which part of the high frequencies ? RTA data needed , male to female hearing roll off is more on males , less on females but which part of the high frequencies ? pink noise sent to the vintage system , REW can easily be connected to run direct frequency response of the systems amplifiers and further testing on the speakers , also the cable can easily be tested with the REW testing can check which part of bass or treble where it starts to lower +- dB or raise at

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As far as cables are concerned, you are about to fall down the rat hole of audiophile snake oil. A speaker cable does not affect the sound at all, provided it is not too long and has a large cross-section of 2.5 to 4 square millimetres. The idea that a silver cable delivers more high frequencies than a copper cable is nonsensical. You have fallen for a confirmation bias caused by one of the most popular audiophile myths. Just enjoy your beautiful hi-fi system, keep your turntable stylus and cassette deck heads clean and don't look for improvements in the wrong place.

Like the enthusiasm! Vintage gear can be an experience.

Fun watch! Unvarnished, authentic presentation. Good luck with the cassette deck. They are not ever going to make a comeback. Too finicky to get them running and too complex for small batch production. LOVE THE EFFORT THOUGH!

A funky system. Cool.

So no views of the stuff you are talking about? Another very bad video channel on youtube. Bad stuff here for sure. Go away.

This is so much fun watching, would love to see more projects like this!

Hi Emily, did the speaker cables go through the burn-in process? Wonder if that might change your impression on the cables. Anyway, thank you for sharing your experience. Love to see more content like this in future! ❤

Looks fantastic! Nice work.

Awesome, love the way you put your system together and how you overcame some of the issues you encountered. Pleased to see the end result as the whole system looked great in your room. Well done and thank you so much for sharing your experience as it was thoroughly enjoyable to follow!!! 👏👏👏

On head shells an cartrradges matching it can be problamatic...Recently My H.K. was Skating backwards at a very fast speed not good!. Ok know whew!!Mycartridge on that specific turntable is a grado not a good.I dont know why the hell they made there cartradiges so massive....The one your using is a better match then what I have!

Hint for cassettes that haven't been played for a while, grip each end between your thumbs and folded index fingers (like you are forming fists) and slightly twist the cassette housing back and forth a couple of times. This should free up the cassettes internals.

With the Take Up Spindle and the Rewind/Feed-Out Spindle - you already have the 3D printer plan that fits correctly - simply print another and replace the original one on the Feed-Out Spindle - Voila - matching hubs! With the Kate Bush tape - try packing the tape (FF all the way to the end and then REW all the way to the beginning) and then try playing it again. It could also be that the machine on which it was originally recorded was playing too fast (which would make it sound slow on a working deck). Best of luck.

Sound like a bad belt or pinch roller....

If the tape unravels like that, it's a good indication that the CAPSTAN and PINCH ROLLER are moving the tape over the playback head, but the TAKE UP SPINDLE isn't working right. Likely, you'll need to replace at least one belt in the tape deck. Earth, Wind, and Fire - Awesome group, but you also had a ROLLER DISCO LP, which were custom-made for a system like this. Too bad about the 2M Red. I want to try one myself, but just haven't pulled the trigger on one yet.

The turntable belt didn't melt - it just deteriorated with age - happens all the time; belts are a regular maintenance item. The very sticky residue cleans up nicely with WD40. With cassette tapes, what you can do is "pack the tape." FF to the end, then rewind it to the beginning and then press play. Obviously, if the belts have deteriorated, they'll have to be replaced. It also looks like some of the lamps in the tuner display are out. Overall, a nice unit - any all in one with a standard removable head shell is a better one.

Not exactly HiFi, I remember those were called music centres. HiFi means high fidelty which does not apply to lower all in one systems especially from years ago. The way to go with real high quality sound is seperates. Cd player, Turntable, Amplifier anywhere from around £200 each or up to thousands each.

Get some linen based cleaning buds, you can clean the rollers in the cassette without bits of fluffy cotton strands coming off and getting stuck inside.

It´s better to get separates (integrated amplifier, turntable, tape deck). If something fails you just swap.

Sounds like the azimuth screw on the head could do with adjustment and a bit of IPA on the head would give it a clean up.

I would replace the stylus head, you can choose different brands also. I have the same ortofon styus (red) and is a good one. Not the top but really good. I hope you can find new replacement belts for the tape deck. Waiting for next episode.

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Slipping belt? Stick it in boiling water for a few minutes. That tightens em right back up..

All that wonderful tech, all those resistors, the stripy coloured caps, the leaded solder and now, all reduced to a microchip no bigger than your thumbnail. I miss old tech like this. It was fixable unlike a SOC device.

IPA and a cotton bud will do a better job than a cleaning cassette, because you can clean the pinch roller, capstan, and play/record head. IPA is also good for getting rid of belt residue. Talking of belts, it's likely that you'll need to replace the cassette player belt(s) too. I've done similar work on my channel (including shoebox cassette players, which have similar mechanisms to your cassette player). Good luck with the awesome vintage music center. I really love the blue display and VU meters.

As with all 'vintage' audio gear, be prepared to throw money at it on a regular basis.

Welcome to the wonderful world of vinyl playback ☺️. I wouldn't exactly call a Toshiba all in one with a tape deck "hi-fi"

I was not expecting the cliffhanger ending, lol.

First time seeing an all in one with a decent tone arm. At least it seems so.

fyi stay away from vintage speakers. They're all bad.

Looks like you did not tighten up the slack tape.

Looking forward for next episode. Vintage hifi can sound better sometimes then new and they mostly looks better .

Great idea for a series, Emily. Looking forward to your system build.

Nicely done as I throughly enjoyed you piecing your system together!!