AKAI GX-635D

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Anyone ever had one of these tore apart? Got a local AK'r here that wants me to replace all of the 2SC458's in it,and theres a handful of them.Just wondering if anyone knows and easy way to access the PCB's..
 
avionic said:
Anyone ever had one of these tore apart? Got a local AK'r here that wants me to replace all of the 2SC458's in it,and theres a handful of them.Just wondering if anyone knows and easy way to access the PCB's..
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I know there's a couple folks at TH that have them, great deck!
 
Aren't most of the 630's related?

And why just this one transistor type? Sounds halfway anal to me.

What sort of elfin mayhem could them critters render?
 
I think I have a 635D. I have to look. The case is easy to get into. Mine has intermittent Reverse. It does it one one side all the time ; but the other direction it only does it some times.

Larry
 
You might want to read your own post there Larr!!
 
I think you'd want to look at the arms.
 
The general opinion is that the 2SC458 can become noisy over time. I've read that mentioned with Akai and Sony decks, I believe. One replacement to consider is the 2SC2240, but there may be others just as worthwhile.
Good luck with the mod...!
 
LOL Heck no. The arms are fine. If not it wouldn't do anything. The reason you use metal tape on the R2R is the sensor. As the tape goes over it it reverses the tape.

Larry
 
tapepath said:
The general opinion is that the 2SC458 can become noisy over time. I've read that mentioned with Akai and Sony decks, I believe. One replacement to consider is the 2SC2240, but there may be others just as worthwhile.
Good luck with the mod...!
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C2240's are excellent . KSC1845E's are a very good sustitute as well.
 
orange said:
Aren't most of the 630's related?

And why just this one transistor type? Sounds halfway anal to me.

What sort of elfin mayhem could them critters render?
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Oh ,Contrare.The old"outhouse" C458's 9 times out of 10 are noisy bastards.
 
Ahhh, si! I did not know this. Thenk you.
 
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