Hi all. I just picked this deck up. It was making a high pitch squeal when playing at first, and the left VU meter was maxing out. I was able to correct this by spraying deoxit in the record play switches and working the record button a number of times. I also replaced the drive belt, cleaned and relubed all kinds of rolly thingies (technical term...also man, cassette decks are way more complicated than most turntables I've worked on), and will replace the other three belts when they arrive. Should be any day now.
Anyhow, it sounded pretty bad before all this, kinda warbly and distorted, but is sounding pretty good now. The issues, at least I think it is an issue, is that it seems to be pretty loud at low volume. I'm running it through a Kenwood KR-6050. The VU meters on the cassette deck are also getting into the red a good bit at this low volume. Any thoughts? I'm planning on trying another round of deoxit on the record play switches. Maybe they're still gunked up? Anything else obvious I might've missed? This is my first time delving into a cassette deck refurb.
Anyhow, it sounded pretty bad before all this, kinda warbly and distorted, but is sounding pretty good now. The issues, at least I think it is an issue, is that it seems to be pretty loud at low volume. I'm running it through a Kenwood KR-6050. The VU meters on the cassette deck are also getting into the red a good bit at this low volume. Any thoughts? I'm planning on trying another round of deoxit on the record play switches. Maybe they're still gunked up? Anything else obvious I might've missed? This is my first time delving into a cassette deck refurb.
