IMy first amp was a NAD 3020 in the mid 80's. I upgraded to an A&R A60 a few years later and was impressed by the bigger , more substabtial sound it made. I'd love to buy them both back again and try out the Audiolab...

I’ve owned a pair of these since about 1980. They sat unloved in a cupboard for many years as I moved on to greater things, but I recently purchased a WiiM Amp streamer and hooked these little Wharfdales up to it, along with a sub to help with the obvious lack of low down oomph that these tiny boxes could never be expected to deliver. I stuck them on some half decent stands and I was blown away by how good they sound!

You should have used film caps big difference on the sound.

After is noticeably more clear on the reel.

Since 2 years I have 2 VHS tape recorders: one is for pal cassettes, and the 2nd one is for NTSC. I didn't buy CRT TV, it works fine with my Sony smart TV made in 2021. To make recordings, I need just a small white box attached converting HDMI signal from the satellite tuner into RCA. It's so much fun to make my own collection on tapes, in Europe there are available many free to watch channels streaming things unavailable online. And frankly, as a true VHS fan, I don't give a heck about the 8k definition lack :P

Thanks Michael just got one very simular and now all batteries are rounded up and all in one place 👍

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You can't go wrong musically with JVC stuff

I bought a small JVC Micro system which is currently available. A reported 50w a channel from a class D digital amplifier. The supplied JVC speakers weren't bad at all, but I connected a pair of these Diamond III and got well and truly blown away, particularly by the bass, but it didn't hide the subtle treble high frequences at all. It will be a long time before I part with these speakers!!

Cuanto Watts de potencia tienes este aparato una vez conectado a una mini cadena hifi jvc de 60 watts,(una respuesta gracias)🤔

Hi Michael, it looks like a nice deck. JVC was a serious HiFi brand back then, specially with turntables. I have a Kenwood deck that I paid 7 Euro for on eBay. I bought it becasue it was so cheap, no one else was bidding. And it turns out it is working fine, though it was sold as un-tested. If you open it up it is a Toshiba inside. Any way, it also has headphones out without volume control. I totally not get that, specially if you can vary the line out. I would much rather have the opposite. They must have been smoking too much pod back then.

That era JVC is good stuff!

Thanks for sharing the gen, Mike! Technics and JVC made a few cassette decks with direct drive, which avoids the whole belt issue, but in my experience they're also the manufacturers whose belts seem to be immune to the ravages of time! Worst offenders for belt rot seem to be Pioneer, Trio/Kenwood, Sony and Aiwa.

Looks great with all the lights on 👍

I picked one of these up a few years go on eBay for £69 in perfect working order. They are listed at £200+ now so I both got a bargain and clearly this era, even bottom end, is being valued and looked for. I know I could hear and buy better, but it's pretty darn good running quadraphonic, mainly vinyl in my small basement study / studio. I find it warm,, detailed and very reliable. The loudness switch adds bass and depth and my 180g vinyl reissues of Blue Note classics sound incredible through it (driving AE floor-standers and Roxel bookshelves running in parallel. I'm very happy with it as the body in my Frankenstein home hi-fi set up. Great vid BTW.

It's worth it just to add the VU meters to the Sansui 441.

hi had to change 4 x 6800uf caps in a power unit for a big tape deck the fuse on my board was tripping so caps that are getting old it's better just to change them last year the power unit was ok one 1 i fond was bad i ordered 4 new ones note to all out there i don't think royal mail are doing land shipping any more i posted parts to the usa i payed land shipping it said on the bill when terry done the job so fast it's because uk post put it in the air mail don't send any think to the usa it now cost big money the best tip send in land shipping i was very lucky terry rubber rollers is very good and very fast

Another excellent video! Thank-you for the guidance! Keep the music playing!

my bro in law used to work for adt he told me how the pat test works and how the test work to do with the earth grounding i don't have a pat test unit as i have a work around to do the same thing as the pat test look at all them on there that are making video's i don't see any pad tests my mate works in a shop they get alot of gear in like this there's alot of it my mate said alot will take it in mate said they have a cage they put the gear in till there man comes i know my bro in law has a pat tester somewhere he did say the tester has to be tested as well

That KD A 3 is a nice deck. 20-17000Hz normal, 20-18000Hz Chrome and 20-18000Hz metal. I have a KD-25, KD a-22 and KD d 2.

Back in 1979 the KD-720, A2, 3 and 5 all won Hi-Fi Choice's Best Buy award so you got a good 'un there, Mike! If I remember correctly, it cost a little over £100 at the time - just out of my price range, so I settled on the KD-A2 and had no regrets. JVC absolutely knocked it out of the park with the KD-A series. They sound great, they look good and they're well made. People are put off by the apparent lack of Dolby B, but ANRS is totally compatible (so much so that JVC ended up paying Dolby royalties anyway). Super ANRS is a different system altogether, more along the lines of dbx and Dolby C, and isn't compatible. Definitely a keeper!

Am really pleased you liked this one Mike!

That's a hassle with the charity shop! Looks nice there alongside the Sansui Mike. Yeah I had same experience when I put headphones in as well! I only did some of my own recordings using Type 1 and Type 2 (Chrome) and they sounded really good.

Hi Michael, this is the right moment to get in to cassette decks. If you repair them, I guess you can sell them with a profit as well.

Had mixed success with replacing belts. I managed it on a Panasonic portable cassette player and a JVC mini system I have but failed on 2 Panasonic boomboxes. The belts were actually wrong size. My Technics cassette deck has worked fine since buying it 2 years ago. This one here worked fine but as you mentioned, when recording first couple of times it sounded distorted. I never knew that about the switches, I would have used some contact cleaner. After a few recordings, it actually sounded quite good.

Good advice, Michael. The vintage cassette player market is on fire at present. Never seen prices so high. Of all vintage equipment cassette players are most troublesome & fiddly to work on. Changing belts on some requires engineering degree. So do check inside if at all possible. If it looks like a nest of wires and you can't see belts - move on unless you are really handy (and patient). Good luck!

Unfortunately, most cassette decks will need an intact counter belt . Not all, but most decks will trigger auto stop during playback if the counter is not progressing.

My generation loves piano key cassette decks and when well maintained sound quality is very nice. Really get pissed at those ALPS switches ya seem to have made peace with em. My biggest thrill is finding a bootleg cassette someone made of a concert, some are pretty rough and some are remarkably good. Awesome video Mike thank you God Bless.

I have had a lot of success with replacing belts on CD's and cassette decks - before buying them I drop the old ones in boiling water for a couple of minutes - the heat rejuvenates the molecular construction of the rubber making it more flexible. My CD and cassette deck are still running on that repair 2 years after I did it!

This JVC is well known in Brazil. Manufactured under Gradiente brand, has a lot of followers and it is very desired here. Endless parts suppliers localy.

Ra-312 how much

which one should i get, the one with the resistors or the NTC thermistor for a 500/600 va transformer ?

THAT is really nice. I really need to address my battery management, this would help a LOT. Nice!

any idea about the inductance values of the coils? 😎

Sansui Have Ten Of This For Breakfast 😅😊

I thought I'd never be able to do without the old Bass and Treble knobs, but I now use Audiolab gear which doesn't have them and it bothers me not at all. I also have a Marantz system upstairs which does have Bass and Treble, and I've found that I hardly ever adjust them anymore. When my main system had them I'd be constantly adjusting them. I guess it's just what you get accustomed to.

You got a mention on Skylab youtube! You have been a great help and undoubtedly the best practical vintage HiFi station. Thank you!

Michael - one minimal downside to now having a gloriously illuminated unit is I’ve got a smudge of some sort - probably some wayward glue - on the signal strength meter. Have you any advice or a video I might be missing on accessing the meters for a “quick” cleaning on a 1530? It’s certainly not bad but I’ve cleaned the entire unit so well I’d like to get as close to 100% as possible. I’m trying to work my way through the schematic today. Thank you for any guidance.

I have the Marantz PM5004..wonder if it has identical circuitry.

Thanks Michael for this video and information.

Handy to have I mostly use rechargeable AA battery's but would be handy to store them in one place.

I bought this NAD7020e a few weeks ago and I must say this is a very nice receiver with good reception and a warm sound. It makes a good impression with jazz and classical music. The capacity of the 2 power supply capacitors had decreased after all these years from 4700 uF to 3500 uF. Although this value is still within tolerance, I replaced them with younger versions of 4700 uF. When checked, these capacitors turned out to be around 5000 uF. All pontentiometers are free of cracking. The CD and AM selector switches make good contact, but when you press them you hear distortion. After pressing the buttons frequently, this distortion disappears, which indicates that the corrosion of the contacts that has arisen is gradually disappearing. The corrosion simply takes hold of the contacts due to insufficient use. So press the selector switches regularly and the cracking will gradually disappear.

Great video! Masterclass. The color does not always carry through noticeably.

Local audio shop charges 3 hours for stereo install. You just saved me $270. Cheers!!

I have TC25 5 way stereo speaker control 1 amp, Can I turn on 5 switch all together? I am scared Lol..

I've had many amp's, receiver's, and speaker setup's. The only thing that hasn't changed is the 12 band I bought with my first setup. I adjust with every different room my stereo has been in. I could not fathom, (or afford), to play with speakers and amp's. What a great video. Equalizer's are a music lover's greatest tool.

hi man you are 100% right where i used to work we had a drum full of it to fill a little bottle using on jobs i had to ask for the key for where it was 100% isopropyl alcohol is bad news it got in to the air as well hi mike how is you i talk to tascam ninja i know this man very well he mails me a lot 100's of times in the year 100% not a troll i was there when he started up this his web page there alot of ways i can go with my channel i voice changer a text to audio or my bad voice or i can do a mix of each or just a audio vog i am doing my bro's channel at this time theer's alot of work with his one one video a month it not a tec where he go's to one he has google eye wear i told him alot now just talk to the self i said use a dumd mic and cam yes you are very right burn out is a real thing now alot are saying this bob

Many thanks for the demo thanks also being so cool,Ive a Akai GX221d,and theres no more Head reposition,IC no problem.Thanks!

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