Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
Completely agree, Neal!

And the trouble is, how do you know for sure beyond any doubt that a correctly set-up/fettled one today is as good as it would have been when brand new, when it originally left the Panasonic factory....?

There's no way of ever *really* knowing that, short of taking a journey in a time machine.

Marco.
True...but the setup and performance information is very well detailed in the service manual so you can certainly compare the phase timing, wave forms and voltages to whats required and conclude if the deck is in spec. or not. I suspect the majority are not.