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[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I have a B&O 4002 with one channel dead and a Revox B-795 that works just fine but has the wrong cartridge in it. Gotta have a high compliance cart in those things.

Dave

When I picked it up at the estate sale, the little B&O RX had a dead channel and it was the cartridge. I bought a new one from Sound Smith and viola!...stereo. Of course, compared with the Linn Sondek or the HK, the thing still sounds like somebody hung a sweatshirt over each speaker...(as does the 4004 even with the CL cart that you'll pay a left lung for on eBay), but they sure are pretty.

[Wasillaguy]

CS-77's for $4.99 each today at Value Village.
Cabs are rough, with some pretty good gouges, and one has a broken lattice and one missing clip. Haven't opened them up to see what the drivers look like yet.

[icenine]

BSR 420B turntable with a QLM 30 MKII stylus

missing platter and only one channel but I have to trouble shoot the issues

hopefully an easy fix
seems to work ok and the other channel sounds good I cannot tell what the cartridge is maybe a QLM also nothing is written on it

[merrylander]

Only have four TTs in use; The Yamaha PX-2, a Rega Planar 2 with an RB-300 arm and Origin weight, a Pioneer PL-88fs and a Pioneer PL-44fs. Waiting in the wings aer two more Pioneers a PL-88fs and a PL-05 with the PL-44 cart.

[BlueStreak]

I finally have a score to report;

Nakamichi 480---$20

This makes two, but this one works and runs/sounds excellent!.

The other I tried to restore as it was not working when I bought it. I replaced all the belts, idler and lights. It ran great for about three hours, then went dead. Lights up, tape turns but no sound and after a few minutes it shuts down. Have made several attempts to figure it out, to no avail. I guess it's now a parts machine to support the "new" deck?

Also picked up more albums;

Jeff Beck---Beck-Ola

Mott the Hoople---All the young Dudes

Donald Fagan---The Night Fly

Atomic Rooster---Made in England

$5 each at a local record store called "Vinyl Daze"

Dave

[icenine]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I finally have a score to report;

Nakamichi 480---$20

This makes two, but this one works and runs/sounds excellent!.

The other I tried to restore as it was not working when I bought it. I replaced all the belts, idler and lights. It ran great for about three hours, then went dead. Lights up, tape turns but no sound and after a few minutes it shuts down. Have made several attempts to figure it out, to no avail. I guess it's now a parts machine to support the "new" deck?

Also picked up more albums;

Jeff Beck---Beck-Ola

Mott the Hoople---All the young Dudes

Donald Fagan---The Night Fly

Atomic Rooster---Made in England

$5 each at a local record store called "Vinyl Daze"

Dave

cool
I have a Nakamichi BX-300 that I need to get some belts for
I have Nakamichi BX-150 that sounds pretty good too

I love getting a great sounding cassette for $.49...of course not all of them sound good but when they do it is awesome. Try some of those old XDR cassette tapes from Capitol that came out in the 80s and early 90s...stands for Extra Dynamic Range.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by icenine

cool
I have a Nakamichi BX-300 that I need to get some belts for
I have Nakamichi BX-150 that sounds pretty good too

I love getting a great sounding cassette for $.49...of course not all of them sound good but when they do it is awesome. Try some of those old XDR cassette tapes from Capitol that came out in the 80s and early 90s...stands for Extra Dynamic Range.

Way back in the day, when it was new, I picked up a BX-150 at the exchange in Subic Bay. Sometime in the early nineties, I quit listening to tape, thinking it was passe' and gave it to the Salivatin' Army......

....and thought I had handed over my cassette tapes too. Until I found them in the storage room about a year ago.

Dave

[donquixote99]

Don't know the last two guys, but I'd sure give two fivers for the first two....

The Naki I've got is a mere BX-100, and it is clearly a highly-engineered precision machine.
That good 'un you've got is a treasure, I'm sure.

[BlueStreak]

The Atomic Rooster album needs a pass through the Spin Clean.

So far the Mott album sounds awesome. But, I'll give it a bath too, just for the hell of it.

In a few minutes, I'm headed out to the car to get the Nak tape deck and plug it up, give it a spin.

Dave

[Oerets]

I use to record radio shows like King Biscuit and Thistle & Shamrock to mention a few. Still enjoy going back and listening all these years later the shows. Thought of putting on the computer but still haven't yet.



Barney