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Post by ChrisB on Jun 18, 2014 23:50:06 GMT
What's the connection between these two items?
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 19, 2014 7:27:45 GMT
What's the connection between these two items? Well I know for sure. Second level is a small Philips, cutting block and splicing tape - used it many times. Shouldn't have used 120s
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Post by MartinT on Jun 19, 2014 7:29:28 GMT
They both write. Well, sometimes.
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Post by John on Jun 19, 2014 7:45:44 GMT
There was a time when pencils used to be really useful for that frustrating time your tape spoiled over. Ohh what fun that was Now I am showing my age
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Post by ChrisB on Jun 19, 2014 7:48:28 GMT
That's it John - take up the slack with a pencil before you place it in the player.
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Post by Slinger on Jul 3, 2014 8:17:47 GMT
It took me all of 1 second to spot the connection, but then I am "of an age" so to speak. .
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 3, 2014 8:24:00 GMT
Martin's pretending he's younger than he really is. If he was as young as he'd have us believe or an IT professional, (rather than the international playboy, astronaut and spy that we know him to be), he'd have said they were both rewritable
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Post by pinkie on Jul 3, 2014 8:28:28 GMT
I'm also "of an age". But it reminded me of the ipad advert, which in turn reminds me of an old joke. You know the ad - where an ipad hides behind a pencil and is described in terms that show it to be as versatile and essential as a pencil. The pencil of tomorrow (or today I suppose). However, there are some areas in which the old technology triumphs, and I am reminded about the constipated mathematician who worked it out with a pencil But that in your advert Apple!
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Post by Tim on Jul 3, 2014 8:38:10 GMT
1962?And if the lid broke on yer' casssett player thingy, you could prop it open wi a pencil.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 9:15:06 GMT
I remember having to perform open heart surgery on some of my favourite tapes, scary stuff! One part of analogue playback I'll never miss!
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 3, 2014 9:54:20 GMT
Regular part of my life when I was playing the same 12 cassettes in the car.
Being over recorded every now and again.
They were very well used and unscrewed too often
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Post by Pinch on Jul 3, 2014 10:04:11 GMT
One part of analogue playback I'll never miss! Ah, it's all good fun! I don't know if this is much an age test, though - the connection could be made by anyone in (at least) their early 30s to late 50s. I might run it past my kid brother, who's in his mid-20s - I can't remember if he ever used tapes, maybe he missed out.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 12:00:55 GMT
Obvious - writing on the label.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 3, 2014 12:10:03 GMT
A tape deck I had just got my hands on went into self-destruct mode and mangled one of my favourite tapes ... So got a pencil out to try and 'un-twist' it but whatever I do the tape always ends up with one twist in it - so infuriating - don't you just hate it when that happens ...
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Post by Pinch on Jul 3, 2014 12:17:39 GMT
Sad times. Are you able to open the shell? You might have more luck untwisting the tape without that in the way. What's the deck? If it's a recent purchase, do you know its service history? Most likely the transport mechanism needs a little TLC; at the very least, a little clean of the capstans and pinch rollers may be in order - this shouldn't happen with a well maintained deck.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 3, 2014 12:24:45 GMT
It's a very nice Sansui that had just been re-furbished by a friend of mine - giving it back to him on Sunday to work out what's gone wrong. It failed immediately - wouldn't rewind at all and there was also an issue with the tape counter, so a number of issues to sort out. Hope to get it sorted as I've heard it play back one of its own recordings and it's very fine indeed ...
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Post by Pinch on Jul 3, 2014 12:29:15 GMT
Nice! Sansui made some pretty decks. Well, it sounds like you have it hand - hope your friend is able to fix it Good to see that I'm not the only person here running a tape deck; if some more show up we should have a TAS travelling tape!
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 3, 2014 12:35:46 GMT
Thanks Pinch, I hope so too ...
My friend demo'd me one of his 'top of the range' Sansui decks with a decent recording and my jaw nearly hit the floor - sounded like a top turntable in action. It's quite staggering what tape decks can achieve, when handled correctly ... Of course I've just got loads of crap home recordings from the 80's and 90's but will be fun getting to know them again!
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Post by MartinT on Jul 3, 2014 12:37:27 GMT
Martin's pretending he's younger than he really is. If he was as young as he'd have us believe or an IT professional, (rather than the international playboy, astronaut and spy that we know him to be), he'd have said they were both rewritable Outed!
I can't help thinking like an engineer. Rewritable pencil only if you have the optional extra 'eraser' device!
I remember disassembling many a cassette shell trying to rewind the tape back onto the spools
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 3, 2014 14:37:45 GMT
Martin's pretending he's younger than he really is. If he was as young as he'd have us believe or an IT professional, (rather than the international playboy, astronaut and spy that we know him to be), he'd have said they were both rewritable Outed!
I can't help thinking like an engineer. Rewritable pencil only if you have the optional extra 'eraser' device!
I remember disassembling many a cassette shell trying to rewind the tape back onto the spools
I became a master at that. You have to take it apart, set it up as best you can, put it back together with a couple of screws and wind, maybe take it apart again. The splicing block also came in to play.
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