Panasonic 8 Track TNT Dynamite - Updated for 2014

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I bought a 'non-working' 1975 Panasonic RQ-830S Dynamite portable 8-track player. In this video I fix it up and drag it into 2014 with a much needed speaker upgrade.
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@Techmoan 10 лет назад

Thanks chaps - I enjoy making these HiFi videos - they cost me a lot of money and get the lowest views of any of the videos I make, but I find these things interesting and I know that I'm not alone, so thanks for coming along for the ride.

@Ilanvain 10 лет назад

Do not mention it!

@Techmoan 10 лет назад

ilan vineshtock Too late.... ;-)

@Dan-TechAndMusic 10 лет назад

Please keep making them. I honestly prefer them to the camera videos. Don't get me wrong, I do like those videos, but my main interest is HiFi and these videos are really cool!

@Skracken 10 лет назад

I wouldn't call this HiFi though. ;)

@LastofAvari 10 лет назад

Yup. Thanks for the story about this device ;-)

@IntergalacticSpaceKitten 5 лет назад

It looks like a modern day device. Like a modern "retro" style thing that a company nowadays would make, like those mini/portable record players and stuff. That's cool

@skywind007 2 года назад

I thought the same thing. I don't know if you still watch Techmoan, but he just did a video update on this device.

@dozer1642 8 лет назад

Sit in the garden, listen to an 8 track like some sort of hipster idiot. Hahaha! That made my whole day!

@bobbyslater1198 6 лет назад

Hey, I have an 8-track recorder, and plenty of blank tapes.

@diatonicdelirium1743 5 лет назад

And you know what? It's still funny today, cracked me up anyway!

@someoneelse1534 5 лет назад

I feel like that one quote is going to encompass my entire life

@tonyrandal9124 4 года назад

I'd do it

@stevenschultz321 3 года назад

Hipster idiot, haha, loved it.

@EliteSniperTV 9 лет назад

"like some kind of hipster idiot" hahah amazing

@JRSanchez93 2 года назад

Came back here after the latest video. R.I.P little blue dude. You looked cool and made me want one.

@bolivardigriz8847 8 лет назад

Dyn-O-Mite! I so remember the ads for these when I was a kid. There were quite a few around in my area, too. A real blast from the past. Thanks!

@peterrafeiner9461 10 лет назад

It's never a waste of time making them due to the large variety of RU-vid users. Some videos we watch for the info, others for the sheer fun of it. Doesn't have to be a cute kitten all the time, now does it :-) Retronics (retro-electronics) are a geek's equivalent of the puppy videos!

@BMWK75Rider 10 лет назад

You put a lot of time and effort in making these videos. Thanks for that! They are great fun to watch!

@Techmoan 10 лет назад

This one is a full day of shooting edited down to 7 mins....it's funny how long these things take.

@n3er0o 10 лет назад

+Techmoan imagine how long it takes for a full movie!

@slicedpage 10 лет назад

Techmoan you might like to consider a "behind the scenes" video of you making a review. Mainly because lots of peeps have no idea what is involved. Maybe stick a mobius on the ceiling and time lapse the process.

@busog97641 10 лет назад

Techmoan You do make it seem so easy but just going by my simple videos I know by how smooth yours are, you do put a lot of time in them. Again, if this is not coming out as clear as I mean, you do wonderful videos.

@doktormcnasty 7 лет назад

I don't understand why they should be so long and hard to make when it's such a piece of cake and takes only minutes for me to watch it. If you're putting more effort into making it than I am into watching it then perhaps you're doing something wrong?

@excavatoree 8 лет назад

I did the same thing for a "Kid's CD Player" that my dad bought for my nephew. It's amazing how much of a difference it makes to use something other than the absolute cheapest speaker one can get to maximize profits.

@pcno2832 8 лет назад

+excavatoree It makes me wonder how they sold so much of this crap in the 1970s. Some people must have tin ears. I used to tease one of my co-workers who would brag about his $2000 stereo while listening to a $10 clock radio all day; I'd rather have a $600 stereo at home and spend a little of the $1400 saved on something decent for work.

@arjungandhi1242 8 лет назад

I love these videos on all of these unique pieces of HiFi history. so many neat things I never knew existed

@funky3ddy 8 лет назад

+Arjun Gandhi * Low-fi

@cicknave 8 лет назад

+Arjun Gandhi agree!

@AdvancePlays 10 лет назад

Haha, even though I laughed at that last hipster comment, I can't say I agree much! I mean, if you've got stuff like 8-track tapes, MDs, reel-to-reels or whatever other somewhat outdated media, then you may as well use them! And I don't get the relative lack of interest people have in your HiFi videos - growing up in a modern era with a music collection consisting of very little that is physical, I find them intriguing. Cheers once again!

@bassl0va 9 лет назад

The 4ohm speaker should actually be louder as it'll draw more power from the amp. I imagine it was quieter in reality because it is likely quite a bit less efficient.

@vojtasTS29 8 лет назад

+bassl0va Also it will eventually fry the amp inside...

@flossemd 8 лет назад

+bassl0va Its quieter because he didn't seal it off, its using most of its energy to move air around itself. He should have built a plate with the size of the old speaker and a hole with the size of the new one.

@bassl0va 8 лет назад

flossemd I'd have to check the video but didn't the original speaker not take up the full grill either?

@TesserLink 8 лет назад

+bassl0va yes but the rest was blocked off.

@jackmcslay 8 лет назад

+bassl0va What he's supposed to do would be putting 2 speakers in series, adding up to 8 ohms. Dunno why it's quieter either, possibly some weird quirk of how they built the amplifier

@wildbilltexas 8 лет назад

These players bring back memories of the 70's. I had a couple freinds in high school that had them listening to REO Speedwagon, Boston and Foreigner. I had a General Electric "Loudmouth" 8-track player with AM/FM radio back then. It had a bigger speaker than the Panasonic and it could play loud enough to cover the whole yard. But it was a serious battery eater.

@bowmen08 8 лет назад

You know, sir, I have to say, thank you very much for sharing things like these with us! I'm not an audiophile myself, but I do find all of your HiFi and obscure technology videos to be *extremely* bloody interesting!

@slicedpage 10 лет назад

I suppose one of the joys of being into 8 track is being able to take the equipment apart easily to replace the worn parts,much like an old Morris 1000 I had. Great fun. Thanks for that.

@bsgtrekfan88 10 лет назад

Holy Crap 6 C's? What is this thing going to the moon? Anyway great video as always sir. To your comment on how these type of videos dont get a lot of view - that is a shame because the care and time you take really is one of the best I have seen on youtube. Cheers from across the pond Plymouth , MA

@zusurs 10 лет назад

Let me remind You how inefficient and power-hungry analog electronics where in 70s and 80s - I bet that this player could also chew through those 6 C's in hour or two listening to decent volume.

@bsgtrekfan88 10 лет назад

lol indeed. I remember the old tech from my childhood. Take for instance an SNES super scope. That beast drained batteries faster than anything!

@brentfisher902 8 лет назад

+Dark0Lord7 With a 600 mAh Nickel Cadmium battery the life was closer to one hour. (This was before Nickel Metal Hydride batteries...)

@napoleonsolo5929 5 лет назад

@@zusurs I used to own one of these and you are 100% correct. You could listen to 2-3 full length tapes before you had to either find an outlet or buy more batteries.

@johnruschmeyer5769 4 года назад

@@zusurs You're also driving that 8-track mechanism which can't be the most efficient setup either.

@captcorajus 6 лет назад

I had the entire set from Panasonic. The 8 track, the cassette recorder, and the AM Radio S/O when I was a kid.

@DelilahThePig 8 лет назад

I appreciate the HiFi videos. Just discovered this channel a couple days ago. You essentially go out and purchase every piece of old electronics I've always wondered about and go about as far as I would to fix them. Being able to experience these yard sale items vicariously has saved my attic space and thousands of dollars.

@philipblack8694 6 лет назад

Slowly working my way through your back catalogue and I love these vintage equipment reviews and repairs.

@zwz.zdenek 9 лет назад

Nice fix. But I have a tip for you regarding the installation of the small speaker. It makes a difference to seal the edge of the cone to the hole in the front cover so that there is no short path through the air around the speaker edge. Get a piece of dense cardboard, cut a hole for the small speaker, then cut it out in the diameter of the original speaker. Use glue of your choice (I recommend hot glue gun) to attach the paper "washer" to the small speaker, then glue it all into the original chassis hole. If you want to try and match the impedance of the speaker to that of the amplifier, you can use a regular sheet metal transformer from those cheap variable voltage wall warts. You want to achieve a 1:sqrt(2) ratio of an autotransformer, so ignore the primary mains winding and use three wires from the secondary side to get about a 1:1.4 ratio, for example GND, 6V, 9V or GND, 7.5V, 12V depending on your model. Use that to transform the impedance. Connect 12V and GND to the amp and 7.5V and GND to the 4ohm speaker. Since I doubt the amp was designed optimally (thus the sqrt2 to get from 8 to 4ohm), you can experiment with different ratios to get the best sound possible.

@Snotnarok 8 лет назад

"listening in the back yard to 8-tracks like some kinda hipster idiot" well at least you have a sense of humor about it haha. Been enjoying your stuff, interesting tech-history lesson for stuff before my time. I did the same with my ...er...'old' GBA SP sat out back and played some Metroid. :P old doesn't mean bad!

@josenovaes5099 8 лет назад

What a nice work making this beauty playing music again! I like very much your videos because not only we get to discover old music formats and their players but we also can see your care and love to bring these fantastic machines back to life again. Congratulations to all your effort and time to bring these videos to us.

@cindywright9540 5 лет назад

I got a dynomite 8 track tape player for christmas 1975 and i loved it! I about wore out my john denver tape, lol! I got to thinking about it recently and low and behold...i found it! It brings about, a whole lot of great memories! Thanks for the video! Now im not afraid to take it apart and clean it up! Crossing my fingers that it still works!

@jakeniemi6533 9 лет назад

Loved this. I had a blue 8 track player, I think mine was Realistic brand, as a kid. Many good memories brought back, watching this!!

@trickfall8752 4 года назад

Had one of these as a kid. Not a great radio, but certainly a design classic. My first am/fm radio was also a classic Panasonic from that era. Whoever was doing their design was great.

@samserios6428 6 лет назад

Its so great to see these old devices brought back to life after all those years.

@mitchellgc09 10 лет назад

I love all your work, but I particularly enjoy seeing you resurrect technology from my teens and twenties! ! Keep it up!

@purplemutantas 10 лет назад

I like your vintage audio equipment videos. Audio players aren't really my thing, but it's cool to see some of the unique things they came out with.

@fiftystate1388 8 лет назад

I had the cassette player in the advert with Jimmy "JJ" Walker holding it and the TNT. I knew it was terrible, but it was great, particularly at 5:00am delivering newspapers. JJ's moniker and tag line in the sitcom that brought him to fame, "Good Times," was "Kid Dyn-O-Mite" and (loudly) "DYN - O - MITE!!!" Keep it coming Techmoan!

@mrbadx19 10 лет назад

i like playing around with old stuff. the radio in my bathroom is a panasonic from the 70's, i replaced the speaker in it about 20 years ago with a $2 one from radio shack, that radio has spent the last 24 years in my bathroom, still works fine, switches are a little dodgy now and then as is the slider volume control.

@JieRai 7 лет назад

Wish more people viewed these vids! You truly document the obscure parts of entertainment electronics beautifully. I've got an old 8 track car system that I've wanted to get working and your repair/mods pieces make this reality a bit more likely

@a.j8307 7 лет назад

I think I watched about 30 techmoan videos in one day this week. I'm hooked!

@RobCantave 8 лет назад

I don't know what it is, but your videos crack me up from start to end... Thanks!

@ebuff57 10 лет назад

It's fun seeing the old technology. In my experience "Demagnetizing" the audio heads on 8 track player made a HUGE difference, when the sound quality suffered. The is a simple device available at Radio Shack for around $7.00 in the 1970's. Hope this helps.

@agj67 9 лет назад

That is the coolest! I like how you refreshed an old format unit. Keeping it alive, brother!

@lexfacitregem 9 лет назад

June 1975? That's when I was born! I so feel a bond with this machine!!!!

@fordmavericksosx3569 8 лет назад

Quite a unique device! I like how you changed out the speaker so professionally! Quite amazing!

@Kek5kopF 9 лет назад

"Like some kinda hipster idiots" xD Tip to get more low end/bass on the sound: You will lose a lot of bass on an accoustical bypass because of the way you mounted the speaker on the front. When you make some sort of mask to cover the other holes from the inside and ensure an airtight seal between the driver and the mask you'll have more low end ;)

@blazerfrazer 8 лет назад

yes this is very true, that smaller speaker won't produce any bass because its canceling itself out, who has pulled a driver from a cabinet when its running? the bass disappears, thats whats happening here shame, that little speaker could have performed well, now its just gonna fry the amp as the resistance is half. HE SHOULD KNOW ALL THIS!

@thecianinator 4 года назад

@@blazerfrazer should he though, do they teach you audio repair in high school, or is he just doing what seems to work because it's fun and he never had to study a vocation that would teach him this stuff

@acme01 8 лет назад

Love the ending :) What a great way to sign off!

@quadmaxlikepie 10 лет назад

Most channels that i'm watch lately are starting to be only in it for money and I just don't like that, then I see your video in my feed and it just cheers me up watching a quality video not some payed junk and you being different is awesome, your not the guy that is reviewing the newest phone out there you are doing old stuff and making it new and I like that. So thank you for doing this!

@fandenivoldsk 8 лет назад

"hipster idiot" - LOL! Nice video as always!

@scottplumer3668 6 лет назад

I had a yellow one. On my last of 6th grade, before going to middle school, I took it to school for our last day party and regaled the class with "Cheap Trick Live at Budokan."

@Windiguana 8 лет назад

I'm sure someone has said this long ago, but I have to. The 4 ohm speaker is technically 2x as loud, or at least will draw 2x the power, than the 8ohm ones. It may sound quieter, but that richness your talking about, better bass response, is drawing a good deal of the power output. Ohms are just a measure of resistance, so therefore 4ohms have less, therefore more power to the driver from the amp.

@korgied 8 лет назад

+bmxchat2001 Nope. A 4-ohm speaker will draw twice the current and sink twice the power if everything else is equal and if the amplifier can handle it, but everything else is never equal. The sensitivity (and similarly, the efficiency) of a speaker depends on many factors, but one of the most important ones is the surface area (Sd) of the cone of the speaker. The 1.8" Visaton (no "r" in there) speaker really loses in that department and that is the main reason why it is quieter. Also, it probably has more excursion (Xmax and Xmech) and building a speaker for more excursion also typically lowers the sensitivity. It's generally more efficient to have more surface area than it is to have more excursion. As for the amplifier comment, any amp has a specific amount of voltage, current, and power that it can deliver and it's optimized to do that at a specific load. If you lower the impedance of the speaker, the amplifier can run out of current sooner, drive the signal into distortion sooner, and end up with lower max volume. Techmoan was not very on-the-money in the video in what he said about this topic, but your comment is also incorrect. Additionally, he installed the speaker very poorly by not trying to isolate the front wave from the back wave by making a better bracket that actually sealed the speaker. I'm sure he just doesn't care that much about this item to spend much more effort, but doing a better job there would have gotten him quite a bit more volume AND quality.

@mariusloubeeka5810 7 лет назад

+dansolodan As far I read the comments you're the only one who got it fully right! The sensitivity is the key. I agree, a ring out of thick (2mm+) cardboard or MDF to fill the gap around the small speaker would be a noticable improvement. According to the German magazine "Hobby HiFi" issue 2/2010 the BF45 is a very good speaker but has not much going on below 150Hz. (One could even destroy it easily with low frequencies because the voice coil has a very limited space to move. 150Hz at 85dB might even damage it if we assume that the cone can move 2mm in each direction [which is really a lot for a speaker this size] before the cone pops out.)

@andrewtechful 10 лет назад

This is a great fix you did with the speaker but I was just hoping that since the box wasn't closing very well or easily, you might want to make sure the back of the new speaker you replaced is not pushing force on any of the components inside the box. Keep up the good work!

@KillerBill1953 10 лет назад

Due to technical reasons I haven't been able to comment on your recent videos. I just wanted to say how much I appreciate and enjoy them now I am able. Thanks.

@Techmoan 10 лет назад

***** Thanks Bill.

@lordvetinari1477 10 лет назад

I really enjoy your vintage hifi videos.

@FinalManaTrigger 8 лет назад

This actually makes me want an 8-track player like this. Bravo!

@Nathan219 8 лет назад

I love watching you fix stuff

@Reconbox1001 10 лет назад

Fabulous tech! And close to 40 years old.. and it still works..with a little help. You must have enough gadgets to start a museum by now xD Like the look inside the gadgets, and you fixing them. Cool! :)

@mindluge 8 лет назад

a wonderful preservation and upgrade of a neat piece of audio history and design! an inspiration!

@reddragon27284 10 лет назад

You might be able to improve the sound more by replacing the electrolytic capacitors on the amplifier board, particularly any ones used for coupling the audio signal. They can dry out over time and a side effect of that is tinny audio. The other thing to do is re-mount that little speaker on a board that's the size of the old one so that the it is sealed between the speaker grille and the back of the speaker. That should improve bass sound at least a bit.

@vintagevinylvets1187 6 лет назад

Brilliant, loved this one! Thank you for sharing, you were born to do these and we appreciate the work that goes into them.

@danny_davis 4 года назад

I haven’t thought about these machines since I was a kid. Thank you for the entertaining video!

@alextwfsk8er 8 лет назад

Hey I have one suggestion that will make a load of difference! If you create some sort of baffle even something out of cardboard and put the speaker in it the mid and bass response will increase loads. Just find a way to seal off the front of the speaker from the rear and it'll be well worth it!

@lynnwillis441 7 лет назад

My friend had one of these back in 1977. First time I heard Kansas was on that player.

@chriscraftguy 8 лет назад

Enjoyed your video. I have my original "yellow" Dynamite (and still have the power cord that came with it). Liked the mod you did with the speaker. I'll bet it does sound quite a bit better. These devices were definitely made to last, as my brother had one, dropped it in the lake, dried it out, and it kept on going. Thanks for documenting your work.

@SnackHeadCowboy 9 лет назад

New to the channel and I am loving going through the videos some really interesting stuff! also love the humor.

@kenheitmueller69 9 лет назад

Kek5koph is right. I dad a facepalm when i saw that bracket mounting tactic. if you cut a circle to fill in the gap you created by mounting a smaller speaker, you will notice MUCH more low frequency response as a result. right now the positive pressure created by the forward motion of the cone is being cancelled out by the low pressure created at the rear of the driver. this is why we have speaker cabinets in the first place -to isolate the front wave and the back wave of the driver's output. (also to keep the damn driver from just flapping around on the floor while the cat bats at it.) ALSO, that's a pretty beefy magnet on that little driver as compared to the stock one. depending how close the tape path runs past that thing inside, you may be slowly erasing each tape you play in that modded machine.

@LordSandwichII 8 лет назад

"...like some kind of hipster idiot!" XD

@gregx5096 5 лет назад

"...hipster idiot" *laughs, clicks thumbs up*

@05Forenza 7 лет назад

"Now I can sit my garden, listening to 8 tracks like some hipster idiot" lmao

@kieferonline 9 лет назад

I really enjoyed this video--and many of the videos on your channel. In this one I really am impressed how you do whatever it takes to improve the device. My instinct would be to fret over the costs of every step but it's refreshing how you just cheerfully go for it. Thanks for sharing!

@keithpovall9996 4 месяца назад

What a quaint piece of retro kit.

@mikeangelo6667 6 лет назад

Mine still works, and yes --- it sounds very tinny.

@EdgardoDC 8 лет назад

it's impressive how motivated you are when this little devices have the smallest problem lol

@victornpb 9 лет назад

I can't believe you didn't make a seal around the speaker, it would improve the sound so much.

@Techmoan 9 лет назад

+victornpb You'd better believe it, because that's what really happened.

@orbitaaltube 10 лет назад

Like for all the quality 80s tracks!! The nostalgia associated with these old machines is really interesting i think part of the draw is because you can pickup old tech for a fraction of the original price and it also brings back a lot of memories from the 70s 80s when this kinds of technology was amazing. Stuff that was too expensive to buy originally can be bought for next to nothing. Things like old synthesizers and computers conjure up the same interest for me.

@wisteela 8 лет назад

Nice upgrade. The only issue I could can see though is possible damage to the amp over time.

@ddragon8154 6 лет назад

That came to my mind, too. I don't understand speaker impedance in full, but I do know I managed to blow an 8 Ohm rated channel on my first hi-fi by connecting two 8 Ohm speakers in *parallel* - Followed by learning Ohms' Law about two years later! :-) Am I wrong in thinking that small speaker needs a 4 Ohm resistor in series? ^_^

@scooterboi8761 8 лет назад

I remember when these came out. Thanks for making these videos! I really enjoy them!

@FabioRigokimbaorso 7 лет назад

Found your channel only recently .. and I love it.. you have a ton of super cool gadgets ... Thanks for sharing them with us..

@Jerbod2 10 лет назад

Put a smile on my face, you should be proud of that! I've never been that much into electronics to mess around with it myself, but that's awesome!

@UmbertoAmante 6 лет назад

I had one of those beasts. I recall other similar "freaky" audio products from Panasonic like the Toot-a-Loop radio

@TitoRigatoni 8 лет назад

OMG nostalgiagasm! I had one of these in red, sometime around 1977. Thanks for the flashback :-)

@napoleonsolo5929 5 лет назад

Mine was yellow, same year, lasted about 3-4 years.

@skullbugzjoe3197 10 лет назад

Good video Techmoan.. nice to see the inner workings of the beast and a few tweaks to get her shipshape.

@djvinylkiller 10 лет назад

Techmoan u are one of the best youtubers around, always a great watch. Keep doing these vids ;)

@MartinLegare 8 лет назад

Cool ! I had the exact same 8 track of Mickael Jacson in my 74 Dodge charger(was 6years old car then... meaning pretty mutch rusted off in canada at the time)... braught back memories :)

@rickdsr 10 лет назад

Ah , the nostalgia . I totally remember those .

@anthonybrunotheodd 4 года назад

I would find my time sitting in my garden more enjoyable if I were listening to 8-track!

@chocho55 6 лет назад

Good job I enjoy the most of your those retro tech hifi series video.

@snowbird29803 10 лет назад

Love your videos...with all due respect for your time, knowledge and tinkering abilities, I would think improving a boom box with 8 track AND FM radio would be a more satisfactory project than 8-track alone. Still, nice to see you doing something different than dash cams for a change.

@EdWittenable 10 лет назад

I used to own some 8 track tapes such as Rare Earth. I had no idea that they were still making 8 track tapes when Springstein and REO Speedwagon were recording. Well it's been quite a while so details get fuzzy. :D

@dmj-ju9zx 4 года назад

The Visaton speaker does come in an 8 ohm version. I ordered one but haven't found a "home" for it. Its small size seems to necessitate a pretty large, pretty empty container (like the TNT) so that the sound it makes can resonate.

@fernalicious 2 года назад

It's like going back in time, ib the future!

@robothebobo 8 лет назад

It looks surprisingly modern.

@nirgunapa56 10 лет назад

As always, a pleasure to watch. Thanks.

@ciprianwinerElectronicManiac 9 лет назад

Very nice collectible item and maybe a novelty. Changing those capacitors on the board might help with the sound quality and if that fails than, a simple amplifier IC that's about 1-2W would rattle that case and people would think that you've got a boombox, well maybe not with that small speaker but anyway. Keep up the good work. Cheers :)

@jaxnean2663 8 лет назад

Great job, you revived it to live another day!

@iamdarkyoshi 3 года назад

Switching the 8 ohm driver for a 4 ohm one would theoretically make it louder, but it will be putting more strain on the amp. Also, you should make a ring around the new smaller driver to seal it to the front of the unit, so the pressure waves from behind the driver don't come out of the front of the grille

@reidselby2569 4 года назад

I had one of those in the day. Mine was red. I took it everywhere !

@Scoperks 10 лет назад

This was really interesting - do you use it much now that you've updated it? It looks really great considering how old it is!

@Techmoan 10 лет назад

I only finished it on Sunday. It's really just a bit of fun, most things I do have little purpose behind them.

@donaldbarden7745 5 лет назад

Received one for my 10th Birthday in 1972!

@w7777777s 8 лет назад

LOL, you broke almost every rule of speaker cabinet design. But your excellent results speak for themselves!

@wyyrdojim 7 лет назад

Man, I had the red one when I was a little kid! Flash back to1975!😋

@FaSMaN 10 лет назад

You might want to replace those 40 year old caps too, it will greatly increase the sound quality on the pre-amp.

@douglasjohnson4382 5 лет назад

I remember seeing an orange one of these around 1982. I would have been 10. It seemed to me like a relic from a far distant age.

@tubularmonkeymaniac 10 лет назад

"Like some sort of hipster idiot" I spat my coffee out. Hilarious.

@pcallas66 8 лет назад

I don't know if you'd want to get a second one of the 4 ohm speakers and put it in series. It looks like with a little bit of effort, you may be able to get them in there. Another thing that I would do is replace all of the electrolytic capacitors. It would probably improve the sound, even a little. Electrolytic capacitors tend to try out and would definitely affect the sound quality. You would also want to observe the polarity. I remember those, but never had one. Thank you for sharing.

@CarAudioXpert 8 лет назад

This is actually the solution how NOT TO REPLACE speaker. I suspect some kind of provocation from Techmoan. The sound could be much better if you sealed the gap between the speaker edge and the bigger hole for old speaker. All you have to do is cut some kind of plastic ring i glue it in the inside of the front wall of the machine.

@notreallydaedalus 10 лет назад

I can't believe that design came from Panasonic in the '70s! I would've guessed late '80s, from an aesthetic standpoint

@fistofthesnortstar 8 лет назад

Boy did i feel stupid, i thought "set numbers? but what if your tape has more tracks....wait, what was it called again, oh yeah, an eight track..EIGHT..."

@YellowChoklit 8 лет назад

all 4 tracks are in stereo, so 8 tracks

@johnnytacokleinschmidt515 4 года назад

I think he meant song numbers.

@Gemlya 8 лет назад

If that epoxy fails and the clip breaks again, I would recomend using superglue and baking soda. It becomes hard as a rock in an instant and it never failed me! :) Btw greetings from Bulgaria, i'm a big fan of your videos !! :)