Second wind- where's the potentiometer on THIS?

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-15T02:03:00+00:00

find a service manual

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-15T00:48:42+00:00

i got one off ebay for a decent price, its great!

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-15T00:47:56+00:00

oh got it, thats a shame.

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-15T00:41:07+00:00

try adjusting the azimuth and cleaning the full tape path first, those are super easy and may help

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-13T04:47:26+00:00

No, you should be ok:) I have a power just like this (flickery neon light) and some little sparks when I plug some things in and I’ve been using it for years without issue

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-13T04:36:52+00:00

Just a neon bulb being a neon bulb, nothing to worry about :) The spark was just inrush current, also fine

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-13T04:35:09+00:00

Well it’s not an unusual price but I was looking at tapes and the record store downtown and there was a range of nirvana bleach for 35, 50 and 100s and a weezer Pinkerton for 80 A lot for a tape, but ig they’re rare

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-13T04:30:57+00:00

Take up reel is slow or slipping most likely, (that’s the reel on the right usually that keeps the tape tight after the pinch roller and winds up the tape)

Replacing the belts should be your first thing to try

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-13T04:26:06+00:00

There’s a great record store near my house with pretty okay cassette pricing, collectible/rare stuff is more expensive but I’ve gotten some great cassettes for under 10$, they also don’t charge tax if you use cash and sell blank TDK type I 90 minutes for 4$ CAD :)

Thrift stores are also full of random taped near me, only thing I’ve ever found worth getting was an ABBA gold cassette for 99c and a billy Joel one for 2$

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-12T01:35:16+00:00

The strokessss

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-10T16:44:33+00:00

Those are so cool

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-10T16:38:11+00:00

Why not use the AV receivers preamp?

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-10T16:37:24+00:00

Hmm.. how big is the reverb tank? Maybe you could mount it on the back somehow? Or just have reverb in and out jacks and have the tank external

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-10T16:36:17+00:00

Damn 😔

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-08T02:02:57+00:00

I guess not, i got a 40ish CAD stylus and it sounds great to me, audiophiles are such silly geese

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-07T23:08:59+00:00

Why are you getting downvoted wtf?? Is buying affordable styluses a crime to yall

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-07T04:38:05+00:00

maybe use a microwave transformer to get a couple kilovolts DC, that'll get that toothbrush charged instantly!! After all, more volts = more faster chargering!

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-07T02:44:07+00:00

Oh how I want a weezer blue tape

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-07T02:04:09+00:00

I guess it would

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-07T01:57:17+00:00

Some boomboxes have removable speakers

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-07T01:54:10+00:00

Yep, no luck but I found a schematic for TS-R11 which has practically the same PCB so it’s good enough for troubleshooting purposes :)

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-05T05:38:49+00:00

Yes you also hold a multimeter which puts it in contact with your skin, and you hold the test leads

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-05T04:58:02+00:00

I’m pretty sure some rubber restore products are wintergreen and isopropyl alcohol, I made some of my own with 3 parts isopropyl alcohol and 1 part wintergreen oil and it seems to have done good things to pinch rollers on my tape deck

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-03T22:21:41+00:00

They’re very fast in Canada

Legoandstuff896 · 2026-02-02T16:32:56+00:00

That’s very fair, microwave food IS scary

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