Panasonic and Technics' entry-level cassette decks from the late 1970s and early 1980s are brimming with vintage hi-fi audio component charm, but have a very non-service-friendly chassis design.
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@NJRoadfan4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of taking apart Volkswagens. A lot of "what the **** were they thinking when they built this thing!?" and a cheery service manual that simply says "installation is the reverse of disassembly".
@Tjita14 жыл бұрын
To be fair, a lot of more modern cars renders you scratching your head.. Try changing the spark plugs on any newer Subaru, for example. The lateral crash beams go right past the cylinder heads, so the whole engine needs to come up about 10 cm to get to them. And FIATs! Jesus! It took me two full days of work to replace the start battery on our RV, where the cab is a stock FIAT Ducato -99. Not that new, but still.. FIATs!
@NJRoadfan4 жыл бұрын
@@Tjita1 VW, always an industry leader, has been leaving mechanics confused since the 70s.
@Banom7a4 жыл бұрын
@@Tjita1 i mean, its really understandable for subaru because of the flat four design, but some car with inline-4 that make changing spark plug is a pain, they deserve to go to hell
@jmurray014 жыл бұрын
Yep, like the alternator having to be removed to get to the thermostat on my Passat! Thank goodness they are generally reliable because when they do break down you regret owning one.
@cletusspuckler22434 жыл бұрын
It's still writen as this in all of cars service-manuals !!
@SirJeff4 жыл бұрын
10:24 I thought you were AVGN for a second there...
@Ferrichrome4 жыл бұрын
Yuup 😂
@GustoTheGamer4 жыл бұрын
Yes 😝
@gopherbone6974 жыл бұрын
Your style is perfect and I just wanted to say I hope you continue doing everything you do on this channel. Seeing a new upload from you is a special thing to people like me.
@zzyzxRDFwy152 жыл бұрын
The amazing thing is that you are able to keep all your vintage stuff in order and accessible. I had a ton of neat stuff but sometime it's not worth the effort trying to find to and get it out.
@Oldgamingfart4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me a lot of the decks you used to get with entry-level stack systems. A matching tuner, amplifier, turntable, speakers..and a lovely little (simulated!) wood-grain cabinet with (obligatory) glass door and castors! Happy days :')
@Oldgamingfart4 жыл бұрын
In my day this was all fields..
@BertGrink4 жыл бұрын
I have seen several of those stack systems where they appeared to consist of separate units, but were in reality just one unit with the front panel(s) simulating separate units; Amstrad in the UK made quite a few of those, both under their own name, and under the name Schneider for the German market. Speaking of wood grain, that is right up LGR's alley ;)
@danieldaniels75714 жыл бұрын
BertyFromDK those were just awful. Another bad design that was common back then was separate components with proprietary ribbon connectors that all shared one power supply; usually in the receiver. If one piece got orphaned, it was rendered useless, and there was no way to really change or upgrade anything.
@BertGrink4 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 You are absolutely right, it was a horrible idea; say, if the component with the power supply had to be serviced, then the rest of the system was completely useless for the duration.
@jimb0324 жыл бұрын
You described a Soundesign my cousin had.
@jhonwaskКүн бұрын
I used to live in Bethlehem and remember that station. Never could find that top loader Realistic cassette deck. I'll have to scan through the catalog a few more times.
@Lewis-vr2vo2 жыл бұрын
I've Got One Of Those, It Still Kicks. Thanx For The Info.
@NWGADX4 жыл бұрын
1:10 The font of the word "METAL" is the SEGA logo, but in black instead of blue.
@ccateni284 жыл бұрын
SEGA: NO WAY!
@XaneMyers4 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking when I saw that. “SEGA?"
@SproutyPottedPlant4 жыл бұрын
Hmm guess metal Sonic was involved 😀
@SproutyPottedPlant4 жыл бұрын
Although not as chunk and a bit squished compared to Sega logo.
@kamuy_13374 жыл бұрын
MEEEEETULLLLLL
@frankowalker46624 жыл бұрын
I used to have a seperates stereo system in the 80's. The tuner/amp was labled National-Panasonic, the tape deck was Technics-Panasonic, the CD was Technics and the turn-table was National. Hell of a mix-up, but sounded fantastic.
@danieldaniels75714 жыл бұрын
Franko Walker that’s all Matsushita. Not a mix-up at all, really.
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 It's not REALLY a mixup, but kinda IS too. National,Panasonic,and Technics ARE all Matsushita brands, But Chevrolet,Buick and Cadillac are likewise all General Motors brands. There HAVE been people who built Chevy El Caminos with Buick Regal front clips and power components, Here's just one: www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/news/a31413/buick-grand-national-el-camino/ If one did THAT and dropped a Cadillac engine in it, That would cover it! LOL.
@frankowalker46624 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 True, but to see all those brands and logos plastered on it looked realy wierd.
@jimb0324 жыл бұрын
You only needed to throw Quasar into the mix. (not to talk of some rebranded Technics, like some Optimus components, etc...)
@bf01894 жыл бұрын
It's a really gorgeous and aesthetically satisfying deck!
@ct16604 жыл бұрын
I've came across several of these at my workplace. Recently, in a bid to compete against most thrift stores, we started making anything in the DIY section $5, no matter what it is.
@hadi961003 жыл бұрын
It's an exact replica of a RISING Japanese Stereo I used to have in Baghdad, back in the 1970's - Same power buttons, piano keys and selector switches & VU meters....
@brucesteger26994 жыл бұрын
When I fitted out my 28 ft sloop sailboat I bought a Panasonic cassette player and am/fm radio bought around 1976. It looked very much like this unit but of course no gauges, no mic jacks but a radio frequency display and the dial to adjust. I had two Polk speakers to have great tunes. It was powered with a 12 volt dc tp 110 volt inverter. I gave it to a girlfriend in Key West when I removed it for more storage.
@hestheMaster3 жыл бұрын
I love the way you present electronics in your videos. Keep up the good work!
@samuelcastelli57824 жыл бұрын
I was surprised to be scrolling through my KZfaq recommendations and see a video on the cassette deck I own. This was a great video, learned quite a few things. I got this not too long ago, in great working condition, and I am quite happy with it. Thanks for the video!
@knate442 жыл бұрын
God, the six pence cover of there she goes takes me BACK
@robertclemente85484 жыл бұрын
I used to have the Technics version. I bought it from a yard sale in 1993 for 10 bucks. Great tape deck!
@theshowman84784 жыл бұрын
Also the case being made from plastic (injection moulding) would have made the manufacturing process much cheaper. This would have been a way to make a higher end product (i.e. quality internal parts) at a budget price.
@pcno28324 жыл бұрын
I've seen a lot of plastic-chassis devices that were a lot more serviceable than this. Typically, the cover and back come off as one piece and everything else slide into slots in the molded plastic chassis-front-panel (eg. 1980s GE/RCA CTC-136 based TVs). I don't see what Matsushita saved by making such a mess of this, especially if any had to be recalled or retrofitted before being shipped.
@chickenfoundation932310 ай бұрын
I recently bought a Panasonic rs-635 at a Salvation Army for $7, looks very similar to yours but has a removable top
@joeblow85934 жыл бұрын
14:18 Love that vintage legal ID/jingle from WAEB 104.1 Allentown/Easton/Bethlehem PA !
@rich_edwards794 жыл бұрын
Agreed, I wish radio stations still sounded like that.
@joeblow85934 жыл бұрын
@Tone. Those days are pretty much over.
@buddyclem73284 жыл бұрын
My hometown!
@thomasball36584 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you rescued it.
@assistantto0074 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the look inside & excellent song choices too...😄
@AttilaTheHun3333334 жыл бұрын
A time where entry level equipment was still decent and made fun.
@JohnStopman2 жыл бұрын
And sometimes unserviceable xD
@bluef1sh9262 жыл бұрын
@@JohnStopman back then sometimes unserviceable, nowadays almost always unserviceable.
@JohnStopman2 жыл бұрын
@@bluef1sh926 True :D
@Gazdatronik Жыл бұрын
Panasonic may have made cheap stuff, but they never made junk. I've owned at least 100 different second hand components over the years, and the Panasonics always worked, no matter how cheap or nasty they were.
@spankysmp4 жыл бұрын
It's a nice looking deck from the front but oh, that layout to get into it for a service - madness!
@TommyJH544 жыл бұрын
I have the exact same model. Still works. Recorded lots of tapes!
@gloomyblackfur399 Жыл бұрын
After getting into cassettes, I realize that ease of service is a far more wonderful thing than exterior polish or even technical specs. A Dolby S deck that cant be serviced is just a deck you are leasing from the landfill.
@JanBruunAndersen4 жыл бұрын
I have one of those. Been in storage for the last 35 years. I think it should still work.
@teletronikoforever4 жыл бұрын
I saw the Technics version of this deck just the other day at a thrift store. Very cool looking and I was tempted to buy it but I didn't. When I tried it, it played a bit slow and the take up reel was a bit sluggish. Also the VU meters didn't light up. Watching your video I'm glad I did not buy it 😅😅
@danieldaniels75714 жыл бұрын
teletronikoforever good call...
@robertdavis5714 Жыл бұрын
My favorite is the unique "Foot" mounted to the plastic access, where the other 3 are normal, reminds me of my 1st cassette deck 1981 JVC, which lasted about 3-4 years.
@KarlAdamsAudio4 жыл бұрын
The tastefully chosen sans-serif font used on the front panel really adds to the appeal - manufacturers of today's inexpensive electronic products would do well to take note.
@capolaya4 жыл бұрын
My dad got one on the late 70s and I've used it a lot. Never gave belt problems, but one day I had to open it to calibrate the playback speed and noticed that it was indeed, upside down. it is still here. Once had to change the head and that was it.
@sergeysmyslov12214 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your video review! Nice Panasonic deck,and very old but it is still working!👍
@dxndxn84414 жыл бұрын
I have the same deck. For a 40 year old deck, it works like a charm.
@vincentdiverniero46794 жыл бұрын
Sounds awesome and I can't believe recorded off the radio really good job and they've held up well for their age the tapes
@cmvb694 жыл бұрын
Great video!!
@David8n4 жыл бұрын
In my experience gear from the National/Panasonic/National Panasonic/Technics stable in the 70s and 80s was reliable and built to last. I'm still using an amp and speakers from them from that era that I bought new. I suspect that the engineers didn't design with servicing in mind because it usually wasn't needed.
@nicholascortez7283 жыл бұрын
Rubber belts can break and do stretch. I think the poor serviceability was more due to meeting a specific price ooint while delivering a solid entry-level product. Which would also explain why they really packed everything into such a small chassis.
@clydesight4 жыл бұрын
Great and informative video! Thanks, I would NOT want to try and replace belts in that machine! I had Hitachi's version of this style deck, (I think Radio Shack had a similar looking model too) and I enjoyed it very much. I completely agree with you about the tactile feel, appearance and ambiance of a piece of equipment! Some of the stuff that came out in the 1970's had great styling! I'm thinking the Pioneer 707 R2R or Akai GX77 R2R decks, for example. Great styling! Technics and Pioneer turntables, the new linear tracking machines, all showed style and a technological grace that was palpable. I believe that part of the pleasure of owning a stereo component system is seeing it -- and feeling a bit of a technological thrill when you do. The case , the lights, the tactile rotary or slider controls and switches, the satisfying "clunk" of a depressed and locked in position key or switch -- these all made for a unique and sensory pleasurable experience. I remember in the mid-70's there was a minimalist push to make components -- which cost more than even the high end Technics products -- look like plain matte black boxes. The claim was that all the money went for quality components and superior engineering and sound instead of "eye candy". I sampled some of these components, but did not find the claim to be accurate in the listening room at the stereo show/listening room (remember those?). The slight improvement in sound didn't make up for the total loss of any eye-candy. I.e. their radio tuner had no dial scale or station indicator. Instead the tuning knob and face place had a legend for the radio stations engraved upon it. ONE light showed if you found a stereo station. It was almost impossible to tune and -- with no eye candy, it was "blah". Didn't sound very good either! On the next shelf was an Onkyo receiver with so many lights and switches, it looked like the bridge of the Starship Enterprise! And it sounded BETTER (more punchy) than the minimalist component system that cost so much more. Guess which one I bought? One to beam up...
@witchfingergeneral4 жыл бұрын
I found one of these in a Goodwill about 10 years ago. Awesome mixdown deck, and used to to transfer a lot of music back and forth from a computer, and as a mastering deck rom my Tascam 4 track. It worked until the day it didn't.
@fosterb2474 жыл бұрын
Great upload Mr VWestlife - Classic deck. As an old user the missing element for me is always a backlight behind the tape cassette. When making a mix tape the anxiety was always 'how much tape on the reel' before it ends. Backlight arrangement always helped with this. Love the piano key operation on this one. A thing of great beauty - Well done Mr VWestlife
@stevesstuff14504 жыл бұрын
Yes... the days when a cassette deck had an actual light behind the tape are sadly missed! I know some manufacturers used a luminous orange sticker, or a 'mirror finish' sticker, but it was never the same as a real light!
@adamsaintgermain66224 жыл бұрын
I'm like 90% sure I owned one of these. I like it. Very solid. Reliable
@JessicaFEREM4 жыл бұрын
I like that it isn't longer than it needs to be. Some of the newer devices intentionally make it bigger when they're just adding more air inside it. even going through the trouble of separating the power supply when they could've just put the brick inside and add a figure of 8 lead connector, hell some manufacturers grab an external brick and screw it in and that's fine imo
@JonnyInfinite4 жыл бұрын
2:21 "it's the latest from Sixpence None the Richer.." ..which is a cover of The La's 'There She Goes' from the early 90s. I bet they thought it was an original song on that station..
@vwestlife4 жыл бұрын
The original version didn't even make the Top 40 in the U.S., so most people here have probably never heard it.
@clydesight4 жыл бұрын
@@vwestlife There's a nice video of Sixpence's performance on KZfaq.
@danieldaniels75714 жыл бұрын
VWestlife at the time the original came out I lived in Denver and listened to the alternative station KTCL frequently, and the they had it in heavy rotation for a while. Liked it so much I bought the full tape, and all of it is really good. Much better than the Sixpence cover.
@JonnyInfinite4 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 the guy from the La's went on to be in Cast, one of the bigger Britpop era bands in the UK
@DavidWood-rc6gj4 жыл бұрын
JonnyInfinite Originally released in 1988
@cjc3636364 жыл бұрын
This was probably sold as a stack. I remember the "Technics Supersystem" ads in the 1980s from local HiFi dealers. My first deck was the next gen version of this, the Technics dolby C / "microprocessor" control panel deck. Worked great for years.
@tab_use4 жыл бұрын
elegant
@dashcamandy22424 жыл бұрын
"It's the hardest thing I'll ever have to do... To turn around and walk away pretending I don't love you..." This unit is rather handsome in that it would easily fit in with most home-built stereo systems of the day that might have older pieces. It wouldn't look too far out of place sitting atop my Panasonic RS-803US 8-track player, and both units are similar in their truncated depth. I've taken apart many a cassette deck in my life. This deck is, by far, the most ridiculous I've ever seen, with my Sony CFD-470 running a close second (and that puppy ate belts like it was an All-You-Can-Eat Belt Buffet). To put things in perspective, I've also been deep within the bowels of car tape decks too, and they're not even that challenging in comparison. That Sony made me so mad that I insisted my next tape deck be direct drive (which ended up being a Sony TCF-WR635S that I bought brand new and still works flawlessly).
@okbridges4 жыл бұрын
Very nice looking deck, the TEAC A-100 is very similar, feature wise. Decks like these just have that classic look.
@semarugaijin94513 жыл бұрын
It's the hardest thing I'll ever have to do, lol. I like how you strategically place lyrics into your videos.
@AltijdMatthijs Жыл бұрын
This piece of equipment reminds me of my Technics RS-M6
@CoolDudeClem4 жыл бұрын
Me (at the start of the video): What's so upside down about this? Looks normal to me, Me (later on) : Oh.
@Dioxaz4 жыл бұрын
I like the EIA Resolution Chart 1956 in the background, very useful pattern to measure TVL resolution of any display.
@VectraQS4 жыл бұрын
I have never encountered a bad belt in any Panasonic device. The worst I've encountered was a cracking belt in a 1986 Panasonic-manufactured Sylvania VCR, but it still worked fine, just a little bit of audio wow and flutter that still didn't go away after replacing it. On the other hand, every belt in my 1979 Phillips 5171 cassette deck was bad with the lone exception of the flat main drive belt.
@martinda74464 жыл бұрын
Well, have had to replace thousands of belts in Panasonic/Technics equipment over the years. Sometimes you just get lucky?
@thisisnev4 жыл бұрын
@@martinda7446 I got lucky four times out of four, then. ;¬)
@charleskosyjana12953 жыл бұрын
When I was a young teen back in 1980 I got the Technics M6 model as a birthday present. It lasted over 15 years. Good basic machine.
@wdavem4 жыл бұрын
I had an older version of these that I found on the street and tore apart when I was a kid. The mechanism did have problems but I used the electronics as a mic amp. Did the job quite well.
@Blunko_McSqwuntley11 ай бұрын
In the stereo in my living room I have a nice Technics rs-m24 from 1980 and it supports type I,II,III and IV.
@rustyaxelrod4 жыл бұрын
“Genuine Walnut Woodgrain Vinyl Veneer”. I still remember puzzling over that little sticker on my Sound Design Quadraphonic 8-Track system around 1977. I worked all that summer to buy it. I found two quad 8-tracks that interested me, Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon and the Yes album with Roundabout (I think it was titled Fragile). It sounded good through the speakers with lots of volume but the headphones that came with it were amazing. Just another example of a format that didn’t last, but it was cool for awhile.
@davespalla96842 жыл бұрын
Panasonic also made the MCS branded stuff (JC Pennys). I had the this same deck branded as MCS.
@eric_d2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't tell you when I subscribed, but I've watched a ton of your videos over the last day. It brings back so many memories seeing and hearing so many recordings from radio stations I grew up listening to in NJ. One thing I can't get over though is the way you pronounce Technics. As a former "local" DJ that has worked in many clubs and bars, and have met hundreds of other DJs from around the world, everyone else pronounces it "teck-NEEKS", not "TECK-nicks". It honestly weirds me out hearing the way you say it. lol
@vwestlife2 жыл бұрын
That's the Japanese pronunciation. Some people prefer to say it that way to make themselves sound more worldly and sophisticated, but the rest of us feel free to Anglicize it, just like virtually every other foreign brand name which has adopted an easier English/American pronunciation.
@ata0000014 жыл бұрын
We used to have the Technics version in black with gold accents. It looked very nice. We bought it with my dad as new with a Technics receiver and a turntable. I’m still using the turntable, I think my sister might have the deck and receiver. I recorded all my tapes with that deck when I was young... lots of memories.
@ThriftyAV4 жыл бұрын
The separate left and right record level is interesting. My similar Technics RS-M7 has a dual concentric knob. Fortunately the RS-M7 has screws on the top of the case, although I haven't been inside it to service it (yet). Nice video.
@HamtaroEL4 жыл бұрын
National Panasonic RX-C100 have dual concentric record level knobs.
@lmoore52644 жыл бұрын
It was so good to see one of these. I have one of these stored in my basement somewhere. I love older tech audio equipment too. My collecting peaked when I started buying Realistic stereo equip.The STA-2300 receiver, 4 Mach ones, Lab 440 turntable and their SCT-32 metal tape deck. I used the Panasonic deck to play tapes and then make copies on the SCT-32. I never liked carrying original tapes in the car because of heat. The most amazing thing to me is in 1978 I bought four 120 minute Supertape cassettes. They strongly recommended to not use then in car decks because the tape was very thin. I went to my friends house and recorded those tapes full of albums on a Marantz deck. Carried them around in my car for years. To this very day they still play with only a slight degradation in sound quality. So many people made fun of Radio Shack stuff and cheap Panasonic stuff but I still have mine in working order to this day. That includes my Panasonic dynamite detonator 8 track player. Lol
@thaddeusmcgrath4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy learning about cassette deck from those days getting out of cassettes years ago. I gave away allot of my childhood cassettes I gave away and went to vinyl. I got another small deck recently, mostly use it to find weird albums at thrift stores, to covert to MP3.
@vinylcity15994 жыл бұрын
Even the low end decks looked high end back then! I bet it performs like one! The only thing that gives it away, is the back panel!
@ReasonablySane4 жыл бұрын
That thing sound very good, primarily because I now use hearing aids and tape his is only a distant memory. :)
@HandyAndyTechTips4 жыл бұрын
Awesome - I was looking forward to another audio-related video :-D
@fessellsahmed25873 жыл бұрын
It sounds amazing
@TheStuffMade3 жыл бұрын
It's a nice looking deck, I like the analog VU meters in these older cassette decks. My guess is the design was optimized for easy assembly instead of ease of service.
@adeh5034 жыл бұрын
It's probably not the best thing they ever made but there's just something about vintage HiFi separates that's hard to resist
@phill_strange_media_19804 жыл бұрын
I have the Technics RS-M8 later version of this deck with the only differences being the analogue VU meters have been replaced with a vacuum display & no wood grain effect case - great work horse deck built like a tank!! When mine needed fixed a few years ago I tried to take it apart (with very little success) & had to send to a HiFi expert so I feel your pain!
@erwintimmerman64663 жыл бұрын
"The look and feel i just as important as it sounds" Exactly! That's why my high end '90s deck sits in my attic studio to make the recordings, and my nice and shiny piano key AKAI low-end deck has a prominent place in the living room. It's also why Crosleys are so popular even though there are cheaper products that sound a lot better. Crosley and Victrola really have mastered the nouveau retro design. Their equipment often looks even cooler and more retro than the originals. And with that look, who cares how it sounds?
@stephopalopal4 жыл бұрын
sweeET 🍃thank you for sharing this one!! New Orleans Louisiana..have a Magnificent weekend🦋StephopalOpal
@professorsouthside4 жыл бұрын
I still have my Technics deck...works like a charm
@poppafiveone4 жыл бұрын
Good to see your drive belts are still solid. Mine went to liquid and what a mess. I was able to get a repair kit on line and replacing them is a treat. Also, Mine had the feature where you could set it up for a timer. The controls could be set to record but the mechanism wouldn't close until the timer ( deck plugged into wall plug /light timer) came on and then the drive wheel would engage. That way you didn't get a flat spot on the drive wheel.
@taketimeout2share2 жыл бұрын
Single Cassette, Twin VU meters, Physical Play Buttons and proper toggle switches. The classic look. But my favourite type are the top loaders from the early 70s. They are bullet proof and LOOK the business. Looks matter.
@larryshaver35684 жыл бұрын
I had one of these in 2002 it had a great Dolby
@JohnStark724 жыл бұрын
Had the Tandy version of this deck and it worked perfectly for nearly 25 years.
@minerkyle04 жыл бұрын
I remember you making videos of this 10 years ago
@rawsketch4 жыл бұрын
Wow! I had one of these 30 years ago. It was a good piece, recorded well if you got the gain just right.
@SpectreOZ4 жыл бұрын
Those input/output leads would drive me nuts, mounting RCA chassis sockets would be my only remedy 🤣
@robbrown69344 жыл бұрын
Had one was great record in stereo via mic. Loved it.
@lionnelc134 жыл бұрын
This model isn't that bad compared to the final boss of service unfriendly tape decks: the Alpage AL300. Trust me, this thing is a whole new level, a true nightmare to take apart, and even vorst to put back together. The wiring is insanely complex, and entierely made of wrapped wires (only a few modls were produced with detachable connectors). This means it's almost impossible to separate the mecha from the main board, because the wires are so short. The electronic part is allo incredibly complex (almost no IC, everything is done with discrete components and some logic gates for deck control) and spare almost impossible to find. But at least the Alpage is worth the suffering of fixing it
@tuxysmagicaljukebox54314 жыл бұрын
Off topic, but do you have a Crosley RSD3 by any chance? I am asking, because I am on my third one (the third in two months), and like the previous two, I am noticing at least one problem, and I don't know what is causing it. In parts of a record, the audio sounds like it is wobbly dragging most of the time, yet the vocals sound perfectly fine, sometimes it is the other way around, and sometimes it sounds worse. I can't pinpoint what is causing this. The first one I had didn't have this problem, but it was still not working right, the second one still had problems including a problem similar to the one I am having with the current one, and the third one isn't as bad as the other two but I still sense a problem. I don't know what to do. I am reluctant to send the current one back for yet another replacement since this is the third one I have bought since December that is having issues, and it is frustrating me how so many others who make videos about it on KZfaq have no problems with theirs, but the three I have been through all have some sort of defect. And another reason I am reluctant to send the other one back is because part of me wants to think that this problem here could be fixed. One of my followers said it might be the platter, but I don't think it is. Is it the stylus? I can't figure it out! And I have asked only one other person on KZfaq so far directly if they knew what the problem could be, but I didn't hear back from them yet.
@vwestlife4 жыл бұрын
No, I don't have one. To me, it's just an expensive toy, rather than a serious piece of audio equipment.
@Supernumerary4 жыл бұрын
Back in the day I had that exact tape deck! It served me well. After I completed my transition to CD I threw it out.
@burkezillar4 жыл бұрын
I have a National Panasonic music centre from the 1970’s, and all of its electrics are only accessible from underneath. Must have been a Matsushita design style of the time.
@cletusspuckler22434 жыл бұрын
I've an old small Panasonic music center, when playing a prerecorded tape, the sound on a channel is lower than the other, ( on radio or phono), the sound is well balanced. When i record a tape with that music center, on one channel, the sound is pratically missing when replaying the tape.
@Si1983h4 жыл бұрын
Only on budget gear like this, I had a Technics SU-8080 integrated amp from 1978 a few years ago, it was very well made and aged very well aesthetically too, it needed some work doing on it but it was very serviceable and I was able to restore it to like new condition... but sadly I had too much kit and it had to go. I bet it’s still working perfectly though somewhere.
@burkezillar4 жыл бұрын
@@Si1983h The radio and vinyl player still work on mine, the tape machine is dead. I must get round to sorting it.
@Si1983h4 жыл бұрын
Michael Burke no doubt it can be done, taking it to a professional service engineer would likely cost way more than the (monetary) value but if you have the skills to sort it yourself then I’d do it... and in any case, if it’s dead, the worst that can happen is that it’ll still be dead after a repair attempt. It’s likely that you’ll have to desolder a fair bit of wiring but to be fair, 70s high end pioneer kit was full of wire wraps that needed to be removed to get to the solder side of the PCBs, those were/are a pain in the arse, problem more so than this entry level Panasonic kit.
@thisisnev4 жыл бұрын
@@Si1983h Just for the hell of it I put together a 1979-vintage Technics system last year - SU-8044, ST-8011, RS-M17 and SB-F1 speakers. Looks fine, sounds fine, works fine: total cost, £120! (I cheated on the turntable, though - I wanted a linear tracker.) That stuff was built to last. :¬)
@TorontoJon4 жыл бұрын
I have a lot of vintage components and cassette decks (Sony, Akai, Pioneer, Tascam, Bang & Olufsen, Nikko, Aiwa, Harman Kardon, Toshiba, etc); too many actually, but I love the industrial design aesthetic of vintage decks (silver faces, VU metres, chunky buttons, etc.) and other equipment that have no match these days in term of cool, tactile design. :)
@nmmlo4 жыл бұрын
Great video! thank you for sharing it. I love the look of this vintage decks and the analog VU meters but was really scared of buying just a piece of junk unable to service it because I'm not a technician. So just bought a brand new Sony TC WE475 with servo controlled motors some years ago and feel very happy with it although still missing those huge VU meters.
@EA-584 жыл бұрын
Awesome deck. Great video as usual Graig.
@vwestlife4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, but my name is not Graig (or Craig).
@EA-584 жыл бұрын
sorry :-)
@80sretrogamergamingarchive904 жыл бұрын
I have a question I have a pair of pioneer CD j 1000 mk 2 the question are can I take out the disc player and use something like a flash drive instead?
@JesusRodriguez-cx7gk3 жыл бұрын
How do I get the uv meters to work? I’m not sure if I have to have a speaker hooked up for it to work
@SK-qu4wo4 жыл бұрын
I have a Sony TC-FX2 Cassette Deck and the left channel VU meter doesn't work. Sometimes the needle shows some movement but for the most part it doesn't function. Any ideas on how I could fix it?
@timblake58444 жыл бұрын
I wish we could go back to a time when songs like that were "new". Not because of the songs, cause I was never a fan of any of these ones, but because times seemed much simpler.
@jimc98234 жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@joearnold68812 жыл бұрын
“There She Goes” was *not* “new” from Sixpence None The Richer. It was a cover, a much inferior cover, of the original song by The Las Stupid radio DJ from decades ago!
@vwestlife2 жыл бұрын
It was the first version that had ever been played on mainstream radio. The original version didn't even reach the Top 40 in the U.S.
@joearnold68812 жыл бұрын
@@vwestlife don’t you dare badmouth The Las like that! ;) Im being silly. It was a college rock radio thing, I know. From around the same time as like, The Sundays. Before my time but somehow I came across that little corner of music, very late 80s early 90s college… I think REM was the biggest to come from that scene but I’m just guessing. It is the better song, though.
@4loops434 жыл бұрын
I bought mine new a Woolco in Canada when i was 14....cool to see it again
@kagomedirksmeyer23294 жыл бұрын
I Have one I bought it new and still use it everyday I love it
@DerekPower4 жыл бұрын
Oh crap! That’s the same cassette deck my father had for a long time and how I learned about them as a kid.
@TonyW79SFV4 жыл бұрын
I have an Akai CS-M01A from the same era (1980) that competes with this Panasonic 608D at the entry level with Dolby B NR & Metal tape recording, both have the same feature set minus the line/mic switch (the Akai switches to mic when a microphone is plugged in) and both have plastic front chassis with simulated wood panel. However, the Akai has RCA jacks and a fiberboard back panel instead of the plastic unibody this Panasonic has. The Akai on the other hand is more user-serviceable because the top/side chassis can be removed and serviced from above rather than below like this deck.
@jimb0324 жыл бұрын
I have CS-702DII, and the autostop system is a disaster! Two whole pages of the service manual to explain it's utterly ridiculous over complicated dual belt speed comparison system. God help you when it needs belts because you have to split the deck mechanism in two after removing about 30 screws and hoping to god your memory doesn't fail you. It's all good because it looks nice though. :)
@cdos91864 жыл бұрын
Nice Compaq Deskpro in the background!
@maurexretrovision4 жыл бұрын
OMG! Those who designed these units, seriously, what were they thinking? You have to completely disassemble the Deck to be able to replace the belts if necessary. It's not bad that they leave a hole if one wants to adjust the speed of the engine, but from there, to have to disassemble the unit almost completely to do simple maintenance ....