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Quite shocked: Pioneer CT-F7272

Trower

Trower

Two-Headed Boy
A few weeks ago I picked up a very mint Pioneer CT-F7272 along with an Akai tape deck. The Akai was OK, but man this Pio is a terrific playback deck! It is way, way better than I ever expected, and now I understand the Pioneer tape deck following:yes: I haven't tried recording with it, as it is a 2 head deck and I have other more capable recorders, but man does this unit sound good:music:

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I do like the 7272. Its a sharp looking deck and does sound real good. Mine is suffering from vinyl peel but I think it could be a good one to practice re-veneering :yes:
 
Finally! I try to tell my friends that the earlier CT-FX2X2 Decks are superb! :) I prefer the sound of them over the newer more hyped up three head ones like the 900 950 1000 or 1250. I'm not saying the newer ones are bad. They may be an improvement, but an over-priced improvement at that. It's just not practical to pay 3-4 times more for a negligible improvement over the earlier Decks, IMO. I love my 8282 and it's gonna stay with me for a good long while.

My cousin from Kentucky stayed with me and my mom over the 4th of July weekend, and and I played my stereo for her husband. His eyes got really huge and he said he never in his life heard a stereo sound as good as mine does. I played a few tapes on my 8282. He really liked how clear and smooth it sounded. I also gave it a few cranks on the volume, and he could not believe it, heheh! I'm not trying to be braggy, that's the honest truth. :)
 
Loved my 9191 so much I bought a spare. Both suffer from weak reverse so I'll be needing to dig into the motors one of these days. Already replaced and rebuilt everything else.
 
I used to have a CT2121...reverse got slow, and it needed tires. I guess my x-wife has it....
It did sound excellent....so, I just so happened to find a pristine CT-F7272 on ebay. It should be arriving next week.
i loved the sound of my old lost unit, so, buying this one should fix me up. They said it works perfect, but we'll see. :D
 
I had this deck for awhile, made some great vinyl to tape recordings that I never got with a few more sought after decks. Definitely a sleeper.
 
I finally cleaned and hooked up my newly aquired CT-F7272. It sounds amazing. I am playing a 25 year old pre-recorded cassette on it right now......of course I did a few things to the cassette first, knowing I played it on several players for quite a few years.....

FF all the way, RW all the way 2 times after cleaning the cassette exterior.
After that, I lubed the hubs with one shot of De-oxit and wiped the residue.

Then, repeated the process off the FF 2 times and the RW twice.

Plays perfect. I'm on side b now...only one "worn" spot on the tape, but that's normal.
 

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Hate to revive an old thread but I am in the process of testing all my equipment that hasn't been played in over 10 years or more now as in this post http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=577458
Just fired up the old Pioneer Ct-F7272 and everything works and sounds great. I am listening to it now on the above system and it sounds great. Next to try recording a tape. Hopefully it goes as well.
 
I guess it depends on how it was taken care of before storage and the method used to preserve the unit.
I wore out my old player years ago, and was really lucky to find a unit rarely played and in top unabused shape! Good luck my friend
 
Yeah,
I have a CTF-8282, and a bunch of CTF-9191's. I like the real wood on the 9191's. And when you clean them up, replace a few belts, do the usual repairs for the FF and REW, these are fantastic. The electronics in them are so good, that I very seldom have to mess with the Electronic alignments. With the ferrite heads, they accurately record and playback amazing levels up to 22Khz. And seeing most of us have a hard time hearing past 7K, this is pretty amazing.
 
I hate to start up a old thread, but I was wondering if anyone knew if the pioneer Ct-f7272 should get a recap by now, or should I just leave it alone, I have already picked apart the transport and re stamped the pinch rollers, and installed new belts.

-Thanks
 
Tom B said:
Yeah,
I have a CTF-8282, and a bunch of CTF-9191's. I like the real wood on the 9191's. And when you clean them up, replace a few belts, do the usual repairs for the FF and REW, these are fantastic. The electronics in them are so good, that I very seldom have to mess with the Electronic alignments. With the ferrite heads, they accurately record and playback amazing levels up to 22Khz. And seeing most of us have a hard time hearing past 7K, this is pretty amazing.
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I was wondering if anyone knew if the pioneer Ct-f7272 should get a recap by now, or should I just leave it alone, I have already picked apart the transport and re stamped the pinch rollers, and installed new belts.
 
While you probably like your 7272, units such as those and other cassette decks usually aren't recapped, due to the large amount of small caps, labor involved, and lower value of these units. I typically haven't recapped cassette decks, primarily because the caps in them are usually reading fine, not being real high, real low, or high ESR, and many times you need to totally dismantle the unit to get to the caps. I have recapped a few Reel to Reels, but that is usually as a result of other repairs and "why not replace the caps while I am here" and being easier to rwplace than on most cassette decks.
I have calibrated test tapes for reel to reel, and a few for cassette, which is why I can replace caps on these units. If you do decide to replace the caps, remember that alignment may be necessary (Record levels, play levels, equalization, bias etc)
 
Tom B said:
While you probably like your 7272, units such as those and other cassette decks usually aren't recapped, due to the large amount of small caps, labor involved, and lower value of these units. I typically haven't recapped cassette decks, primarily because the caps in them are usually reading fine, not being real high, real low, or high ESR, and many times you need to totally dismantle the unit to get to the caps. I have recapped a few Reel to Reels, but that is usually as a result of other repairs and "why not replace the caps while I am here" and being easier to rwplace than on most cassette decks.
I have calibrated test tapes for reel to reel, and a few for cassette, which is why I can replace caps on these units. If you do decide to replace the caps, remember that alignment may be necessary (Record levels, play levels, equalization, bias etc)
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OK, Thank you so much, i won't recap my cassette deck then, but thank you so much for informing me about recapping.
 
Trower said:
A few weeks ago I picked up a very mint Pioneer CT-F7272 along with an Akai tape deck. The Akai was OK, but man this Pio is a terrific playback deck! It is way, way better than I ever expected, and now I understand the Pioneer tape deck following:yes: I haven't tried recording with it, as it is a 2 head deck and I have other more capable recorders, but man does this unit sound good:music:

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Pioneer made very good stuff in the day--and their new turntable is highly regarded.
 
rob Brandt said:
Pioneer made very good stuff in the day--and their new turntable is highly regarded.
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Also, i don't know about you but when i first got my pioneer ct-f7272 the DC motor did not have vary good torque, and even after pulling out all my hair trying to fix it it still does not have the best torque.
 
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Also, i don't know about you but when i first got my pioneer ct-f7272 the DC motor did not have vary good torque, and even after pulling out all my hair trying to fix it it still does not have the best torque.
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Get a new motor--or at least a new used one.............
 
Reviving this old thread again. I have a CT – F7272.. I have put new belts on it and new tires and adjusted the motor speed so that it is completely spot on for playing tapes. Everything works perfectly and it sounds amazing through my pioneer 8500 Ii amplifier. My problem is that the auto stop does not work. I took it to a shop and he said that the loop mechanism that pulses while the tape is running is only putting 2 V out. Even after the tape stops. It is supposed to send 25 V out which triggers the stop mechanism. He has tested all the other capacitors, resistors, etc. so we were looking for the tape speed circuit. It appears to be RSX-041, but it is not available unless you buy an another deck and they are different in the ones with higher numbers. It appears that only the 6262 and the 7272 share the same sensor… I can listen to the machine and when the music stops get up and hit the stop button, but my fear is that I will fall asleep one night and it will stay engaged until the next morning, probably causing damage to the unit. All comments are appreciated and if anyone has this part that they want to sell from a broken machine or they could direct me to where I could buy this part I would appreciate it. -Dave
 
TennDave said:
I took it to a shop and he said that the loop mechanism that pulses while the tape is running is only putting 2 V out. Even after the tape stops. It is supposed to send 25 V out which triggers the stop mechanism.
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@TennDave, I'm not sure what your tech is referring to but looking at the schematic, the Hall Effect (HE) sensor that indicates that the hub is rotating puts out less than 1V to the base of Q601. This pulsating signal turns Q601 on/off. When the cassette hub stops rotating the Hall Effect sensor will stop emitting pulses which turns off Q602. This causes some caps to charge up eventually turn on Q603, Q604, and Q605. When Q605 has turned on, current from the +B2 (38.7V) supply flows through the solenoid coil activating the Stop mechanism.

Do you have the skill and equipment to probe the one circuit board for voltages to see what is going on?

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