Who has Decks and What Kind

Nick Danger · Apr 28, 2013

Hey Nando. Thanks for the warm welcome! More than a few familiar names there as I have been over at TH for a bit.

One is up and running at present but could use a take up motor rebuild. Two power up and are about to get transport/ motor rebuilds. Number four will hopefully arrive this Monday or Tuesday. This one has the black control button plate. I am told it too powers up but I am sure this one will need the same tlc as the others.

Elite-ist · Apr 28, 2013

Nick Danger said:

Nice to see they are not going to languish on a bench, but be repaired. Do you intend to keep them all? I have a few CT-F series decks, too.

Nando.

Nick Danger · Apr 28, 2013

Elite-ist said:

Not a fan of the gaint paperweight myself. The goal is to get them all running 100%, keep 2 in the system, 1 on reserve and probably give one away to a friend. Then I will start trying to grab a few 950/ 1000/ 1250s and possibly a Nak RX 505 or three.

At that point, space constraints will compel me to sell a few. I am sure you know how that song and dance goes.

Elite-ist · Apr 28, 2013

Nick Danger said:

Nick: If you find a worthy Pioneer CT-F1000, you may be astonished to hear how it performs. I know the specs don't support this deck as being more than an a slightly above-average deck, but the recordings and playback prove otherwise. I used to be a spec-junkie, and it's hard not to base-line your choices supported by specs.

And the Nakamichi line-up is something I would invest in down the road. I do a lot of cassette recording, so I could justify having a premium model Nakamichi.

Nando.

NavLinear · Apr 29, 2013

Nick Danger said:

Not a fan of the gaint paperweight myself. The goal is to get them all running 100%, keep 2 in the system, 1 on reserve and probably give one away to a friend. Then I will start trying to grab a few 950/ 1000/ 1250s and possibly a Nak RX 505 or three.

At that point, space constraints will compel me to sell a few. I am sure you know how that song and dance goes.

Am I your friend????????

gamve · Apr 29, 2013

This is both embarrassing and crazy

Cassette decks
Tandberg 440A
Tandberg 330
Marantz CP430 x 7
Aiwa 6900MKII (needs repairs)
Aiwa XK-S9000
Aiwa F990
Nak BX300 (needs repairs)
Nak 600 MKII
Nak 1000 (needs repairs)
Nak 700 (needs repairs)
Nak 682ZX x 2
Nak ZX7 x 2
Nak ZX9 x 2
Nak CR7A x 2
Nak Dragon (needs repairs)
There are prolly others I have forgotten about...Sheesh

Reel To Reel
Otari MX5050BII x 9 (Dont ask radio station surplus)
Otari MX50N x 2
Revox A700 (needs repairs)
Revox PR99
Studer A80RC MKII x 2
Tascam 52 x 2 (needs repairs)
Teac X2000 (needs repairs)
Teac X2000M

Turntables
Have culled some but still have way too many

NavLinear · Apr 29, 2013

gamve said:

Damn dude - you have an arse tonne of decks. I've listened to a couple of them a number of years ago - nice stuff. You're not crazy - you didn't drop your drawers so don't be em-barr-assed

BTW - BD would be proud of my metric semantics. :laughing9:

orange · Apr 29, 2013

Where IS he?

And welcome to the tonne o' stuff club (belatedly).

Bob Boyer · Apr 29, 2013

Currently a Teac 3440, a Tascam 38, and a Revox PR99 for reels; a Marantz PMD-430 for a cassette deck. I also have access to a Tascam 302 dual well cassette deck and a Tascam DA-40 from work I needed.

On campus, there's a Studer A-80 2-inch 24 track machine as well as an Otari MTR-90 2- inch 24 track machine I'm trying to get resurrected.

Nick Danger · Apr 29, 2013

NavLinear said:

Oh course! I will let you know when I come across another.

Web Police · Apr 30, 2013

Thanks. one of these days i will prune this thread and put the avatars in the avie thread and leave the tape decks discussions here. Most of us are guilty of thread crapping from time to time though. :toothy10:

Ok, anyone looking for the Devin furs will find them in the cave in the Navlinear Avie thread. It isn't often we move things around here, but those interesting tape decks minght not want to weed though the avatars beautiful as they are.

http://forums.phxaudiotape.com/showthread.php/3291-NavLinear-s-Avatars

Carry on Ladies and Gentlemen. I know we have at least one lady here.

Elite-ist · Apr 30, 2013

I have had this Sony EL-7 Elcaset deck for a few years. I have, maybe, a dozen blank Elcasets to record to, including about a half dozen of tapes which have already been recorded on. I don't use it much, but a month, or so ago, Jeff (Pacific Stereo at TH) had been looking for someone to record a series of test tones so he could calibrate his own EL-7, he is rebuilding. I did record the test tones and added a couple of songs to fill Side A of the tape. I remember recording the Tragically Hip and the Dave Matthews Band for him to enjoy. If anyone else has experienced what an EL-7, or similar Elcaset deck is capable of, there isn't a cassette deck recording, I've heard so far in all my tape exchanges, that could match it for sonic excellence.

Nando.

jbeckva · Apr 30, 2013

Nando those silver Pioneers are really making me drool. I have a Nak BX300 and Denon DN790R here that Perry did up for me a month back and it sounds glorious (shoutout to Perry.. hell of a tape tech :thumbright:

), but it's just the look of the old school there.. wow.

Web Police · Apr 30, 2013

I want to know if the Sony and Pioneer Silver faced gear duke it out after you shut the lights off? :cyclopsani:

laatsch55 · Apr 30, 2013

Thank God the Pioneers outnumber it Web, or it could get ugly...

Pioneer ------RTU-11 with 2-TAU-11's, JT2022 headblock, JT 4044 Headblock, JT-211 Remote

Pioneer CTF-9191

Elite-ist · Apr 30, 2013

jbeckva said:

Jerry: It was your Nakamichi LX-5 which you used for the Traveling Guitar Tapes? What sort of work did Perry have to do with both your Denon and Nakamichi decks? There's nothing sweeter than having a deck just out of the shop and just simply enjoying it. More than two years has passed since I last used my Pioneer CT-F1250 for recording mix tapes. But before then, I did a whole lot of recording with it.

Web Police said:

John: Surprisingly, the Pioneers and Sonys are quite compatible.

Nando.

Elite-ist · Apr 30, 2013

laatsch55 said:

I don't recall seeing any Sony equipment in your man cave, Lee. Did you ever try any Sony equipment worthy of being next to the silver Pioneer?

Nando.

laatsch55 · Apr 30, 2013

Nando, not that I knew what it was I was listening to at the time. Before a few years ago I thought their big thing betamax...././

Elite-ist · May 1, 2013

laatsch55 said:

I got a Sony Betamax machine. It came with a bunch of dirty movies.

derek92994 · May 1, 2013

My Decks

Fairly Humble these, but I'm working my way up slowly. Part of the fun!
Nakamichi BX-1:

Realistic TR-882 8 Track, Yamaha KX-530, Denon DR-F7, Marantz SD 530:

Yamaha GXC-325D:

JVC TD-V661, Harman/Kardon TD 420:

Most of my Cassettes live here:

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