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My new repair project. Just needs a new drive belt. A free TEAC A-170S Tape Deck. #teac #tapedeck https://pixelfed.social/p/EDOX/818937112280519834

My new repair project. A free TEAC A-170S Tape Deck. #teac #tapedeck https://pixelfed.social/p/EDOX/818937112280519834

My new repair project. Got it for free from a record store and it just needs a new drive belt. Now I have a way to digitize a few old mix cassettes I still own. #TEAC #TapeDeck #Retro #vinyl

We watched "Late Night with the Devil" (2023) tonight. I posted a #5SecondMovieReview of it earlier. We enjoyed it.

However... one little thing about it is nagging at me, like a splinter in the mind's eye.

It's a period piece, set in the #1970s. The major thread of the story includes a psychologist and her sessions with a patient, which are #recorded. Part of one is played back as part of a #television show, and onscreen during that #playback is an open-reel (aka reel-to-reel) #tape #deck playing a tape.

1970s, open-reel recording - it's #retro, it's #cool, it's period-authentic, right?

I can't shake the feeling that whoever put the visual together has never actually seen an open-reel tape recorder in operation. This picture is lousy, because it's a screencap from the movie, which is supposed to be showing a television broadcast in good old analog SD - but it gets the point across.

See anything wrong?

The takeup #reel, on the right, turns clockwise, the opposite direction of the (normal) direction of the supply reel. So the tape wraps onto the inner side of the takeup reel, and ends up "inside out".

There's also no tension arm on the supply side, and an apparent #tension arm on the takeup side, but it's not actually in the tape path.

I don't think any machines were actually made like this, but I'm not an #expert. Can anyone identify the deck they butchered or digi-simmed to create this #sin against nature? 😉

#OpenReel #ReelToReel #audio #audiophile #TapeDeck

A screen capture from a fictional television documentary featured in the movie "Late Night with the Devil" (2023).

It shows an open-reel tape recorder (aka reel-to-reel) with a tape loaded on it. The scene this is taken from shows the playback of the tape. The tape unspools from the left-hand supply reel counter-clockwise normally, but the takeup reel on the right-hand side turns clockwise, with the tape passing to the left of the center axis of the reel.

I'm not aware of any decks that actually work this way. There are other oddities too, like no tension arm on the supply side, an apparent tension arm on the takeup side but which is not actually in the tape path, and various other weirdnesses.

Found a #Technics #tapedeck from ~1993 in good shape today. The first time I've seen a deck door close automatically when a #cassette is inserted!

Why Are Cassette and CD Players So Big Now?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2025/03/01/why-are-cassette-and-cd-players-so-big-now/

<div><img alt="An image showing an original grey and blue Sony Walkman with the text "1970" below it, and an arrow pointing to the right of it at a much smaller blue Walkman with the text "2000" underneath it, and a final arrow pointing to the right to a bright orange cassette player by We Are Rewind in a man's hand with the text "now" beneath it." class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="450" src="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Why-are-cassette-players-so-big-now.jpg?w=800" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 15px;" width="800" /></div><p>The early 2000s were the halcyon days of physical media. While not as svelte as MP3 players became, why are those early 2000s machines smaller than <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DWtkSVNvTg" target="_blank">all the new models popping up</a> amidst the retro audio craze?</p>
<p>We’ve bemoaned the <a href="https://hackaday.com/2021/12/18/the-end-of-the-electromechanical-era/">end of the electromechanical era</a> before, and the Verge recently interviewed the people at We Are Rewind and Filo to get the skinny on just why these newer cassette and CD players aren’t as small as their predecessors. It turns out that all currently produced cassette players use the same mechanism with some small tweaks in materials (like metal flywheels in these higher quality models) because the engineering required to design a smaller and better sounding alternative isn&#

My #HiFi darlings combined 😍

#Mitsubishi LT-5V #turntable (top)
#SONY MDS-303 #MD
SONY CDP-915 #CD
#AKAI GX-95 #tapedeck

#vintagehifi #cassettetapes #MiniDisk

good looking HiFi components stacked on top of each other according to the content description. Below is a rack with records visible in front of a white wall

Heute weitere MC Kassetten aus einer Bestellung auf dem Online Marktplatz www.discogs.com/de/ angekommen. Mich wundert was für ein geinialer Klang nach so vielen Jahren die analoge Musik auf dem #Walkman noch hat.

#HiFiKlassiker #VintageAudio #TapeDeck #AnalogeTechnik #Kassettenliebe #AudioNostalgie #Kassette #Mckassette #Musik #Sony #whitneyhouston

Today, I worked on restoring my beloved #AKAI GX-95 MK II #tapedeck.

Specs and image: https://hifi-wiki.com/index.php/Akai_GX-95_MK_II

To my surprise, I found multiple videos about it and the original service manual as PDF.

I replaced the two belts (although they were still working) and fixed the (typical) issue of not being able to unload a #cassette due too much old grease in the mechanics, blocking the eject function.

Unfortunately, it still requires some work (and material) since the Wind Idler Assy (idler tire) is completely degraded. It felt like hard plastic instead of rubber.

Thankfully, I found a replacement on ebay. Let's wait for the delivery.

What a beautiful and great hardware to work with.

#musiccassette #HiFi #GX95 #GX95MKII #restauration #vintagehifi

The open "mech block" of the Akai tape drive showing some mechanics of this musical beast.

1/ #Klangbearbeitung #Studiogeräte #Gesang #Chor #Musik #Broadcast #Tapedeck #Cassettedeck #Analog #KlassischeMusik #Kassettendeck #Musikkassette ##Rock #Pop #DJ Ich mag die alten Behringer Studiogeräte, diese haben den warmen und analogen Klang☺️ Ich arbeite noch viel mit

Sieben analoge Geräte vom Hersteller Behringer.

After the quick win yesterday, it became clear that the tape deck motor has some problems that don't disappear with some use. So today I serviced the motor... #repair #tapedeck #electronics 1/2

Tape deck mechamism of the Technics SA-K6 casseiver. In 1983, they sure built them like tank...

It's a Mitshubishi 12V DC motor with integrated servo electronics.

Die Wiederentdeckung der Kassette

MC-Kassetten erleben gerade ein kleines Revival. Immer mehr Musikliebhaber entdecken die analoge Technik für sich – sei es aus nostalgischen Gründen oder wegen der besonderen Klangästhetik. Zudem ist das Hören von Kassetten ein bewusster Akt: Man nimmt sich Zeit, um eine Seite zu hören, und erlebt Musik intensiver, als es bei Playlists der Fall ist.

#RevoxB710 #HiFiKlassiker #VintageAudio #TapeDeck #AnalogeTechnik #Kassettenliebe #AudioNostalgie

MC-Kassetten und das Revox B710 sind für mich mehr als nur ein Hobby. Sie sind ein Ausdruck von Wertschätzung für Musik, Technik und die kleinen Dinge, die das Leben bereichern. Wer sagt, dass die Vergangenheit nicht auch heute noch Freude bringen kann?

#RevoxB710 #HiFiKlassiker #VintageAudio #TapeDeck #AnalogeTechnik #Kassettenliebe #AudioNostalgie
#RevoxLovers #SwissPrecision #RevoxHiFi #RevoxTape

Eine Brücke zwischen den Generationen

Mit meinen Kassetten und dem Revox B710 habe ich eine Verbindung zur Vergangenheit geschaffen, die sich wunderbar in die Gegenwart einfügt. Es ist ein Stück Geschichte, das in meinem Wohnzimmer lebt und atmet. Und vielleicht inspiriere ich damit auch andere, die analoge Welt neu zu entdecken.

#RevoxB710 #HiFiKlassiker #VintageAudio #TapeDeck #AnalogeTechnik #Kassettenliebe #AudioNostalgie

Der Klang der Vergangenheit

MC-Kassetten erinnern mich an meine Jugend, als Musikaufnahmen noch ein besonderes Erlebnis waren. Das typische Bandrauschen, die warme Klangwiedergabe und die Freude, ein Mixtape zu erstellen – all das hat seinen Charme nie verloren. Moderne digitale Formate sind zweifellos praktisch, aber sie haben oft etwas Unpersönliches. Mit Kassetten bekommt Musik wieder eine Seele.

#RevoxB710 #HiFiKlassiker #VintageAudio #TapeDeck #AnalogeTechnik #Kassettenliebe

Die MC-Kassette ist zurück! Auf jedenfall bei uns in Wohnzimmer. Das alte Tape Deck Revox B710 (noch keine Revision) funktioniert für Aufnahmen und Wiedergabe besser als erwartet.

#RevoxB710 #HiFiKlassiker #VintageAudio #TapeDeck #AnalogeTechnik #Kassettenliebe #AudioNostalgie
#RevoxLovers #SwissPrecision #RevoxHiFi #RevoxTape #HighEndAudio #RevoxSammlung #MCKassette #MagneticTape #CassetteCulture #TapeRevival #KassettenSammlung #RetroSound

Found this beautiful Fisher CR-W9325 tape deck from the #90s today at a thrift store for 10 bucks!
I felt like I was robbing the dude!

Just hooked it up, and giving it a test run with a 1990 UK issue of Wire’s On Returning (1977-1979).

Time to bust out all my cassettes from the attic! I’ve got a bunch of random mix tapes and 4-track masters up there, too.
I haven’t listened to them in probably 30 years.
#cassette #cassettetapes #analog #tapedeck #tapes #vinyl #vinylrecords