Thank you for your clarity....one of the best videos to explain the process...

Thanks Thrifty AV -- I just de magged my Nakamichi 600 2 head cassette player and it sounds great. Both VU meters are poppin' where as before my left meter was struggling. Once I am in a position, I'll gladly make a contribution.

Thank you! It’s very important that I keep my gear clean and working in near perfect condition as I’m often transferring 1st generation master demo recordings from 60’s-70’s hit makers. My studio uses both Protools capabilities, and analog for mastering and recording.

Thanks brother! I have a Technics M6 and M11 from that model a year. I've had them since I was 13 years old, still have both boxes and they look showroom. The M11 is my workhorse, it's the one I use for all transfers to a Philps CD Recorder. As you probably know, there are some titles you own that are just not available on any other medium. Thanks for this wonderful video, I really enjoyed seeing all the vintage equipment! You are so precise and informative.

The procedure of demagnetizing the tape path is as follows: Make sure no magnetic sensitive tape material or i.e. electronics, like CRT screens, speakers, other tape decks etc., are near by. Make also sure the tape deck is OFF power and that there's access to the full tape path. Make sure that the tip of the defluxer is covered with rubber/plastic or similar material. Take the wand type defluxer and power it up at a distance of 1,5-2 meter from the tape path. Approach slowly the defluxer towards the tape path and when getting there, make sure not to actually touch anything in the tape path with the defluxer. Move the defluxer slowly from left to right over all metal parts in the tape path as slowly as possible in small circling movements. When the defluxer has passed all metal parts in the tape path, without touching any of them, you just as slowly as before, move the defluxer away from the deck to the position 1,5-2 meters away where you original turned on the power of the defluxer. Let the defluxer touch a potential magnetic material at that position just before you turn the defluxer off. This procedure is NOT possible to follow with the cassette shell demagnetizer type. The cassette shell type demagnetizer is way less powerfull, will only have the demagnetizing field above the central tape head and it will even touch it. It will only be able to operate with the deck OFF power if the deck is one of the "Piano Key" decks. I advise NOT to use cassette shell type demagnetizers at all. If the defluxer gets extended hot, you need to end the procedure in the described secure way.

Thank you I plan on recording with my Sharp QT-89 It also has support for those fancy cassettes and Dolby NR Saved it from trash

Thanks for those excellent and thrifty tips! Now to get cleaning....

Thank you very much! I'm slowly studying analogue audio systems, and this video provided me more information that I could've hoped for!

Thanks for informing about not touching the heads or making jerky movements, that wasn't in the directions of the demagnatizer I bought.

Here is 1 for you :Vector Research VCX-650 bought on CL for decent price, worked perfect then lost 1/2 sound on 1 channel. So just got in mail a official "Memorex" demagnetize wand. Thanks for showing how you can test it with another magnet or iron.

Thanks for your information, I appreciated your support.

Thanks so much for the info! Fabulous video brother!

This is good to know and understand. I like to clean my vintage Lasonic trc-931 boombox it definitely needs this done music. it sounds like it's singing in water ...💧

Very good and informative info of just how to do the job Thanks

Thanks for your video, it was a great help for me.

... enjoy this video very much indeed 👏🏼

Good video. Have an old car, with tape player. Plays muffled low sound. Radio works fine. Thought about getting one of those cleaning tapes. Obviously can't get in there to clean

Great tips and advices.

Thank you.

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Super awesome video... thanks!!

Thank you for your advice

Thank you for the great information and video, I use 100% Isopropyl to clean my cassette head, are there any disadvantages of using it as compared to using 91% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol?

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Really Thanks Sir For this Wonderful Video...Really its very helpful for me :)

Thanks buddy !

I wish somebody would make it clearer how to confirm that at the moment magnetizing of head exists and that after demagnetizing it is less

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How to clean a tape path: Use 99% isopropylalcohol on q-tips. Evaporation time of 99% isopropylalcohol is so fast that no harm, whatsoever, is done to any rubber. Been doing so since the 60s without any damage in private and in studios as a master recordist on analog tape decks. Clean all heads, capstans, tape guides and pinch rollers. Just as shown in this picture: Using other chemicals than 99% Isopropylalcohol may damage the rubber and may desolve the glue on the heads. Use of abbrassives will for sure damage capstans, heads and rubber. Rubbing Alcohol is a common nickname for Isopropylalcohol & Ethanol. Do not use Ethanol for cleaning the tape path. Also make sure it is 99% isopropylalcohol you use. Any less percentage will most probably contain oil products, phthalats and salicylate acid. Do not use that on the tape path. People claiming that 99% isopropylalcohol damage the rubber pinch rollers are mistaken. They are usually told this by people using i.e. 70% IPA or water and soap (or soup), which are damaging to the pinch rollers rubbers. For people worried about cleaning rubber pinch rollers with 99% isopropylalcohol, here's a rubber chemical resistance chart to clarify that this is not an issue at all: mykin.com/rubber-chemical-resistance-chart-3 I have seen Butyl, Hypalon and Viton as material choise for pinch rollers. It is mostly more modern decks using Viton for pinch rollers.

thank you

I got a Pioneer SC 5500II needing some work. I'd happily pay shipping for a free repair (for a video).

So, if I understand correctly, a car cassette player, with playback head only, doesn't require demagnetizing.

thank u!

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I DID VINYL LPS AND CASSETTE TAPES IN THE 69S,70S,AND 80S UNTIL THE ADVENT OF CD. IT NEVER GOT BETTER THAN THE CD. BESIDES BEING THE LAST COLLECTIBLE ON HANDS FORMAT,IT REQUIRES MINIMAL CARE COMPARED TO VINYL AND TAPE. BESIDES THE ADVANTAGES OF NO NEEDLE TO RECORD WEAR OR TAPE HEAD TO TAPE WEAR AND THE GRADUAL DEGRADATION AND WEAR FACTORS OF EACH FORMAT, WITH CDS THERES BASICALLY JUST PROPER HANDLING AND OCCASIONAL LASER CLEANING. THATS IT. WATCHING THESE VINYL AND TAPE MAINTENANCE VIDEOS ITS A REMINDER I MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE IN MOVING ON TO CD. AND WHATS REPLACED CDS? NOTHING OTHER THAN THIS STREAMING AND DOWNLOADING WHICH IS OF NO INTEREST TO SERIOUS HANDS ON COLLECTORS. I SEE NO IMPROVEMENT ON CD OVER THE LAST 35 YEARS IN EITHER SOUND NOR MAINTENANCE,NEVER MIND PORTABILITY AND MUCH SMALLER STORAGE SPACE NEEDS.

Say can ya look into any magnetometers that can be used for tape heads? I think that they might help take the guess work out of how frequently you need to demag the heads The company annis even used to sell some along side their Hand-D-Mag

Question: Some of my tapes when played on a dual cassette deck, you know the one's used for dubbing, where one of the two compartments only is used for playback, but doesn't have an erase head, but the other compartment has both playback and recording features? Well, some of my tapes sound warbled on all of my machines if I play them from any cassette compartment missing an erase head, but they will work on the other compartments that all three parts, pinch roller, playback head, and erase head? IS there something about tape decks that can also record maybe being able to guide the tape along better to prevent the warbly sound? Can't figure out why some, certain tapes all sound good in Deck B's of dual cassette decks, but sound warbled on Deck A's of all of my dual cassette decks.

My friend tells me head's demagnetize themselves . If the deck is not used for Year's . As mine was in storage for many . Is that true ? Should I still wipe the magnetic field clean ?

How do I know when it’s time to demagnetize? I’m having an issue with my deck and I can’t figure out what it is

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I’ve heard some people reccomend a demagnetizer called the "Han-D-Mag". It’s a similar device to the one you and others use exept a bit bigger, squarer, and at minimum x10 the price! (Going around $100) Do you know if the Han-D-Mag has any preformance benifits over the demagnetizer you use in the video, and do you think that the price is at all worth it?

do you think that magnatized tape heads might cause small ticks when playback the cassette? i have this problem sometimes.... thanks for the great video!

I have the same M7 tape deck and I have very low output on the left channel. Would head cleaning fix this or is there another cause for that?

How often should you demagnetize?

Can you use a degaussing gun designed for crts to demagnetized tape heads? Would it be too powerful?

Do you use any detergent (such as Dawn) for the rollers?

Want to feature a spec 1 and 2?

I have 2 tape decks in my stereo cabinet both stacked on top of eachtother. Do i need to pull one of them out to demag or will the other deck be fine?

I am returning this exact demagnetizer because it doesn't work at all. I challenge anyone to pass the tip of it on a screwdriver that attracts paperclips, won't change whatsoever the attraction between them.

How would I demagnatize my trucks tape player?

Can I just use my vinyl cleaning liquid for this? Just bought an old cassette deck that I plan on using ...

Hey:) my Nak BX-125e does qiet loud noises when playing a cassette. if i run it without a cassette in is completely quiet. do you know what it could be? it seems like the sound of the cassette moving (sort of clinking rythm sound) but i think its louder than it should be. i bought it a week ago and it annoys me quiet a bit. thank you if you know anything:)

How effective are the demagnetizing cassettes? It’s been decades since I’ve actually used a plug-in demagnetizer, and I’m leery about using one near something like my TiVo, which is stacked right on top of my tape deck.

That nice SHARP "budget deck" is vintage too :/

What happens if the demagnetizer touch the tape head

Hi I have a jvc dual tape deck and the right side seems to play tapes at a very low muffled sound I've cleaned it with alcohol and swabs with no luck is this a case for demagnetization?

Can these be used for reel to reel tape decks?

I would like to know where I get my DAT, reel to reel and cassette player demagnetize?

my cassette deks are eating my tapes , what would be causing this?

If I have played tapes many times on a deck that has never been demagnetized, have I damaged the cassette tape/?

Did you just... demagnetize solid magnet eraze head?...

Poor Sharp deck 😢

Can I use 70% instead of 91%

Now I do recall having Kenwood audio rack (bot in UAE for $1800 with BOSE Acoustimass 5 s II) and using it almost for 4 years -NEVER EVER CLEANED OR DEMAG !!!! The play and record were imaculate. Dont c too much point in it

Would this fix low frequency buzzing when playing pre-recorded tapes? Its just irritating enough to notice at the start of a tape but fades away once the music comea in and its not normal hiss its always there during the leader tape too.