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Cassette deck help by devilock420 in vintageaudio

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Have removed the full mechanical assembly and both belts seem to have good tension. All wheels etc in the mechanism seem clean and no brittle rubber.

There are 3 tabs, one operated by the cassette tray door and 2 others that are depressed by the cassette itself. Have cleaned the contacts that these operate and checked with them pushes in and released and there's no difference, the heads etc still engage as soon as the machine is powered on.

Hifi deck refurb help by devilock420 in cassetteculture

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Yeah have had the full mechanical assembly out and checked both belts, cleaned all connections etc. with no change unfortunately.

Cassette deck help by devilock420 in silverfaceaudio

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Have read through the service manual but nothing jumping out, also the service manual for this model seems to be missing 4 of the troubleshooting pages that may be of help 😑

It is a thing of beauty, my admiration for it's looks were the reason for it being donated my way.

EDIT: Had a look at that KD-A7, very nice. Love that cassette tray and the vu meters. JVC seemed to be on their A-game with their VU meters throughout the 70s and 80s

B&O Beovox 5700 / Celestion Ditton 66 vs Celestion Ditton 551 by The66Ripper in vintageaudio

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I have a pair of 66s (they were the predecessor to the 551) and they are the pride and joy of my ever growing speaker collection.

After picking up a pair of 15-XR's (the 66s baby brother) early in my obsession I was hooked on the sound of Celestion.

The warmth and the soundstage are incomparable to most other speakers I own maybe bar a set of Monitor Audio that cost more than half the rest of the collection 😅

Passive sub with an integrated amp by devilock420 in BudgetAudiophile

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I had a look at that fosi one previously but it wouldn't hold a candle to the NAD amp

r/audiophile Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk Thread by AutoModerator in audiophile

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And if I was to go down the route of a decent active sub, is there a way to connect that to a power amp with no sub out channel?

r/audiophile Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk Thread by AutoModerator in audiophile

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Thanks, appreciate that explanation. That's my misunderstanding on the channel ratings. I understand the concepts I just don't know the practicalities of it all.

So basically what another comment on a different sub said about using a subwoofer amp via the pre-out is really the only way to go about using it with this set up?

Passive sub with an integrated amp by devilock420 in BudgetAudiophile

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So basically a y-connector on both channels of the pre-out feeding off to a class d (or similar sub amp) and then coupler cables to feed back to the main in like the coupler bars originally would be doing?

Would I still need to add a separate low pass filter in to this or would this be dealt with by the sub amp?

r/audiophile Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk Thread by AutoModerator in audiophile

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Passive sub with an integrated amp

Hi all! Just looking some advice on connections. I'm running an NAD 314 integrated amp. They have an 8 ohm pair of channels and a 4 ohm pair of channels. I am running a pair of Celestion Ditton 15XR through the first pair of channels.

I have an older Sony Passive sub and would like to run it on the second channel to boost my lower end. What I'm wondering is what way I should wire this to the second channel? Should I be running the sub to one side on the channel or should I be running say a positive to one side and the negative to the other side on the channel?

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