Tear down these walls; Cut the ties that held me
Crying out at the top of my voice; Tell me now if you can hear me
Location: Co. Durham
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I'm Stephen.
I don't know Dave. I was flitting around the 'net looking at stuff about ADC cartridges and found a thread to the picture and was surprised to learn that the deck was made by Elac and dated back to the '60s. I didn't know Elac was so old, predating Shure I think with making cartridges. I've only known the name from speakers in the '80s. There's various models but I love the black and chrome finish of that particular model. It was made for Radioshack in the US.
Location: Yorks
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I'm Nobody.
Ive just finished another blast from the past, in mint condition apart from a small ding on the front edge (my OCD will have me climbing the wall soon, i'm sure of it ) anyhoots, It sounds no lesser than my Nakamichi '500' , i certainly prefer the Techy for useability & looks, beautiful big VU's ..
Now what can i buy nexy
Just spotted an hair around the input level control knob
You're gonna need a bigger lock -up
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Location: Dagenham Essex
Posts: 11,215
I'm Allen.
Ah, memory lane! My first cassette deck was the model below that - the RS-263US.
It made superb recordings and sounded great, but it was only when I got rid of it that I realised the azimuth must have been off and it was running fast, as all recordings I have left that I made on it are slow and muffled sounding now!
Engineers: fixing problems you didn't know you had in ways you don't understand.
Location: Co. Durham
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I'm Stephen.
Yeah. . . Life's a bugger at times. Isn't it Adam!
Can't remember if my first real deck was an Akai CS-34D or an ITT, which was nicely made and had a nice front panel and meters. The Akai arrived with the flywheel knocking. The capstan was replaced which cured the knock, but I could never get fast forward or reverse to work properly. Was never happy with cassette sound until I got a Technics RS B605 in the '80s. Recordings had grip, if sounding a tad proccessed.
Location: Yorks
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I'm Nobody.
After a good check up & clean this baby just requires Belts & Motor run capacitors replacing, o & the Brake adjusting, but still works as is...It'll get a full fettle when the bits arrive.. One or two very faint marks on the silver pannel but nothing that will drive me too nutty
Uher 'Variocord 263' R+R
Location: Dagenham Essex
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I'm Allen.
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I'm gone.
Quad 57 - I've never seen them mounted like this before!
I'm not sure about all that reflective glass behind but a very interesting idea.
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