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Sir. My tape counter is missing 1 LED bulb. Do you think easy to fix or have to replace a whole counter light? Thank you.

I always learn from you!

What brand and series of polypropylene caps were used? It looks like a previous question I asked was answered here; this deck does feature a full nr bypass.

Man, mines been fighting me. Got the transport sorted after I replaced the belt, idler and pinch rollers. One of the pinch rollers wasn't to spec (left side) so I took the tire off, mounted it to the old hub, and ground it down. After that I had problems, so I made a window tape to watch the tape path. Finally saw what was going on and got the tape path nice and smooth with no wrinkles or bubbles. The service manual has a couple of mistakes. It points to both screws on the PB/Record head as azimuth. Buggered that all up and got the head all out of whack. I bought an E-bay clone of the M300 gage and got the head in the right place. Set the azimuth and the PB level using GennLab tapes. Played a commercial tape and it sounded good. Went to make a recording and levels are all off. And, right side is distorted. Even cranking the Record level VRs all the way up doesn't help. Took apart and cleaned the record level pot, but that didn't help. Thinking maybe the record amp now....

The Akai has a full NR chip bypass, does it not?

nice one. what is Upgrade V5? i cant find any info about it?

Nice EQ, it has some good frequency bands, unlike some I've seen.

I want to purchase akai gx9 deck

I still got two of them: silver and pearl shadow both in full original condition apart of one lamp behind the power knob. Very good eq, very silent and pretty spectacular visually.

Very nice. Was not aware of this model. Nice features. I like to have a couple matching components in my system.

never mount one receiver over another. never put them on the floor, put them on table.

The dreaded Orange Cap disease. It cropped up in my Teac C-3X this year. 12 of them.

The volume control doesn’t work on my Tanberg controll amp 3002. What do I need to do to get it to work??

Great work. One question, what brand will you use when the Nichicon capacitors run out?

Did you get on top of your problem? To me it sounds like a bushing could be your problem. How is the status of your supply pinch roller, does the rubber feel gripping good? Modern tapes are usually smooth and fine grained and they need an extra grip from the roller. You can verify with older more grainy tapes. I'd also consider the roller bushing as a culprit. But for my experience what causes that kind of flutter is the supply pinch roller not having the right grip on the tape. I'd also consider a possible worn out roller metal pin (and they do wear out as they ride on top) or even a supply reel problem that for some reason is exacerbated under the weaker supply pinch roller pulling rather than the main take up roller unit. Also might by due to uneven spinning of the supply reel. I've seen bushings that are dry which is fine since plastic to metal is already a bushing in itself, I've seen bushings that are greased and also some with oil residue in what a I believe is the original factory service. I've done the mistake of putting oil were it should have been in the past but I also solved with greases and oils the problem of squealing and whirring of the reels.

The dreaded Orange Cap disease. Lots of the great Naks are plagued with that problem. Nice work fixing it all!

Hello, did you replace all orange polypropylene caps with wiima film caps ? I'm trying to get a kit for my LX3s, RX303.

I always learn something from your videos

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I have the CT-42 which has the exact same faceplate layout just in black metal, and the meter is mostly amber colored. It is by far my favorite deck. Sounds great and SuperAuto BLE works well. The CT-95 is the 42's big brother.

Do you sell the A&D ? I am interested

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Hi,tell me on the dr10 is there a fg servo motor? And another question, will it work with Teac c3?it is also fg servo according to the manual. Thank you.

Ok, one question to community here....I am enjoying in measuring different decks, but in one...Telefunken CC20 with HIGHCOM nrs(excellent) I have demonstration original Telefunken recorded tape, for HIGHCOM functionality...when I engage HIGHCOM on that tape, sound becomes dull, almost without HF. On the other hand, when I am recording with highcom on, sound is very nice, dynamic is awesome. Screws of head are intact, there is paint on them. What can be the cause of dull original demonstrations tape? Btw, azimuth is compared with 3 other decks, it's good.

I know it’s an old video, but why did you calibrate the deck at -5db? The Nak T-100 docs seem to indicate that it should be 0db? I know you’ve been doing this a long time. Things are always super clear for the new guys.

Did you check Power supply to the motor for level and ripple/noise?

Thanks for another great video. I’m working on a TC-K679ES right now (same deck w/different transport), and I’ve got no issues with high frequencies while using a gen 2 Scarlet 2i2. Could be all the changes they added to use the desktop software. 2nd gen Scarlet is all analog.

привет из маями . Sony tc-k555ESR , при перемотке в любую сторону и воспроизведении останавливается через секунду . Не подскажете что может быть?

Hello dear.Please tell me,Nakamichi dr10,how many volts at the output at 0db,and what is the magnetization of the tape,how much nanoweber? Thank you.

same Problem with Behringer UMC 204HD on Denon DRM-800A cutting top end without MPX Filter. With Technics RS-AZ6 no problems.With simple AC97 Onboard Soundcard no problems on both decks.

interesting to see you tackle some "lower grade" decks for a change. thx for the upload chief 🙏

Sony TC-K7ES звучит более сбалансировано, может не так смазано и тепло, как Nak, но зато очень правдиво. Nak у них как-будто ревер стоит или loudness))))

ZX окрашенный звук (многим он приятен уху, как широкополосные картонные динамики) :) но Pioneer детальней, прозрачнее, воздушнее и лучше динамика. Верхние частоты с хорошим разрешением.

CT- 91 и CT-95 Детальнее и лучше контролируют бас (более собранные). Середина информативнее. 91 красивый верх.

Sony прозрачный звук ! Dragon бас не контролирует (

Thanks. This helped me set up my system, even though I have a 2nd generation 2i2.

Dolby S is great, but it is a hobby. No practical use nowadays. CD burners then the internet destroyed it's practical usefulness. Still fun making recordings to listen back to how little that degrade using Dolby S NR 😂 Kanye probably got a copyright on this vid, in spite his initial thievery. haha

What is the difference between the GX-Z9100, the GX-9, & the GX-93? Which is the best of the three?

Hello! Wanna sell your Akai

THE BEST from far away ,it woud be CTA9 , i knew that before i watched your video .......same type of sensust head is used on dragon

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Hi, where are you located

Hello how did you measured signal level on osciloscope and voltmeter what resistors load you used?

Well done😉👍

awesome!

Akai sounds better to my taste

Can you show the shorts on the playback Amp that you had to remove?

Too much plastic in the transport. I will never buy a Nak again. Build quality and the use of cheap parts is very disappointing. They do sound wonderful when it finally works.

It is common for different phases on the AB sides to happen on the 3 head deck,but using a 2 head deck(non auto reverse deck) can achieve in-phase on the both A and B side

There is a fix for the dolby switch. Take the same white part from the tape type switch and swap with the broken white part. The tape type switches do not have the metal wire latch so will still work with the broken one.