Yes we are. They are dropping like flies. All the guy's i knew back in the day are gone now.

Hello, remember if that small gear is attached to the motor shaft or rotates on the shaft, I have that problem

@@guillermogerardogomezconso8614 it rotates with the shaft (still don't know why them let loose that gear on the shaft).

Problem is people buy at a price rather than quality, most do anyway. But I know what you mean, think you are getting a quality product as you paid a bit for it and you look inside, plastic and cheap components!!!

No kidding

Everything sounds better without Dolby lol 😀

Hi, would you be able to show us how the cog and peg on the reel motor need to positioned before putting the 2 halves of the transport back together, please?

Can't show you something I don't have.

@@12voltvids, Hi, thanks for the speedy reply 👍 I understand. I wondered if you might have had a diagram or similar. I'll have another careful look at your video. Thankyou again 👍😊

Are you referring to the FR cog fwd/rev pulley?

Yes, that's right. It seems likely it needs to be in a particular position when reassembling the mechanism, but I can't figure out just what that position should be. Any help greatly appreciated :-)

Yes I had the same experience.

Owner: what's wrong with it? Tech: it's broken!

@@12voltvids Owner: can it be fixed? Tech: just about everything can be fixed, it all depends on how much money you're willing to throw at it.

@@PhaQ2 many things I wash my hands of and refuse to repair. Don't want to get married to old shit.

@@12voltvids Did you, or KZfaq delete my comment about starting my own electronics repair service?

@@PhaQ2 I didn't delete anything. If you posted a link it would automatically be quarantined as spam.

No it's not. 3khz for measuring flutter but as far as speed goes 400hz is more than enough. Guitar tuner with a 400 "A string" is the way i usually did it till one of my kids borrowed my tuner and never returned it.

@@12voltvids yes 400hz are enough and do the job...but in cassette decks,with 3000hz or even 1000hz you will end up more accurate. I've tried 400hz in different decks and i had small variances in speed audible in my experienced ears with songs i know. With 3000hz I've found that there is more accuracy. 400 to 401...that 1...is a big difference and audible But 3000hz to 3005hz for ex the difference in speed is not audible But hey... that's just my results...✌️

@@cassettedecksresurrection7204 Well being a musician I can set up just listening to music. When I was younger i had perfect pitch. I haven't played in years but i can still tune up a guitar by ear with no reference and it is spot on.

Agreed

Indeed. However the older units can be annoying at times... You know, like having to gut it to do a simple belt change.

@@canadavey Yes, that's true. But going through that trouble is worthwhile with the older (higher in the range) decks. The ones that still had aluminium fronts and knobs. And metal pieces in the drive mechanism, head tilt mechanism, not the kind of plastic that gets brittle with age. I hate that.

This was an entry-level 3-header. They were all plastic machines - across the whole spectrum of manufacturers. I recently had to re-belt a Kenwood KX-7050S. It's a freaking nightmare with these machines that have the mechanisms attached to the faceplate subframe. Plus, the whole mechanism has to be disassembled to get to the capstan belt. And while doing that, it's almost impossible to not break one of those extremely tiny solder joints on the Mabuchi motors or the cassette compartment's microswitches ... because it just has to be motorized 😡

mo jo well, plastic age :P

@Taco Many later Sony products are very good quality.

Metal chassis has their own problems as well. They rust and seize up. Look at all those dual, Garrard and bsr record players with the frozen metal parts. Not an issue with plastic.

@Taco i have a 1990s TC-K909ES ... it's an amazing machine and easy to work on.

@@12voltvids I agree with the locked up record decks, But to be fair they were manufactured a hell of a long time ago, the grease just went bad. Not a metal fault. I've never seen a rusty tape deck or record deck, i suppose it depends on the environment it was kept in. Chuck anything in a damp shed and you are asking for trouble :-(. I would rather have metal any day, I didn't know who you were commenting to, So i thought i would have a moan for no reason at all LOL :-D

@Taco The TC-KE500S was part of the QS-line. Look at the video. Besides the belts it still works fine after > 25 years.

That's what I thought and then someone mentioned that they went bad and the real rubber was better.

@@12voltvids i collect and repair many cassette decks....the real rubber belts I've found in every cassette deck I've opened were goo....melted... The belts in old silver faced Technics decks were from synthetic rubber...all still working fine... The real rubber is better in terms of performance but back then more expensive than synthetic ones... But as longevity the synthetic lasts more.✌️ Again you have a great channel...hope in more cassette deck and amplifier videos✌️

I noted that too ! I think the problem is he forgot to calibrate the tape before the recording test, if this deck has auto calibration function.

To my knowledge Dolby S is supposed to be the best consumer Dolby ever conceived, hardly distinguishable from CD (even with type 1), However the head(s) must be squeaky clean, azimuth spot on and a pristine head condition (not worn away). In my experience Dolby B and Dolby C are just as sensitive to these adjustments. Especially if the tape is played in other machines. If the azimuth is off even a little it will sound as if you put pillows over your ears, not to mention and the breathing you'll hear (especially with Dolby C). Many don't like Dolby because in their mind it cuts the trebles, with the way Dolby works it records the trebles at a higher than normal level so it is perceived it cuts the highs when infact it is actually restored back to the normal level of treble sound, however the Dolby circuitry is a bit sensitive to the azimuth even on the same machine the phase difference can confuse the Dolby circuits. Sounds fine with no Dolby but even on the same deck if the azimuth is out badly Dolby will make everything sound awful, even on the same machine.

I haven't used dolby s either. Just tried it on this deck. All tape loses a bit in the high range.

@@darinb.3273 That's why when I used cassette I used dbx. What many people did not realize was dbx was an integral part of stereo tv transmission, and HiFi video recorders. Betamax used dbx and coding for the Hi-Fi Channel and license it from dbx. The VHS Hi-Fi manufactures did not license their noise reduction from dbx but use the system so similar that there were many lawsuits initially from dbx that were dismissed because they changed it just enough to not infringe even though it did literally the same thing compounded the entire frequency spectrum.

Dolby S allows you to keep the recording levels below the tape's MOL (wich greatly reduces THD) while having an almost noise-free recording. If the deck is set up right and the circuitry works without mismatch, it's really amazing what analog cassette can achieve.

Couldn't tell you. Have to measure.

Heads do wear. That's the way it is. Hard to come by these days.

also a small little things about amorphous head,this materials will degraded by the time,i bought one of these and sounding not as good as source.when you buy a hundreds even a thousands dollar for a high-end cassette deck,when the head materials degradation,even worn less it sounds just disappointment @@12voltvids

The timing has to be set for all the gears. There are timing marks on every gear. I did a video on timing this Sony mech. It was an slvr1000 done about a month or so ago.

Most expensive place I ever stayed in was 600 a night.

I had to do that once. Everything affordable was full. I parked over in the corner of the lot and slept in my car. Was woken up twice because the operator called the police. Second time the cop suggested it would be better (safer) for me if I parked in the lot of the police station. Said that people sleeping in their cars had been mugged in the past while they slept.

yes we do an reel to reels , 45s , lps .,..yep never stopped i even have 8 tracks my boys got it to it too

It's fun for some it is nice to hold in your hands the physical media that no other person could know you have unless you tell them LOL cassette, reel to reel, 33 and 45 rpm vinyl, and yes even the 8 track stuff (for some). Streaming and downloading a person doesn't really have a tangible, physical object not to mention placing or loading on or into something that interacts with it, even a CD the machine spins the disc. Depending on a person's preference some of media sounds superior to some of the others.

@@darinb.3273 I have all my media on a USB stick, hard drive, and backed up onto Blu-ray. Does that count as physical media?

@@12voltvids no

@@12voltvids Compared to streaming of course LOL at least with MP3 a person still has something physical they can hold in their hand, granted it isn't like cassette or vinyl or even the CD, but in comparison to streaming there is nothing other than pushing button(s) to play skip pause and stop. No album art to actually hold and flip open or through LOL.

I will never use any of those services either but Sonny Boy doesn't drive (one of the things that annoys me to no end, because his excuse is he doesn't want the expense of owing a car or operating one yet he pays hundreds on delivery charges) Women do like men that can cook. I can cook and I am dam good at it when i do. There are a few things that only I am permitted to make because it only turns out perfect when i do it. One is an old recipe from my grandmother handed down to my mother for mac and cheese and another is fried chicken which tastes exactly like the original (not the current) KFC. I figured out the secret recipe. Also anything on the BBQ. If it is either of those or a BBQ night then it's me cooking. I actually have a few of them "in the can" as the phrase goes (that's a throw back to the days of film to indicate that the film has been shot and it is in the can awaiting editing) that some day might even see the light of day. The KFC one is actually on my channel but not public.

@@12voltvids We all have a lot on our plate these days (pun intended), Recipes handed down through family are worth gold in our hearts, it's awesome that you do to. Thanks.

@@charliea1963 some day I might even share it.