recorded tapes with NAAC and the Dragon. I was never impressed with pre-recorded cassettes until I got the Dragon.
Well I bought a Sony APR-5003 from a local retired audio engineer. It was his personal machine with low hours and always maintained to perfection. I have not taken delivery yet as he has promised to teach me how to actually use and maintain it. It also comes with a complete set of spare parts from another machine so I should be able to keep it going for years to come.
Oh joy!
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Extra nice! What is the first tape you will play on it?
Well I bought a Sony APR-5003 from a local retired audio engineer. It was his personal machine with low hours and always maintained to perfection. I have not taken delivery yet as he has promised to teach me how to actually use and maintain it. It also comes with a complete set of spare parts from another machine so I should be able to keep it going for years to come.
Oh joy!
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Wow man that's a heck of a nice deck!!!! Do post a few more pics when you actually have it in your place. Congrats buddy!
My Telefunken M10A. 1963.
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That’s a truly awesome deck!!! Very nice.