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Hi all,
When I mentioned earlier about the Sony TC-K677ES cassette deck I recently purchased at the local mini flea market, I commented there were two other decks besides the Sony ES on display. This is one I did a little research on before picking it up two days ago. I tried the Teac R-505 at the store and it seemed to be OK, so I handed Jack another $20.
Yesterday, my oldest son, Matt, was over and I was busy playing a few pre-recorded tapes on it. Prior to playing it, I gave it a demagnetization and a thorough cleaning of the heads and tape path. Unlike the Sony ES, this one needed a good cleaning of the pinch rollers, capstans, and heads. I, also, removed the case to take a look inside. I gave it a few blasts of air with the "Dust Off" aerosol can.
I haven't downloaded the operating manual for it, yet, but it does have some nice features for a 1986/1987 model. Only a 2-head deck, but it has a dual capstan transport and two motor IC Logic Transport Control. I usually avoid auto-reverse decks, but this one works nicely, with no loss of azimuth when switching between sides using the Super ARHS (Acculign Rotating Head System). It will record in both directions, too.
The specs on it seem to be a bit better than average compared to other decks in this price range.
So today, I tried a recording on it using a Maxell XL II 90 and used Dolby C for the recording. I connected my Teac CD recorder to it and recorded from the 2014 remastered issue of Tragically Hip's "Fully Completely" CD. No bias control for this deck, so I didn't know how well it would record. I will definitely try other blank tapes of about the same vintage as this deck to experiment with.
Click on image to play video:
RECORDING
PLAYBACK OF RECORDING USING MEMORY REPEAT
Nando.
When I mentioned earlier about the Sony TC-K677ES cassette deck I recently purchased at the local mini flea market, I commented there were two other decks besides the Sony ES on display. This is one I did a little research on before picking it up two days ago. I tried the Teac R-505 at the store and it seemed to be OK, so I handed Jack another $20.
Yesterday, my oldest son, Matt, was over and I was busy playing a few pre-recorded tapes on it. Prior to playing it, I gave it a demagnetization and a thorough cleaning of the heads and tape path. Unlike the Sony ES, this one needed a good cleaning of the pinch rollers, capstans, and heads. I, also, removed the case to take a look inside. I gave it a few blasts of air with the "Dust Off" aerosol can.
I haven't downloaded the operating manual for it, yet, but it does have some nice features for a 1986/1987 model. Only a 2-head deck, but it has a dual capstan transport and two motor IC Logic Transport Control. I usually avoid auto-reverse decks, but this one works nicely, with no loss of azimuth when switching between sides using the Super ARHS (Acculign Rotating Head System). It will record in both directions, too.
The specs on it seem to be a bit better than average compared to other decks in this price range.
So today, I tried a recording on it using a Maxell XL II 90 and used Dolby C for the recording. I connected my Teac CD recorder to it and recorded from the 2014 remastered issue of Tragically Hip's "Fully Completely" CD. No bias control for this deck, so I didn't know how well it would record. I will definitely try other blank tapes of about the same vintage as this deck to experiment with.
Click on image to play video:
RECORDING
PLAYBACK OF RECORDING USING MEMORY REPEAT
Nando.
