Rockmeister
pfm Member
1986 Yamaha K340 in black. Stripped it down, cleaned it up, checked the roller and belt and plugged it in.
To my amazement (it's been 'under the stairs' for 20 years) it works!
I'd just forgotten that tape sounds just great!
I never recorded with Dolby and always made sure the recording was well saturated.
Also under the stairs a box of about 120 cassettes ! Mostly good chrome from TDK (SA in the main I think) and a couple of dozen pre recorded.
I made a film of it all playing but unsure if it will play here. Navigate to my Flikr stream tho and take a quick look if you are into this stuff.
I think the heads will need de-magnitising and a better clean but otherwise, it sounds great. bang goes another 5 weekends. hahahha.
IMG_0448 by John Dutfield, on Flickr
IMG_0449 by John Dutfield, on Flickr
To my amazement (it's been 'under the stairs' for 20 years) it works!
I'd just forgotten that tape sounds just great!
I never recorded with Dolby and always made sure the recording was well saturated.
Also under the stairs a box of about 120 cassettes ! Mostly good chrome from TDK (SA in the main I think) and a couple of dozen pre recorded.
I made a film of it all playing but unsure if it will play here. Navigate to my Flikr stream tho and take a quick look if you are into this stuff.
I think the heads will need de-magnitising and a better clean but otherwise, it sounds great. bang goes another 5 weekends. hahahha.
IMG_0448 by John Dutfield, on Flickr
IMG_0449 by John Dutfield, on Flickr