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+1 for Kirstie Alley. She had classic beauty. Pity she passed away quite young.

When I calibrate mine I try to have the 388mV as the central value while fluctuating. The limit is ±0.5 dB so very well below that threshold.

I have a 707 and two 808 I would happily exchanged with your two 965!!! Of course I'm just kidding. The 606, 707 and 808 are great machines after the minor modifications A. N. T. has documented. I believe raising a few Ohms the r67/68 you will gain this one dB to the meters. But before doing...

An '80s Aiwa should be indeed decent enough, not to say excellent. The above Aiwa and Sony are of mid-late' 90s. Read their specs and cry... The Aiwa fr is 26Hz - 8kHz @ ±5 dB for type I and reaches the magnificent... 10kHz for type II and IV! W&f is something above 0.5% peak (I suspect...

If we were talking about some serious models, yes. But this plastic crap has only two caps, none of them being at the signal path, neither at the power supply. Not a single trace of noise filtering for the motor other than what its driver ic provides internally. And ofcourse there is no motor...

For me, Technics have good meters. As for the 965, I definitely believe you because I have the same problem with both of mine. The fault on these is the wrong calculation for the voltage going to the aa class stage and not at the meters themselves. So, at the 727 when you have 388mV at the...

Technics RS-BX707/727/808/828? Are you sure there is a real problem with the meter levels? I have 4 of these decks and the meters are very accurate. At 388mV at the Dolby chip they peak exactly at Dolby mark. Though, if I wanted to alter the peaks, I would start with a 150-200 kohm trimmer...

Hello! I had bought 5-6 years ago a bpc Sony Walkman (WM-FX407) very cheap because it needed a new belt. Since I serviced it (there's nothing fancy you can do with these models - cleaning - lubrication - belt - speed correction) it's working fine. The only problem I found is some motor buzzing...

If you're to use soldering, don't bother with wrapping at all. Solder straight wire to the post. Don't overdo it with the soldering iron or the heat will be transferred to the base of the post and will melt the soldering attaching the post to the pcb.

To make the start, for me it's two reasons. First, the experience of recording. Fiddling with bias, sensitivity, levels, EQ, Dolby, different types of tape is some kind of ritual. Watching the reels rotate is magic! And some piece of polyester tape with a layer of oxide glued producing music...

It's something that came to my mind a few years ago, when I returned to the analog sound and especially to the cassette. Why does that "inferior" medium has fanatic lovers? What's so special about it?

Sony cdit II (last generations) also have a bad reputation for damaging the heads.

All my decks have external bias and level adjustments so this is not the case. I can calibrate to whatever tape I want. It's just that the Maxells feel more "right".

After using samples of both tapes, I chose the UR. For some reason, my Technics like the Maxells more than any other brand. With Maxell I get the least coloration, making practically the recording indistinguishable from the source. Don't get me wrong, still D is a great tape. But UR gives me...

I still prefer the simplicity of the AR350 transport. When replace/repair the idler gear it's just bulletproof. From the 16 Technics I have (4 dual capstan and 3 dual well autoreverse) not anyone of them needed a belt or a pinch roller replacement. They still run on originals. And they return...

A big belated welcome, Andrej! Nice to see you here!

Don't know if the RS-B965 manual be any useful to you. It has both the permalloy and the amorphous head circuits and electronics description (and so does the actual pcb!).Maybe, tracing the deferences between the two versions you can find a way to increase bias current on a similar setup.

A little late (but never is too late) For belts and idle tires take a look at Webspareparts if they have any for your deck. I have used them and they offer good quality. Unfortunately, they don't have a variety of pinch rollers but you can ask! They are in Portugal but they charge reasonable...

Happy new year, Vince! That would be great. Thank you, one more time!

I don't blame SAs. They are good tapes. That's why I wrote "it's how the previous user has taken care of". Unfortunately, though, it has been proven with tests that some of the later SAs are prone to railroading from the very first pass. And the reason is the rollers. The user can't prevent...