I Gave Up on 7 Broken Cassette Decks

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• TH

  @thetechwekeep · 1 month ago · pinned

  So now I want to hear your stories. What piece of technology have you kept for years, working or not, because you just can’t bring yourself to get rid of it?<br><br>And bonus points if, like me, you’ve been telling yourself you’re definitely going to fix it someday.<br><br>Tell me about it below. These are exactly the stories I want The Tech We Keep to be about.

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  @10nepiece · 1 month ago

  What a great interaction with matching hats!

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• TH

  @thomasschillemans9076 · 2 weeks ago

  Nice video, I enjoyed watching it

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• FL

  @florianm3170 · 2 weeks ago (edited)

  Nice to have the (now) backstory of your Denon. Those 7 decks are sometimes difficult to dismantle, I get that.That&apos;s why the later nakamichi BX and CR series are popular, they are easier to service (exepting the &quot;dead spot&quot; mode motor of course) I just got that older Akai GXC-740D and the transport is really wedged in with little moving space to take out. The motor in that unit is enormous. But I will have to bite the bullet, all belts and pinch rollers must be changed. The Akai GX-88R is still on my &quot;nice to have&quot; list. I do have the similar non-autoreverse GX-F71 with the same motorized door.<br>Your buyer&apos;s for sure an avid collector...

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• TU

  @tuckertastictk · 3 weeks ago

  Oh man, what a coincidence that I stumbled on this video. &nbsp;I recently picked up a Yamaha KX-930 from eBay for a great price. &nbsp;Description said “rewinds and fast forwards but won’t play”. &nbsp;Wow! &nbsp;It’s gotta be Belts! &nbsp;I can fix that! &nbsp;Sure enough, the stock belts literally melted into the mechanism. &nbsp;I got it cleaned up and new belts installed in one afternoon. &nbsp;Tested it, and it worked. &nbsp;Only once. &nbsp;The second time I hit play, the mechanism locked up, and the controls became unresponsive. <br><br>Based on everything I’ve researched, the mode motor likely has a dead spot and needs replaced. &nbsp;And I am in no way experienced enough to attempt that. &nbsp;I reached out to a local tech, but since I “tampered” with it to replace the belts, the tech says they will most likely decline working on it. (Though they did say to bring it by and they’ll look at it)<br><br>I have another deck, a JVC double deck, that I tried replacing the pinch rollers in and the deck never worked again after that. &nbsp;I’ve been told by folks on Reddit the springs in the pinch roller arms are misaligned, but I can’t for the life of me figure how. &nbsp;The service manual of course, doesn’t match the actual deck, and is of no help. &nbsp;That’s been sitting in my closet for at least a year now.

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  @davidurminsky900 · 1 month ago

  Dude<br><br>Where can you get blank tapes? Any Canadian options?

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• RO

  @Robert-TomCat74 · 3 weeks ago

  I had a Sony 2 cassette deck, but it couldn&apos;t compare to my Sony reel-to-reel. I wouldn&apos;t spend money on all those cassette decks, but rather get one reel-to-reel deck in good condition, like a Sony TC-765, a Revox B77 Mark II, one of the Teac X-series decks, or the brand-new Revox B77 Mark III.

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  @marksweeney7327 · 10 days ago

  This guy needs to stop living in the 80s.