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schematic isn't showing polarity, as usually mentioned on electrolytics. what actually they put in the device? I generally look at schematic and part list but then I check what was really used in the device and consider the actual correct information. Service manuals might show mistakes...

the whole "Let It Be" album covered by Laibach comes to mind as well... and it's definitely a weird album, being by Laibach, with crazy music arrangements and that impossible to forget lead voice timbre! I'd say you have to give it a try. ;) https://www.discogs.com/it/master/13458-Laibach-Let-It-Be

I am maybe a bit biased towards the HF? :p anyways, the ones below are the 1986-87 version which, IMHO, is the best HF ever (i think i tried just any version of HF) and one of the 3-4 very best basic ferrics regardless of the brand (which are all quite on par about performance)... also, I used...

Nice to see you also are into 8 tracks. :) But, here in Italy, there are few opportunities to find any interesting/rock music on 8 track cartridges then my own collection is very slim.

ah, nice. About Polyrock, I happen to own their vinyl LP "changing hearts". early OMD are nice too. agree that "new wave" can be a too generic way to call a genre of music... to me, new wave could anything from post punk to mid 80s rock. But it's true that there is a lot of pop which was...

Happy you liked it. :) Is it true or, back in the 80s, the typical UK and EU new wave wasn't a lot popular there in USA or, if anything, it was less popular than here? (I mean, a bit like it happened, during the 70s, with progressive which was going very strong here and so so there). A good...

yes, The Sound belong to that same scene as the other nice bands you mentioned. back in the 80s, there was a friend who used to record a few mixtapes for me who regularly added a few songs by The Sound, then I've started to know and like them back in the old days. And I do consider them being...

right, also Stranger is remarkable but, yes, as you say those two albums are totally nice. also, i own a CD reissue of their first mini LP "subsequent pleasures" which includes, as a bonus, a few demos from CoX album songs. Sound quality isn't that great on my CD version but it's interesting to...

and this night I am listening to a 90 minutes cassette compilation made with songs I've selected from first 4 albums by Gentle Giant.

NICE system and NICE music choice! Always loved Clan of Xymox... I own their first (self-titled) album and Medusa on vinyl and some more on CD. "A day" is maybe my favourite song by them. PS: not just the same kind of music but still nice 80s new wave, even if not based on electronic sounds...

ah, nice to see you are here. :) about Alex, he is member here. maybe it's easier to directly ask him?

thanks, and i believe you are just right.... it's a XK-008.5 now! :p

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that kind of Sony dual capstan DD mechanism is simply wonderful.

Totally agree, my friend. And your BIC T3 is a very nice beast of a deck, oldschool in the good way and with some impressive heads. It also has the bonus of the double speed, btw! :cool: Anyways, troubleshooting and restoration was a bit of a long nightmare, but a totally worthy effort.

a good new! I was able to boost max bias by about 6% which is enough to fully exploit a few metal tapes i tried (Sony Metal ES , Metal XR and Esprit IV) but maybe also a few more... anyways, my metal tapes are almost all Sony's then it's OK this way! Today, i've read again (and with more care)...

are those two 10 inches reels? :p

That's a good point, indeed! I've noticed they mention parts values for both permalloy and amorphous heads in the B965's SM... they would be surely useful to put amorphous heads just there in the B965 (something I will do sooner or later). Anyways, the B965 with amorphous heads has also the...

Thinking out loud about HX-PRO matter and how to boost the bias current... Noticeing that this deck's HX-PRO circuit isn't based on µPC1297CA but they use a few NJM4560S op-amps, etc... as shown in the zone of the schematic just below the Dolby encoder chip IC3. In the past, while modifying my...

Indeed! It all started with ANT's mods several years ago... then the new heads which forced me to study this deck's schematic with care... and while doing things, new ideas happened to arise then it was just a matter of adding yet another modification after the other... to the point of this...