Sansui SC 5300

[WOPL Sniffer]

Teac (Tascam) made a damn fine deck.

Yes they did. I was thinking about another Tascam R2R. After I reworked the last 42NB, it was great and I should NOT have sold it. Even my X-7R was a fine deck (for a 7 incher).

 

[J!m]

I recently sold my very minty 32 to a collector here in CT. He has a Studer 2” 24 track in his basement, up and running…

I master straight to hard disc now and it wasn’t getting any use. It went to a good home!

 

[Elite-ist]

Last year, I bought an Onkyo cassette deck. It came with over 100 cassettes - some pre-recorded, but a bulk of them were the seller's own recordings and a bunch of still-sealed Maxells. The original owner loved using Maxell UD-XLII 90 tapes and in the late 70's to early 80's he bought those cassettes by the carton. I now have a bunch of NOS Maxell UD-XLII 90s I have been using for recent recordings of my own.





Another fabulous tape is the Maxell UDS-II.




Nando.

 

[J!m]

I’ve not used the UDS-II but based on the XL-IIS I suspect it’s a good’un.

 

[Bob Boyer]

Best.
Lunchbox.
Ever.

You can check with Scott Grammer:
scott w grammer at hotmail dot com

(no spaces)

He did my TC-D5M up including a recap and was fast and reasonable price. Bob suggested him- he's in TN.

I'll second Scott. I got to see J!m's D5 before he worked on it and before he sent it back to Connecticut. He does good work. Tell him I sent you if you talk. Another option if he's not too covered up is Nakdoc in Nashville. He's calmed down some since jettisoning the business/building.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

I'll second Scott. I got to see J!m's D5 before he worked on it and before he sent it back to Connecticut. He does good work. Tell him I sent you if you talk. Another option if he's not too covered up is Nakdoc in Nashville. He's calmed down some since jettisoning the business/building.

Yeah, I haven't heard back from Scott yet. I'll give it a day or 2 and try Nakdoc

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

The Sansui should be here today, still waiting on the belts so I can change them and service/lube/fuck with the deck. I found some cassettes (NOS) that were recommended for it in the manual. Some TDK SA's, and some Maxell XL II's. The manual says they are compatible with the deck. I heard from Scott and he's a bit backed up and did say that the Sansui deck IS limited as far as adjustments so I'll use the expensive NOS tapes ($15-$25 each) but I probably wont just start recording shit. I wanted it for the system as it is vintage along with my Tuner, and my amps. Might find me another R2R.

 

[J!m]

Those SA tapes I showed you that I have won't be that much each for you...

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Those SA tapes I showed you that I have won't be that much each for you...

Shoot me a price for the SA 90 min. I'd like 10 and we can do Friends and Family so we don't get screwed with fees

 

[J!m]

Seven 90’s and three 100’s coming your way. Probably a few others to keep it interesting too…

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Three strikes and YER OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Sansui cassette deck showed up, I unboxed it and WTF, the back of it has a big ol dent from the douche bag packing it really crappy. He used Pink Board insulation to the inside of the shipping box, and then threw in some crumpled up newspaper. I told the seller he was a retarded cheap fuck for not springing another $7.00 for a length of bubble wrap. So, here is this near mint deck with a big dent in it and these chumps don't move very fast getting money back to me and it willl probably take a week or three. I'll be shipping it back and I'll be on the hunt for another deck. I found a really nice Tascam 122 MK II and I can't find a MK II in primo condition. They all look like a bad stretch of road, so I'll keep looking. Damn.... I must have LOSER tattooed to my forehead.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

So now I have $300 in NOS cassettes, a Sansui SC-5330 belt kit, and a pile of scrap metal. SWEET!!!!!!!

My nutz hurt from the kickin.....................

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Even though my nutz hurt, I am drinkin a beer and unwinding listening to my system. Ya can't keep a good man down (Yeah right)


I need some more room.

 

[J!m]

At least you got a deck!

I just got the kick in the nuts.

Can you locate a rear panel and swap it?

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

At least you got a deck!

I just got the kick in the nuts.

Can you locate a rear panel and swap it?

Actually, it's not that bad and when you are passed out, you can't even see it.

 

[BlazeES]

Feed it TDK SA-X ... just about any version will do.

Edit: Oh hell. A shipping disaster story...

 

[BlazeES]

Dude. You want a deck in black that might need some tuning up but works and looks damn clean for it's age ... and will only cost you shipping?

I can turn you on to this:



But maybe it's not vintage enough for ya ...

 

[J!m]

It’s a woody!

 

[BlazeES]

I always go for the paneled decks ... with the lone exception of the BX-300 rebuild I searched forever for.

 

[derek92994]

If you want unmatched fidelity and longevity on the heads, the bx300 is the goods. Crystalloy heads are hard to beat.
Edit: I say this because i dont have the money to buy exotic decks like revox, tandberg etc Not sure where they stand in terms of head sound quality