Hi and Welcome to my RU-vid Channel were I will mainly be covering Budget HiFi Audio This will mainly include Vinatge HiFi
I will also be covering some simple repairs that a person with very little experience can do without getting to technical and hopefully look at a few items you might not come across before on above items
Also for time to time I will be posting some random stuff that I think that is pretty good or some people might find interesting
The bass was on par with the au2200, but the au101 bass has more punch and body a much better souning amp than the 2900. I still have the 101 in my collection its a good little amp. My 2900 was not that great at all, I sold it straight away, could be there was something a miss with it, but talking to a few others that I take notice of they said its one to pass by.
Chances are the shouty character is because the 4.7 uF capacitor on the tweeter has drifted off value.I have a pair here that measured 5.8uF and 5.6uF so too much upper midrange /lower treble would be going to the tweeter.Replacing them with metalized poly caps at exactly 4.7 improved the sound greatly.They sound very good and better than most modern stand mounts.
Para seleccionar la velocidad del carrete tienes que usar el manguito de velocidad en el cabrestante, el rodillo sobresale justo al lado del gran carrete de goma negro, simplemente desenrosca el manguito. En cuanto a que un canal se caiga o no funcione, podría ser el interruptor selector de pista o más probablemente un ic como se muestra en este video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sAD5ncYTZ_Q.html
i did not feel these needed a sub at all, these should sound good on any old Sansui amp or receiver pre 80's, I also had these set up running on a Sony STR V3L receiver which worked well. Any amp with reasonal amount of bass punch will be fine. They are a livley sounded pair of speakers.
That's exactly what I paid when I bought mine new in the 80s from Tottenham Court Road, London. Still going strong, and still sounding good with my NAD 3020e amp and NAD C-521BEE CD player, and vintage TEAC PX-300 record deck. Old School...
CD is still the best, I don't really get why people buy so many records these days and the turntables, it is boring and just a stupid trend un my opinion. I love CD and I am looking for a DVD player, probably gonna pick one up soon. Thanks for these videos, they are really helpful, well explained and I hope I can choose the right one for me
Thanks for the commet, cd's are so cheap at the moment 2nd hand, seen some charity shops 10 for a quid, most now 50p or £1, much better value than Vinyl. As long as they look clean, unlike a lot of 2nd hand records I have bought, look ok but when played crackles all over the place.
@@MichaelYates yes. Nothing against records, by the way, to each his own. I just think that following the trends mindlessly is not what we music lovers should support. I always loved CDs, when they were big of course, but also when they became completely forgotten. It's a perfect format, with a lot of aesthetics and particular cuteness that comes with it.
Hi Michael, I am from the UK and I am a young man who is keen on hi-fi systems. I just want to buy my first system and my budget is around 100£. I am looking forward something second hand from fb marketplace. Could you recommend me a setup or some alternatives to look for. I listen almost every kind of genres classical, funk, techno, and rock. Thank you so much 🙏🏻
I would recommend the Wharfedale Diamond 3 speakers for around £40 and maybe look for a cheap small wattage receiver like the Sansui 200, 210 or little pioneer receiver 300, 434 might get lucky.
IMy first amp was a NAD 3020 in the mid 80's. I upgraded to an A&R A60 a few years later and was impressed by the bigger , more substabtial sound it made. I'd love to buy them both back again and try out the Audiolab...
I’ve owned a pair of these since about 1980. They sat unloved in a cupboard for many years as I moved on to greater things, but I recently purchased a WiiM Amp streamer and hooked these little Wharfdales up to it, along with a sub to help with the obvious lack of low down oomph that these tiny boxes could never be expected to deliver. I stuck them on some half decent stands and I was blown away by how good they sound!
Since 2 years I have 2 VHS tape recorders: one is for pal cassettes, and the 2nd one is for NTSC. I didn't buy CRT TV, it works fine with my Sony smart TV made in 2021. To make recordings, I need just a small white box attached converting HDMI signal from the satellite tuner into RCA. It's so much fun to make my own collection on tapes, in Europe there are available many free to watch channels showing things unavailable online. And frankly, as a true VHS fan, I don't give a heck about the 8k definition lack :P
You know what that sounds interesting, converting the HDMI of the Satellite Box to RCA for the input on the VCR and I suppose a RCA to HDMI to connect to the TV. Now I fancy some of that. Might have to get a VCR up and running. Thanks for the comment.
@@MichaelYatesThanks for reply, Sony was so kind, that it equipped my Bravia model with both: the traditional TV antenna socket, and RCA. There is more: my produced in 2001 Sony VCR’s remote control, which has the TV/VCR switch, works with the smart TV without any additional setup, so no problem, if I temporarily can’t find my TV remote 🙂
I bought a small JVC Micro system which is currently available. A reported 50w a channel from a class D digital amplifier. The supplied JVC speakers weren't bad at all, but I connected a pair of these Diamond III and got well and truly blown away, particularly by the bass, but it didn't hide the subtle treble high frequences at all. It will be a long time before I part with these speakers!!
Hi Michael, it looks like a nice deck. JVC was a serious HiFi brand back then, specially with turntables. I have a Kenwood deck that I paid 7 Euro for on eBay. I bought it becasue it was so cheap, no one else was bidding. And it turns out it is working fine, though it was sold as un-tested. If you open it up it is a Toshiba inside. Any way, it also has headphones out without volume control. I totally not get that, specially if you can vary the line out. I would much rather have the opposite. They must have been smoking too much pod back then.
Deck was a bit of a surprise, the lack of volume control through headphones will annoy some people I think. Though I think you could be right about the smoking, I watched a documentary about Atari or Microsoft I think saying most the staff were most the time right out of it, think it was a thing back then lol
Thanks for sharing the gen, Mike! Technics and JVC made a few cassette decks with direct drive, which avoids the whole belt issue, but in my experience they're also the manufacturers whose belts seem to be immune to the ravages of time! Worst offenders for belt rot seem to be Pioneer, Trio/Kenwood, Sony and Aiwa.
I picked one of these up a few years go on eBay for £69 in perfect working order. They are listed at £200+ now so I both got a bargain and clearly this era, even bottom end, is being valued and looked for. I know I could hear and buy better, but it's pretty darn good running quadraphonic, mainly vinyl in my small basement study / studio. I find it warm,, detailed and very reliable. The loudness switch adds bass and depth and my 180g vinyl reissues of Blue Note classics sound incredible through it (driving AE floor-standers and Roxel bookshelves running in parallel. I'm very happy with it as the body in my Frankenstein home hi-fi set up. Great vid BTW.
Thanks, these nice looking silver faced units are only going to go up. Even the lower end models as most the higher end ones now are getting beyond some peoples budget.
hi had to change 4 x 6800uf caps in a power unit for a big tape deck the fuse on my board was tripping so caps that are getting old it's better just to change them last year the power unit was ok one 1 i fond was bad i ordered 4 new ones note to all out there i don't think royal mail are doing land shipping any more i posted parts to the usa i payed land shipping it said on the bill when terry done the job so fast it's because uk post put it in the air mail don't send any think to the usa it now cost big money the best tip send in land shipping i was very lucky terry rubber rollers is very good and very fast
Yeh any overseas post is very expensive now, I dont send anything overseas one reason cost and another if it gets lost. Bad enought trying to find anything lost in post here let along in some other country.
4 X 6800 µF? What deck is that? I would like to know. That amount of capacitance in a power supply was even considered a lot in a power amp. back then.
my bro in law used to work for adt he told me how the pat test works and how the test work to do with the earth grounding i don't have a pat test unit as i have a work around to do the same thing as the pat test look at all them on there that are making video's i don't see any pad tests my mate works in a shop they get alot of gear in like this there's alot of it my mate said alot will take it in mate said they have a cage they put the gear in till there man comes i know my bro in law has a pat tester somewhere he did say the tester has to be tested as well
Hi Bob, about 4 years ago before starting the channel I was going to go on a PAT test course but did not get around to it, might have come in handy now for a charity shop or two local.
Back in 1979 the KD-720, A2, 3 and 5 all won Hi-Fi Choice's Best Buy award so you got a good 'un there, Mike! If I remember correctly, it cost a little over £100 at the time - just out of my price range, so I settled on the KD-A2 and had no regrets. JVC absolutely knocked it out of the park with the KD-A series. They sound great, they look good and they're well made. People are put off by the apparent lack of Dolby B, but ANRS is totally compatible (so much so that JVC ended up paying Dolby royalties anyway). Super ANRS is a different system altogether, more along the lines of dbx and Dolby C, and isn't compatible. Definitely a keeper!
I was a little surprised by this deck as I was not expecting to much, but I am quite impressed considering age as well, its held up really well, sounds better than I thought it would. Yes is on my rack and staying put for sure. Thanks for the info on the other JVC models numbers.
Thanks Alex for all 3 of your donations to the channel, they were all very much appriciated. This deck did surprise to TBH considering the age and being a lower end model it has stood the test of time really well and is still working well.
@MichaelYates yeah it surprised me also but I saw a couple of reviews here on RU-vid and they said it was built like a tank and less likely to fail. Everything working well for a deck from 1979!
That's a hassle with the charity shop! Looks nice there alongside the Sansui Mike. Yeah I had same experience when I put headphones in as well! I only did some of my own recordings using Type 1 and Type 2 (Chrome) and they sounded really good.
I did read there was a little peek in cassette sales, but just looking on eBay does seem the prices have shot up on these old decks. But I do not think I will be tempted to repair any. I will leave that to people that do it day in day out as to many fidley parts for my hands and eyes these days lol.
Had mixed success with replacing belts. I managed it on a Panasonic portable cassette player and a JVC mini system I have but failed on 2 Panasonic boomboxes. The belts were actually wrong size. My Technics cassette deck has worked fine since buying it 2 years ago. This one here worked fine but as you mentioned, when recording first couple of times it sounded distorted. I never knew that about the switches, I would have used some contact cleaner. After a few recordings, it actually sounded quite good.
Some can be a nightmare on a lot of decks, at the time they did not think anyone would want to replace the belt 20 or so years later. They are so many parts that can wear out. A lot of technics decks have the same problem make a ticking or clicking sound when playing, its a plastic cog that has a split and it and can be very hard to get to.
Good advice, Michael. The vintage cassette player market is on fire at present. Never seen prices so high. Of all vintage equipment cassette players are most troublesome & fiddly to work on. Changing belts on some requires engineering degree. So do check inside if at all possible. If it looks like a nest of wires and you can't see belts - move on unless you are really handy (and patient). Good luck!
Unfortunately, most cassette decks will need an intact counter belt . Not all, but most decks will trigger auto stop during playback if the counter is not progressing.
My generation loves piano key cassette decks and when well maintained sound quality is very nice. Really get pissed at those ALPS switches ya seem to have made peace with em. My biggest thrill is finding a bootleg cassette someone made of a concert, some are pretty rough and some are remarkably good. Awesome video Mike thank you God Bless.
I have had a lot of success with replacing belts on CD's and cassette decks - before buying them I drop the old ones in boiling water for a couple of minutes - the heat rejuvenates the molecular construction of the rubber making it more flexible. My CD and cassette deck are still running on that repair 2 years after I did it!
This JVC is well known in Brazil. Manufactured under Gradiente brand, has a lot of followers and it is very desired here. Endless parts suppliers localy.
The same cassette deck as this? Oh right. I have heard of the brand Gradiente and I understand they made some good stuff. We can't get this brand for sale here in UK unfortunately.
That is something I did not know and after searching I see a Gradiente cassette deck for sale on eBay here in the UK that is infact as you say a JVC deck. thanks for the info
@@MichaelYates FYI about Brazilian brands: Gradiente is almost JVC/Sherwood/Garrard Polyvox has their own eng department (but tapes are Alpage) CCE is almost Kenwood/Alpage/Dual Cygnus has their own eng department Quasar has their own department
I thought I'd never be able to do without the old Bass and Treble knobs, but I now use Audiolab gear which doesn't have them and it bothers me not at all. I also have a Marantz system upstairs which does have Bass and Treble, and I've found that I hardly ever adjust them anymore. When my main system had them I'd be constantly adjusting them. I guess it's just what you get accustomed to.
Michael - one minimal downside to now having a gloriously illuminated unit is I’ve got a smudge of some sort - probably some wayward glue - on the signal strength meter. Have you any advice or a video I might be missing on accessing the meters for a “quick” cleaning on a 1530? It’s certainly not bad but I’ve cleaned the entire unit so well I’d like to get as close to 100% as possible. I’m trying to work my way through the schematic today. Thank you for any guidance.
Ahh I have not got this unit anymore, which is a shame as I could have had a try getting to meters. I take it that the smudge is inside the meter . I have a video here of a Superscope Marantz that I take the meter out of but I honestly do not know how much help it might be. Might just be undoing a few screws just a little bit and seeing if they free up the meter and seeing if the front comes off. Wish you luck ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qABZs55sKtk.html
Thank you as always Michael. I was able to get the meters out by gently pushing the thin metal casing around them - similar to installing that tricky middle bulb - and it worked well enough. Now I need to find a good de-bonding agent that might loosen wayward glue that is god knows how many years old. We’ll see! Thanks again.
@@jazogby That's good, I hope you find something to break down the glue without causing any damage or staining to meter. Hopefully it will just thin out and wipe away. Just be careful if its solid and brittle as I have snapped some off before and it took a piece of what it was on with it. Good Luck
I have not got that model, but looking at manual it is very simular layout and adjustment But that model requires 5 millivolts according to the manual I have
