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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...

I can find some sparce lots at FB. But, again, nothing special. TDK (Imation) ceased production somewhere late 2000s or early 2010s. Maxell offered the last version of UR till 2018-2019 or something like that. Interesting is that at Maxell of Australia the UR is still on their products...

It's the customs that raise the price a lot.

Both Sony and Maxell are for Europe market. The Sony is somewhere 2000 while the Maxell is early 90s. I have this version of the Sony HF and is ok. Nothing special, quite equal to the D of the same era. My bet is on the UR because they are older, should they being better? On the other hand, the...

Here I am, again! As the title says, which would be your choice?

Nakamichi 1000 Tri Tracer? As I said above, I don't want to mess with Nakamichi. Especially such an old deck. I would prefer to obtain a deck I can service myself and definitely I can't service a Nak. The only Nak I would consider to buy is a zx-7/zx-9 and this only for it's recording...

We have a saying, here: Don't shit where you eat and don't eat where you shit.

While I can modify easily a circuit when there are guidelines, I have very limited means to design a mod. So, I stay with the documented modifications. The only deck I would upgrade the heads would be the 965 to amorphous and that's because Matsushita has a version with such heads so there is...

Good evening, Vince! I'm looking for your response. You have a lot of experience with the 965. You also have a variety of decks, some of them being very good recorders. Are you happy with the recordings made with the 965 comparing the other decks? We that have the 965 modified, know that is an...

Hello! I'm a Technics fan and my main recording decks are the RS-BX707, the RS-BX808 which share the same electronics (the 808 is the dual capstan version of the series) and for more demanding recordings, the RS-B965. All of them are modified but with the original permalloy head. The...

Happy belated birthday, Nando!!! Do have a great day, tomorrow!!! Family is the best thing!

Damn, Alex does know his job, right? I think about that every single time I use a modded Technics by his "recipe". Have some nice listenings, Vince!

I buy mostly used vinyls as my music taste is away from what is currently being pressed. But sometimes I'm lucky enough and have found some old pressings still factory sealed - brand new. But, most of the times, they are still clicking and popping. Why a brand new vinyl would give such noises...

I missed it. Happy birthday. Welcome to the early teens! Wish you many many HUHs!!!

Yes, Vince! Correct! (Thank God, I still keep my mind!) If Aiwa chose to use bipolar configuration at the signal path, maybe it's a proof it does make some difference.

Could someone replace the oem ferrite heads with something better?