I think your videos are great and learn something every time. The Garbage range of all-in-one stereo systems I believe began in the UK with Amstrad Tower systems in the early 1980s. I opened one up and there was nothing inside except one board and a bunch of wires. This video was painful to watch, but I did all the way through and the best part was the Hot-Snot glue fix.
Unfortunately there are tons of units just like this out there. They are marketed towards seniors that still have some old records and are downsizing and just dont have the space. Their hearing is going and they sound good enough for them. Radio shack used to sell crap like this back in the 70s and 80s. Their concerrmate and clairinette systems comes to mind.
You know what that stunning no treble showcase beauty needs on top? I nice potted plant that leaks out of the bottom every time it is watered. I had another retro Teac retro CD player thing brought to me for repair. I was thinking to myself, no way am I wasting time; but picked it up and it was very hefty and solid. I was pleasantly surprised it was actually MADE in Japan and very high quality. Meant to look like an all-american-5 Bakelite radio and done pretty decently. Anyways, easy fix by cleaning the CD laser (earlier Sony mechanism with the beam splitter that gets dusty). It had a very nice natural sound because they cared about the speakers and their actual housing. Not that nasally hollow box sound the cheap stuff puts out.
(@33:00) I’m sure that there were at least two more of the plastic cups, and there should have been a spring or a foam-rubber pad that fit in the cups for vibration dampening.
That is incorrect. The name is owned by the Gibson Guitar corporation, as well as Onkyo and others. I expect they'll be on the market soon as Gibson is staring bankruptcy in the face. They'll either go on the chopping board or as a restructuring move or the whole mess will be broken up and sold. Gibson's CEO doesn't seem to get the importance of quality. Even their website's pictures show damaged guitars.
Teac is owned by Gibson? That explains everything then. Cerwin Vega is also a lost cause now. After Gibson took over, it was almost impossible to find the last remaining TS-42 21" horn loaded subwoofer in the USA within months. Inventories of Cerwin Vega's passive speakers are about gone.
It's worse than it seems. Gibson also owns former greats Philips (consumer), Pioneer, Onkyo, Stanton, and of course other instrument brands such as Baldwin and Slingerland. If you want any of these now it's off to eBay and Craig's List for old ones.
Well, with regard to Philips, it's only a portion of their consumer electronics business that was acquired by Gibson Brands. Also with regard to Philips, a lot of their consumer electronics products were crap long before Gibson got their piece of the pie.
Yup it is, but it belonged to a little old lady (neighbour brought it to me to fix) and it has sentimental value. Chances are it was a gift from a family member that has passed, and when people get emotionally attached to things. I know that feeling. I have an old electric clock in my workshop that had been my grandmothers, and then my mother had it in her kitchen, then it went out to my dads workshop, and now it is in my workshop and still works.
My local thrift store had this on sale for $65. They must have thought they were selling an antique. I almost believed it myself until I spotted the built in cd player.
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Not exactly -- there are some differences. For example there are different platter sizes; some have an auto-return tonearm and others don't; some use a metal counterweight and others use a spring-balanced tonearm; some have a genuine Japanese-made Chuo Denshi CZ800 phono cartridge while others use a Chinese knockoff of it; and some have a diamond stylus while others have a sapphire stylus.
Recently i had for repair a vintage look like radio that supposed was from 1930 or so named General Electric.In the back cover was written the original address of GE located somewhere in US along with the post office code for the customers to send their post office mails to get customer support about this new radio invention.
So the standby button on mine just stopped working and the cd player doesn't work anymore...I don't want to get rid of it though. I've had it since I was 16 lol 14 years. Wondering if I can take it apart and fix it.
Old stereos were worth fixing because when they are fixed you have a Hi-Fi quality system! New systems are so damn cheap they're not worth fixing. ( unless for fun) Even if you are able to fix it you're still stuck with a cheap ass system! If a company was able to put pride into a system with Quality Parts & mix the new technology we have, they could have some really great products today! Unfortunately it's all about how much profit they can make off of the least amount of product and work invested in it!
TEAC continue to make some decent kit, if you're willing to pay good money for it. Their DACs in particular are very good, they have a good line of mid-range turntables and until recently were one of the last manufacturers of CD recorders and hifi tape decks. They also sold (in the UK at least) some quite nice AV receivers which were rebranded Onkyo units. But I guess in the modern era you have to keep your head above water and going downhill will do that -- the average consumer won't pay proper money for kit any more. This particular one just looks like a fairly standard early 2000s midi stereo system in a wooden box. That side of things isn't really a problem, and the fact that it all works still is testament to that. All well-proven, half-decent cheapo stuff. They needed the "nostalgia" angle though and bought in a cheap Chinese horror to fill the need for a record 'player'. And it's that bit that's garbage. I have noticed that these crap TEAC units mostly only sell in North America. Presumably they're being imported by the US subsidiary in an attempt to feed the bottom line. Although some of it has started to leak into the EU market of late as well. Still, this unit is a lot better than the later wooden "nostalgia" players, with the slot-in tape players and the CD players which are effectively $10 DVD players with the video portion disabled.
Sad to see once high quality brand names slapped on total crap. I at least have a TEAC reel to reel from the mid-70's, all 50 pounds of it! Other names that have fallen are the RCA brand and of course, Crosley. I have a feeling my TEAC reel to reel weighs more than this entire unit! Such a high audiophile turntable too!
Working on such kind of crap made in China shakes self confidence on part of service men. These things are not meant to be serviced or repair. I wonder there is no authority in the whole world who could ask Chinese to stop producing garbage. Or perhaps we should boycott these things. Or, every country may check the quality of stuff before putting on the shelves. Our new generation is used to this quality because they've never came across with the quality stuff made in US, Canada, Europe & Japan etc.
I have a TEAC GF-680 where all I have is a power light . Display is blank. Both fuses appear to be good. Do you have any ideas? Do you have any schematics?
Cheap record players really went south in a big way when BSR stopped making record changers in the late 80's...they were atleast made of mostly metal back then and were adjustable to a some degree...
The BSR record changer turntables had AC motors - big solid ones - not the cheap piddly governor types you find in cassette decks. Many had a rubber wheel under a metal platter and could play 78 rpm "WW2" gramophone records. A few of them also had ceramic cartridges with flip needles and the anti-skating was minimal to zero with stable tone-arm weight balance. Decent units too. If I was considering collecting vintage audio equipment, and part of it included turntables, I'd go with BSR or Garrard record changers, not the cheap plastic "budget" crap made later.
BSR made a range of higher end stand alone turntables with counter balanced tone arm and a better anti-scate set up suited for a magnetic cartridge, you could get changer models and single play models. They were usually badged BSR Macdonald, they all used the rim drive ider set up with a shaded pole AC motor as far as i know...
There was the odd one, all single players, with belt drive and the big AC motor. They came with ADC cartridges normally. Sadly they were replaced by one that had the same sort of fixings, but a 12V DC motor and a truly dire speed regulation switch. Many "Amstrad" Tower Systems were built with these. The only good thing was you could change them for a proper one, with the SC12M/H cartridge. Recently mind, I DID fix one of the cheapie ones with the DC motor, fitting a proper switch and replacement motor.
@@riverhuntingdon6659 Ahh the C129R etc, horribly plasticky but still better than a "Crosley" and the like. Some even came with reasonable magnetic carts from the factory. The speed switch is horrible on those, but the main issue I've seen is caps on the speed control board making it run slow (and the motor being worn out of course).
I did find a Teac A-170 Stereo Cassette Deck that needs new belts for a very good price for some year ago. Atleast that one is manufacture in Japan and from the 70s
My dad had this scope with what I think was a 16 bit operating system. It was a beaut. Unfortunately some part was loose in it and ended up shorting it, which bricked the whole thing. Pain.
The only advantage of hot glue is that it drys fast. Other then that it is messy, pathetically weak, becomes brittle, doesnt hold well, is cosmetically disaterous, cant be used in the field unless you have a generator to power the glue gun
I took apart a Crosley turntable that was the same thing just with a smaller one. Same tone arm, same little metal clicker lever thing attached to the tone arm, same tiny spring to serve as a “counterweight,” just the part that spins is smaller.
The record player mechanism to me resembles a newer Crosley one, just a bigger platter. I feel like all the cheap ones used this same tone arm or a slight variation.
Just this weekend-long I opened my inlaws unit. Outside looks different but phono,casset,cd,radio somewhat similar. CD DIDNT MOVE UNTIL opened and no sound. Radio works, record plarer belt broken and no noise when you touch the needle, and a small belt on the single casset deck is broken! Selling for estate sale! Where would you purchase belt for something like this if you wanted to try to do some repairs? Thanks for your informative videos. Just learning and your videos help.
Amazon sells belt assortments for cheap. Flat or square, under $10. You can get single belts from a couple of suppliers but they actually cost more and all seem to trace back to Russel Industries which took over PRB years ago.
YES the guy from FOCUS. He is a big time jazz artist now. Fantastic work. I have a bunch of his concerts off youtube. Played the North Sea Jazz fest in 2011, fantastic show.Even played Hocus Pocus in the show.
Damn, I wish I lived in your street. Got a load of 70 and 80's music centers you could fix for me while I borrow some of your music. Haha. Enjoying your uploads. Keep them coming.
Long-term subscriber here, with the question - speaking of turntables, do you have any professional insights and/or experience with newer Audio Technica models? Specifically models AT-LP3, AT-LP5, AT-LP60 and/or AT-LP120?
Oh, I know! I own LP120, partially thanks to your review/recommendation and I'm mostly happy with it :) What I actually meant was a look from inside, and professional review & insight of the overall build quality & design. As in PCB circuitry, soldering, EM shielding, motor build quality & similar.
Neighbor gave me a similar Crosley all-in-one to look at... no sound on any mode. Removed the back cover... found several small boards connected to main board by removable plugs. But.. all the plugs were securely attached to the main board by silicone glue blobs.... and the small boards were riveted to the support brackets. The main frame was also riveted to the particle board-faux walnut cabinet. Back cover replaced... end of project. Neighbor later told me it went to electronics bin. Similar story on a Bose radio/CD player. No sound. All sub-board connectors were glued to main board and that board was securely attached to the plastic cabinet. I guess Bose just replaces warranty units, anything out-of-warranty... you are out-of-luck. BTW, scored several Toshiba DVD R/PB units at different thrift shops. Only one didn't work. Found one of those mini-lytic caps bad that caused the disc not to do final read. Those 'Trashibia' DVD-VCRs are not easy on tape... they will rewind a tape at full speed but will not slow down when approaching EOT. Probably no reel speed sensor.
Wow, only a 440 A tape? I used to service the real cassette decks and used a 3K tape for speed, flutter, and azimuth. A test tone almost an order of magnitude lower simply is not short enough wavelength to align azimuth. Also had a 10K tape for the higher end decks.
I Dont Even use Tapes Anymore. I Threw All My Old Cassettes Out After I Got My CD Boombox. In 1989. Then I Started Collecting CD's. Atleast They Can't Get Chewd Up Like Tapes Do. I Ordered A Realygood Jery Lee Lewis 5 Disc Box Set.
Dammit I clicked this vid because it was Teac, I wondered why it was garbage haha. Is this made by the same company that churns out the Crosley ones? One of Shango's finest moments IMO his EOL of the Crosley, angry wife and all :D
It’s not so much the ads, but that they’re not on-topic. If they would match the ads to the content, I suspect that the advertisers and the viewers would both be a bit happier. I don’t need ads for male impotence while watching videos on electronics servicing, but if they advertise test equipment or electronic parts, I’m more likely to watch the ad just to see if it’s something I might need in the future! The potential is there; Google just needs to get off their a** and do it - as it stands now, it’s not much of an improvement over broadcast/cable TV. In fact, it’s probably worse, as the ads just cut in any old time, rather that at a fixed time interval, or at a “break-point” which the content producer could add in ahead of time (and do a fade-out/in effect right before/after these “place-ad-here” markers)
as a fan of Teac. This is just sad that Teac even has their name on this. I enjoyed watching you make it a little better then it was. My father wasn't in the business but he repaired things in the same style as you.
The person that owns this unit uses it every day. It has sentimental value to them. They use it, and it is still working. Even though it is a piece of crap.
Used to be... wonderful piece of junk - very good description. But same happened to Sony, Sharp, others. Have old Radio Craftsman tube mono amp from '56 or so possibly designed by Sid Smith of Marantz fame - the Mallory electrolytic caps still with in value. 440, why not 3k easier to adjust. Decks are piece of art.
Better than it was :-D That unit reminds me of the very cheap units from Amstrad back in the 80's. But that gold shitty plastic looks really horrible, it does not fit the fasia at all. Ive seen binatone units that looked very nice, in comparison. The magnet erase was a shock, even amstrad had a.c erase in there cheap units. I would have plonked in an old black metal B.S.R deck in, basic but reliable :-)
This looks like a CROSLEY SHANGO066 would just torch this, 12voltvids knows more than anyone else will know as he has spent years doing this sort of thing, Some of the adverts are quite long and sometimes I don't actually have the time to watch adverts, I would watch the adverts if I had the time but I have to be some where else.
DAVID GREGORY KERR Well this is a paid repair and I didn't make much getting this pos to play again. Next one is a real repair. Non functional hdmi ports on a Samsung tv. Soon.
Shango066 actually did burn a reproduction Crosley 3-in-1 unit in one of his EOL videos using a Microwave oven transformer. He also used a modified lawnmower to destroy a simple Crosley record player in another video. I believe radiotvphononut hates Crosley as well.
I made nothing on this. It came in as a paid repair but I didn't charge a cent because as I said in the video of you were listening I don't want to be married to it. As soon as I charge anything I am expected to warranty my work and this is something I ain't doing on this pos. I did it as a favor. The Samsung tv I did after I will be paid for but this one was a free be.
RoughJustice 2k18 I have blown up a few things with the microwave transformer. Plasma screens are pretty when they go pop. I am now slowly eol an old small b/w tv. I have it converted to a clock. Well actually the clock is running on an old BlackBerry but the output runs out on my cable. I intend to leave this thing running 24/7 to see how long it takes to etch that screen to the point that there is no more life left in it. You'll see it on my bench on top of my soldering iron. It's an animated flip clock done properly.
Crap-o-phone of the first ordure. Wood'll be good for kindling. An insult to the old TEAC name, same as those Philips lookalike "turntables" Crapley makes. Me, I'll stick to my old ones. That "record deck" is a joke, first appearing in really cheap'n'nasties from the Far East here in the 80's. The clips can be used on old BSR decks mind. The tape deck's a heap as you say, bet it's DC bias, what that thing is is an elcheapo MIDI system from the 80's with a rather vulgar casing. Nothing a good bonfire or garbage truck wouldn't fix !
eeeeeeeew! Hanpin FU-700 tonearm on that turntable. Dump it! get rid of it! quick quick! gross gimmick machine 😆 My Diehl Deltronic is of sentimental value to me, because it was one of the first non-mechanical calculators in Europe.
I have been using this for my family for years my daughter was 3 and all she used was cds and it was perfectly fine she’s now 12 and we finally opened the record player for the first time in our lives... it doesn’t work!!!
That phono reminds me of the time a co worker asked me to fix his car radio he brings me this removable chasis and not the whole/complete radio, insists that it was working fine and just quit on him. when I told him I couldnt fix it because it wasn't the complete radio, he insisted it worked like that until recently. I suspect he stole the detachable face plate out of someones car and expected me to get it working somehow! so you think you have a lost cause? Try convincing a co worker that he stole only half the radio and that I couldn't fix something that wasn't all there! I didn't tell him that as I didn't want to get knifed lol
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But that is a metal washer, your gonna put metal against metal and that is gonna clank around and make noise, unless you add lots of bubble gum and hot glue!
Things like this I just turn away as folks say to me.. They brought it real cheap and don't want to pay a lot on the fix.. So I say.. Best get a new one!
Probably made in the same factory where all these Crosleys, Jenesn, Ion Audio and all the other crap is made. At least it has (some) sign of build quality ... if the front is wasn't just flimsy plastic, used a better record deck and cassette deck. You almost have the same oscilloscope that I have. Edit: Please don't say the f-bomb again, it offends me.
Its too bad they used the TEAC name in stuff like this !! The same as for Crosley !! Last night I was listening to my TEAC 3340S4 Channel tape recorder/player that uses the 10.5 inch reels. I also have an Original Crosley radio that belonged to my Grandfather David Townsend. That Crosley radio was a LARGE table top model with I think 7 or 8 tubes, I serviced the chassis on this about 3 years ago, but now I have to find someone to strip the finish on the cabinet and maybe refinish it as well!!
All the old names are coming back as utter garbage from China. I am waiting for Motorola to come back. Oh wait they are back with shitty cell phones. How about Admiral, Quasar, Marconi.
Especially some of the blue note recordings. Black gold no longer means oil these days, but then again a record started out as a barrel of crude didn't it.
Sometimes a second hand turntable isn’t the best. I’m sorry somebody sent you a dud unit/broken secondhand garage sale stereo which is what this looks like. Also the company TEAC originated in Japan, but the parts are from the TEAC of China. That’s why it says China and Japan on the back. It also said California on the lid because the TEAC of America made this with the parts that were imported from China, which were originally imported from the Japanese company. This probably was a good turntable back when it was made, but it’s obviously been worn out.
Well none on this piece of garbage, but older Teac home gear was. Or should I can TASCAM was Teac professional division. I have a couple of Tascam DA40 DAT decks.
That's just a statement of the headquarters. Pentax did the same with their SLR cameras in the 70s. They were made in Hong Kong and later in China proper but were marked "Asahi Opt. Co. Japan".
It is cool looking and better then a compressed cardboard cased Crossly. But it is better in the same way dried dog crap on the carpet is preferable to wet dog crap on the carpet.
Well at least dry dog crap doesn't go mush when you try to clean it. Not that I have any experience with that because I don't have a dog. Highly allergic. I do however have 4 cats that I am slightly allergic to.
You will never fully appreciate Crossly products until you have the wet dog crap experience. They are very similar and I suspect use the same components.
That was what we used to tell people that brought these big console stereos in for repair. Now those units that were tossed in numbers are quire collectible. Mind you thise old consoles were far better quality than this piece of junk, but I can understand why some people want to hang onto these old things. Bring back memories to happier times..
Teac use to be a hy end brand with their open wheel tape recorder real pro stuff when they closed their doors china bought their name and turn it into the cheapest brand ever seen with an orgy of cheap plastic components ! You couldn't get replacement mechanical parts from that company at all !
I believe Teac / Tascam is still around serving the professional market. I recently got an original belt for my Tascam DA40 from Teac USA in California.
I think your videos are great and learn something every time. The Garbage range of all-in-one stereo systems I believe began in the UK with Amstrad Tower systems in the early 1980s. I opened one up and there was nothing inside except one board and a bunch of wires. This video was painful to watch, but I did all the way through and the best part was the Hot-Snot glue fix.
Unfortunately there are tons of units just like this out there. They are marketed towards seniors that still have some old records and are downsizing and just dont have the space. Their hearing is going and they sound good enough for them. Radio shack used to sell crap like this back in the 70s and 80s. Their concerrmate and clairinette systems comes to mind.
You know what that stunning no treble showcase beauty needs on top? I nice potted plant that leaks out of the bottom every time it is watered. I had another retro Teac retro CD player thing brought to me for repair. I was thinking to myself, no way am I wasting time; but picked it up and it was very hefty and solid. I was pleasantly surprised it was actually MADE in Japan and very high quality. Meant to look like an all-american-5 Bakelite radio and done pretty decently. Anyways, easy fix by cleaning the CD laser (earlier Sony mechanism with the beam splitter that gets dusty). It had a very nice natural sound because they cared about the speakers and their actual housing. Not that nasally hollow box sound the cheap stuff puts out.
My early '70s Panasonic all in one stereo with BSR record changer blows this thing out of the water. Talk about "anti-skating"!
(@33:00) I’m sure that there were at least two more of the plastic cups, and there should have been a spring or a foam-rubber pad that fit in the cups for vibration dampening.
How the mighty have fallen! I sob for the once great Teac that has passed...
If you want Teac at their finest these days, buy from their Esoteric line.
If there was a once great brand that's truly passed ... Akai.
That is incorrect. The name is owned by the Gibson Guitar corporation, as well as Onkyo and others. I expect they'll be on the market soon as Gibson is staring bankruptcy in the face. They'll either go on the chopping board or as a restructuring move or the whole mess will be broken up and sold. Gibson's CEO doesn't seem to get the importance of quality. Even their website's pictures show damaged guitars.
Teac is owned by Gibson? That explains everything then. Cerwin Vega is also a lost cause now. After Gibson took over, it was almost impossible to find the last remaining TS-42 21" horn loaded subwoofer in the USA within months. Inventories of Cerwin Vega's passive speakers are about gone.
It's worse than it seems. Gibson also owns former greats Philips (consumer), Pioneer, Onkyo, Stanton, and of course other instrument brands such as Baldwin and Slingerland. If you want any of these now it's off to eBay and Craig's List for old ones.
Well, with regard to Philips, it's only a portion of their consumer electronics business that was acquired by Gibson Brands.
Also with regard to Philips, a lot of their consumer electronics products were crap long before Gibson got their piece of the pie.
Piece of trivia: TEAC is an acronym which stands for Tokyo Electro Acoutics Company
"This tonearm is fubar'd. No chance of saving it. I wonder if I can take it apart and fix it." -- I've been there so many times
Yup it is, but it belonged to a little old lady (neighbour brought it to me to fix) and it has sentimental value. Chances are it was a gift from a family member that has passed, and when people get emotionally attached to things.
I know that feeling. I have an old electric clock in my workshop that had been my grandmothers, and then my mother had it in her kitchen, then it went out to my dads workshop, and now it is in my workshop and still works.
That looks like the fake victrola I allowed my dog to shit on.
That turntable is pining for the fjords :)
My local thrift store had this on sale for $65. They must have thought they were selling an antique. I almost believed it myself until I spotted the built in cd player.
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Every chinese record player uses this exact same turntable mechanism...
Not exactly -- there are some differences. For example there are different platter sizes; some have an auto-return tonearm and others don't; some use a metal counterweight and others use a spring-balanced tonearm; some have a genuine Japanese-made Chuo Denshi CZ800 phono cartridge while others use a Chinese knockoff of it; and some have a diamond stylus while others have a sapphire stylus.
Recently i had for repair a vintage look like radio that supposed was from 1930 or so named General Electric.In the back cover was written the original address of GE located somewhere in US along with the post office code for the customers to send their post office mails to get customer support about this new radio invention.
So the standby button on mine just stopped working and the cd player doesn't work anymore...I don't want to get rid of it though. I've had it since I was 16 lol 14 years. Wondering if I can take it apart and fix it.
Old stereos were worth fixing because when they are fixed you have a Hi-Fi quality system!
New systems are so damn cheap they're not worth fixing. ( unless for fun) Even if you are able to fix it you're still stuck with a cheap ass system!
If a company was able to put pride into a system with Quality Parts & mix the new technology we have, they could have some really great products today!
Unfortunately it's all about how much profit they can make off of the least amount of product and work invested in it!
22:09 😯 Now I’m happy i use vintage equipment only.
TEAC continue to make some decent kit, if you're willing to pay good money for it. Their DACs in particular are very good, they have a good line of mid-range turntables and until recently were one of the last manufacturers of CD recorders and hifi tape decks. They also sold (in the UK at least) some quite nice AV receivers which were rebranded Onkyo units. But I guess in the modern era you have to keep your head above water and going downhill will do that -- the average consumer won't pay proper money for kit any more.
This particular one just looks like a fairly standard early 2000s midi stereo system in a wooden box. That side of things isn't really a problem, and the fact that it all works still is testament to that. All well-proven, half-decent cheapo stuff. They needed the "nostalgia" angle though and bought in a cheap Chinese horror to fill the need for a record 'player'. And it's that bit that's garbage.
I have noticed that these crap TEAC units mostly only sell in North America. Presumably they're being imported by the US subsidiary in an attempt to feed the bottom line. Although some of it has started to leak into the EU market of late as well.
Still, this unit is a lot better than the later wooden "nostalgia" players, with the slot-in tape players and the CD players which are effectively $10 DVD players with the video portion disabled.
Yeah, could be possible
At least that has a full size turntable unlike the Crosley/Victrola suitcase players.
Sad to see once high quality brand names slapped on total crap. I at least have a TEAC reel to reel from the mid-70's, all 50 pounds of it! Other names that have fallen are the RCA brand and of course, Crosley. I have a feeling my TEAC reel to reel weighs more than this entire unit! Such a high audiophile turntable too!
Working on such kind of crap made in China shakes self confidence on part of service men. These things are not meant to be serviced or repair. I wonder there is no authority in the whole world who could ask Chinese to stop producing garbage. Or perhaps we should boycott these things. Or, every country may check the quality of stuff before putting on the shelves. Our new generation is used to this quality because they've never came across with the quality stuff made in US, Canada, Europe & Japan etc.
I find it hard to believe that this is Teac, Could it be they forged the brand?
yes, the word copyright doesnt translate too well in mandarin.
Sentimental value. Well I guess even modern items can have sentimental value, say if they have lost a son, daughter, mother, father etc who owned it.
You better stock up and get a truck load of hot glue man! Your gonna be fixing that bloody thing for life! I had friends like that once!
I have a TEAC GF-680 where all I have is a power light . Display is blank. Both fuses appear to be good. Do you have any ideas? Do you have any schematics?
Looks like Nipper the RCA dog pissed in the horn !
Cheap record players really went south in a big way when BSR stopped making record changers in the late 80's...they were atleast made of mostly metal back then and were adjustable to a some degree...
Terry Wilson
Ah yes the old bsr. Almost forgot about those.
The BSR record changer turntables had AC motors - big solid ones - not the cheap piddly governor types you find in cassette decks. Many had a rubber wheel under a metal platter and could play 78 rpm "WW2" gramophone records.
A few of them also had ceramic cartridges with flip needles and the anti-skating was minimal to zero with stable tone-arm weight balance. Decent units too.
If I was considering collecting vintage audio equipment, and part of it included turntables, I'd go with BSR or Garrard record changers, not the cheap plastic "budget" crap made later.
BSR made a range of higher end stand alone turntables with counter balanced tone arm and a better anti-scate set up suited for a magnetic cartridge, you could get changer models and single play models. They were usually badged BSR Macdonald, they all used the rim drive ider set up with a shaded pole AC motor as far as i know...
There was the odd one, all single players, with belt drive and the big AC motor. They came with ADC cartridges normally. Sadly they were replaced by one that had the same sort of fixings, but a 12V DC motor and a truly dire speed regulation switch. Many "Amstrad" Tower Systems were built with these. The only good thing was you could change them for a proper one, with the SC12M/H cartridge. Recently mind, I DID fix one of the cheapie ones with the DC motor, fitting a proper switch and replacement motor.
@@riverhuntingdon6659 Ahh the C129R etc, horribly plasticky but still better than a "Crosley" and the like. Some even came with reasonable magnetic carts from the factory. The speed switch is horrible on those, but the main issue I've seen is caps on the speed control board making it run slow (and the motor being worn out of course).
I did find a Teac A-170 Stereo Cassette Deck that needs new belts for a very good price for some year ago. Atleast that one is manufacture in Japan and from the 70s
My dad had this scope with what I think was a 16 bit operating system. It was a beaut. Unfortunately some part was loose in it and ended up shorting it, which bricked the whole thing. Pain.
I don't watch ads I pay $12-$13 a month to UA-cam so I don't have to & I'm one of your patrons!
And your 12 bucks a month goes to the creators just like ad revenue.
@@12voltvids good, I figured it did! :-)
I thought FUBAR was fucked up beyond all recognition. Did you fix the button for disk one? I must have dozed off for that.
The only advantage of hot glue is that it drys fast. Other then that it is messy, pathetically weak, becomes brittle, doesnt hold well, is cosmetically disaterous, cant be used in the field unless you have a generator to power the glue gun
I took apart a Crosley turntable that was the same thing just with a smaller one. Same tone arm, same little metal clicker lever thing attached to the tone arm, same tiny spring to serve as a “counterweight,” just the part that spins is smaller.
What a crying shame that whoever owns the Teac name, would do the cheap Crosley trick!!
The record player mechanism to me resembles a newer Crosley one, just a bigger platter. I feel like all the cheap ones used this same tone arm or a slight variation.
This looks like one of those cheap compact hi-fi systems but with a different case on it. Ugh-ly!
It is a bit hideous but it works (kind of).
Another Crosley in sheeps clothing to avoid is badged as AKAI -once again, how can it be?
Modern AKAI (made after 1997) is crap - with plastic everything and high component failure rates.
Just this weekend-long I opened my inlaws unit. Outside looks different but phono,casset,cd,radio somewhat similar. CD DIDNT MOVE UNTIL opened and no sound. Radio works, record plarer belt broken and no noise when you touch the needle, and a small belt on the single casset deck is broken! Selling for estate sale! Where would you purchase belt for something like this if you wanted to try to do some repairs? Thanks for your informative videos. Just learning and your videos help.
Amazon sells belt assortments for cheap. Flat or square, under $10. You can get single belts from a couple of suppliers but they actually cost more and all seem to trace back to Russel Industries which took over PRB years ago.
Ray Rooney Thanks for the information. Have a nice week.
Jan Akkermann? The guy from Focus? That and the Monty Python record tells me you got very good taste. The Ads dont bother me. You gotta eat.
YES the guy from FOCUS. He is a big time jazz artist now. Fantastic work.
I have a bunch of his concerts off youtube. Played the North Sea Jazz fest in 2011, fantastic show.Even played Hocus Pocus in the show.
Damn, I wish I lived in your street. Got a load of 70 and 80's music centers you could fix for me while I borrow some of your music. Haha. Enjoying your uploads. Keep them coming.
Repair to power button , was push out of the holder so now the power button is now unable to function. Problem is there to him
Long-term subscriber here, with the question - speaking of turntables, do you have any professional insights and/or experience with newer Audio Technica models? Specifically models AT-LP3, AT-LP5, AT-LP60 and/or AT-LP120?
I haven't looked at any of the modern re-introduced turntables, but there are some good ones. You can expect to pay a few bucks for the better ones.
All of the Audio-Technica turntables are pretty good. It just depends on your budget and what kind of features you want.
Oh, I know! I own LP120, partially thanks to your review/recommendation and I'm mostly happy with it :) What I actually meant was a look from inside, and professional review & insight of the overall build quality & design. As in PCB circuitry, soldering, EM shielding, motor build quality & similar.
Neighbor gave me a similar Crosley all-in-one to look at... no sound on any mode. Removed the back cover... found several small boards connected to main board by removable plugs. But.. all the plugs were securely attached to the main board by silicone glue blobs.... and the small boards were riveted to the support brackets. The main frame was also riveted to the particle board-faux walnut cabinet. Back cover replaced... end of project. Neighbor later told me it went to electronics bin. Similar story on a Bose radio/CD player. No sound. All sub-board connectors were glued to main board and that board was securely attached to the plastic cabinet. I guess Bose just replaces warranty units, anything out-of-warranty... you are out-of-luck. BTW, scored several Toshiba DVD R/PB units at different thrift shops. Only one didn't work. Found one of those mini-lytic caps bad that caused the disc not to do final read. Those 'Trashibia' DVD-VCRs are not easy on tape... they will rewind a tape at full speed but will not slow down when approaching EOT. Probably no reel speed sensor.
This thing was a comedy! But that heat sink was quite substantial for a crap IC amp.
Wow, only a 440 A tape? I used to service the real cassette decks and used a 3K tape for speed, flutter, and azimuth. A test tone almost an order of magnitude lower simply is not short enough wavelength to align azimuth. Also had a 10K tape for the higher end decks.
440 is used as it is the note A and therefore a common guitar tuner can be used to set the speed. For azimuth a 3k or 7k tape is used.
@@12voltvids 3K tape works with several wow and flutter meters too.
440Hz or 400, 160nWb-0dB VU, 200nWb Dolby, 250nWb-0dB for level adj, 3k speed and W&F. 10k, 12k azimuth, 15k for Nakamichi.
Believe it or not the play you demonstrated in the tone arm bearing is found in all of those awful turntables from new.
That wouldn't surprise me. It's a POS
I Dont Even use Tapes Anymore.
I Threw All My Old Cassettes Out
After I Got My CD Boombox. In 1989. Then
I Started Collecting CD's.
Atleast They Can't Get Chewd
Up Like Tapes Do.
I Ordered A Realygood Jery Lee Lewis
5 Disc Box Set.
GF stands for Garbage Fart or Great failure.
If you add lots of Goop to the outside of the case you may be able to protect the cabinet next time he drops it and make it bounce in stead of shatter
Dammit I clicked this vid because it was Teac, I wondered why it was garbage haha. Is this made by the same company that churns out the Crosley ones? One of Shango's finest moments IMO his EOL of the Crosley, angry wife and all :D
It’s not so much the ads, but that they’re not on-topic. If they would match the ads to the content, I suspect that the advertisers and the viewers would both be a bit happier. I don’t need ads for male impotence while watching videos on electronics servicing, but if they advertise test equipment or electronic parts, I’m more likely to watch the ad just to see if it’s something I might need in the future! The potential is there; Google just needs to get off their a** and do it - as it stands now, it’s not much of an improvement over broadcast/cable TV. In fact, it’s probably worse, as the ads just cut in any old time, rather that at a fixed time interval, or at a “break-point” which the content producer could add in ahead of time (and do a fade-out/in effect right before/after these “place-ad-here” markers)
as a fan of Teac. This is just sad that Teac even has their name on this. I enjoyed watching you make it a little better then it was. My father wasn't in the business but he repaired things in the same style as you.
The person that owns this unit uses it every day. It has sentimental value to them. They use it, and it is still working. Even though it is a piece of crap.
Used to be... wonderful piece of junk - very good description. But same happened to Sony, Sharp, others. Have old Radio Craftsman tube mono amp from '56 or so possibly designed by Sid Smith of Marantz fame - the Mallory electrolytic caps still with in value. 440, why not 3k easier to adjust. Decks are piece of art.
You are 100% correct. Race to the bottom.
dont forget to hot glue the side of the cabinet back on!
the mixture of black plastic, fake brass and particle board makes me want to puke
I think TEAC may have some imitators..., this thingamajig is pure evidence of this!
Better than it was :-D
That unit reminds me of the very cheap units from Amstrad back in the 80's.
But that gold shitty plastic looks really horrible, it does not fit the fasia at all.
Ive seen binatone units that looked very nice, in comparison.
The magnet erase was a shock, even amstrad had a.c erase in there cheap units.
I would have plonked in an old black metal B.S.R deck in, basic but reliable :-)
This looks like a CROSLEY SHANGO066 would just torch this, 12voltvids knows more than anyone else will know as he has spent years doing this sort of thing, Some of the adverts are quite long and sometimes I don't actually have the time to watch adverts, I would watch the adverts if I had the time but I have to be some where else.
DAVID GREGORY KERR
Well this is a paid repair and I didn't make much getting this pos to play again. Next one is a real repair. Non functional hdmi ports on a Samsung tv.
Soon.
Shango066 actually did burn a reproduction Crosley 3-in-1 unit in one of his EOL videos using a Microwave oven transformer. He also used a modified lawnmower to destroy a simple Crosley record player in another video.
I believe radiotvphononut hates Crosley as well.
DAVID GREGORY KERR
Right but you can skip after 6 seconds and that counts as a view. You saying you can't sit for 6 FUCKING SECONDS?
I made nothing on this. It came in as a paid repair but I didn't charge a cent because as I said in the video of you were listening I don't want to be married to it. As soon as I charge anything I am expected to warranty my work and this is something I ain't doing on this pos. I did it as a favor. The Samsung tv I did after I will be paid for but this one was a free be.
RoughJustice 2k18
I have blown up a few things with the microwave transformer. Plasma screens are pretty when they go pop. I am now slowly eol an old small b/w tv. I have it converted to a clock. Well actually the clock is running on an old BlackBerry but the output runs out on my cable. I intend to leave this thing running 24/7 to see how long it takes to etch that screen to the point that there is no more life left in it. You'll see it on my bench on top of my soldering iron. It's an animated flip clock done properly.
Crap-o-phone of the first ordure. Wood'll be good for kindling. An insult to the old TEAC name, same as those Philips lookalike "turntables" Crapley makes. Me, I'll stick to my old ones. That "record deck" is a joke, first appearing in really cheap'n'nasties from the Far East here in the 80's. The clips can be used on old BSR decks mind. The tape deck's a heap as you say, bet it's DC bias, what that thing is is an elcheapo MIDI system from the 80's with a rather vulgar casing. Nothing a good bonfire or garbage truck wouldn't fix !
It's not just a stereo.
It's a "Genuine Music Player," you guys! XD
You should add a strobe so the customer will know if that direct drive motor is at the correct speed,Ha,Ha.
Have you ever encountered a multi-media system that wasn't GARBAGE, though?
I have encountered much garbage. Makes me wonder why I bother.
@@12voltvids Did he pay you at least? This looks like it was awfully painful for you to sit in front of lol
@@KlonoaTorqueBow i made 20 bucks for that crap.
eeeeeeeew! Hanpin FU-700 tonearm on that turntable.
Dump it! get rid of it! quick quick! gross gimmick machine 😆
My Diehl Deltronic is of sentimental value to me, because it was one of the first non-mechanical calculators in Europe.
At 13:39, it says 444.44 hz.
I have been using this for my family for years my daughter was 3 and all she used was cds and it was perfectly fine she’s now 12 and we finally opened the record player for the first time in our lives... it doesn’t work!!!
Compressed are is dry by its very nature. I use it daily.
Who else was leaning their head while he was putting snot glue on the cabinet lol
That phono reminds me of the time a co worker asked me to fix his car radio
he brings me this removable chasis and not the whole/complete radio, insists that it was working fine and just quit on him. when I told him I couldnt fix it because it wasn't the complete radio, he insisted it worked like that until recently. I suspect he stole the detachable face plate out of someones car and expected me to get it working somehow! so you think you have a lost cause? Try convincing a co worker that he stole only half the radio and that I couldn't fix something that wasn't all there! I didn't tell him that as I didn't want to get knifed lol
That tonearm would work better if you left the pin out; just let the wires support it. The rubber band WAS the anti-skating device.
That's horrifying.
25:55 - "...it no longer exists."
I use adblock but it is always turned off for YT. I have it turned off because I can't donate on Patreon so it's my little bit to help my favourite UA-camrs. I use adblock to block annoying bs pop ups on other sites.
But that is a metal washer, your gonna put metal against metal and that is gonna clank around and make noise, unless you add lots of bubble gum and hot glue!
Things like this I just turn away as folks say to me.. They brought it real cheap and don't want to pay a lot on the fix..
So I say.. Best get a new one!
I had a 1945 Breitling watch fixed, twice now. I wind it every day and it still runs. I do not see any made in China on it, Swiss made, all the way.
Probably made in the same factory where all these Crosleys, Jenesn, Ion Audio and all the other crap is made. At least it has (some) sign of build quality ... if the front is wasn't just flimsy plastic, used a better record deck and cassette deck. You almost have the same oscilloscope that I have.
Edit: Please don't say the f-bomb again, it offends me.
The fact that I still see metal parts on that turntable means its not cheap enough. lol.
A shame for Teac
Right! "It was hot glued to begin with" what does that tell you? Hot glue is a disaster!
They call them grommets and I amsure you can make one out of hot glue... bubble gum and bailing wire !
What's the name of that composition at 5:55?
32:17
Maybe that missing piece got misplaced when this thing was assembled in the land of wontons.
Its too bad they used the TEAC name in stuff like this !! The same as for Crosley !! Last night I was listening to my TEAC 3340S4 Channel tape recorder/player that uses the 10.5 inch reels. I also have an Original Crosley radio that belonged to my Grandfather David Townsend. That Crosley radio was a LARGE table top model with I think 7 or 8 tubes, I serviced the chassis on this about 3 years ago, but now I have to find someone to strip the finish on the cabinet and maybe refinish it as well!!
All the old names are coming back as utter garbage from China. I am waiting for Motorola to come back. Oh wait they are back with shitty cell phones.
How about Admiral, Quasar, Marconi.
Be wary of second hand records these days , prise is going up too
Especially some of the blue note recordings. Black gold no longer means oil these days, but then again a record started out as a barrel of crude didn't it.
@@12voltvids Yess I saw that , it recored too .
Maybe they should re-think this unlike some copies I have today , slap-dash crap .
Sometimes a second hand turntable isn’t the best. I’m sorry somebody sent you a dud unit/broken secondhand garage sale stereo which is what this looks like. Also the company TEAC originated in Japan, but the parts are from the TEAC of China. That’s why it says China and Japan on the back. It also said California on the lid because the TEAC of America made this with the parts that were imported from China, which were originally imported from the Japanese company. This probably was a good turntable back when it was made, but it’s obviously been worn out.
good job
What part of is built by tascam? NONE, sentimental value doesnt have to be antique though.
Well none on this piece of garbage, but older Teac home gear was. Or should I can TASCAM was Teac professional division. I have a couple of Tascam DA40 DAT decks.
i use a tascam dr-100 daily, its a solid bit of kit. they arent chinese or japanese they are american.
Scrape Scrape scrape!
it says "Tokyo Japan" .. Ok ! .. which street and the block .. qz very important to help us if that original or not ..😂
That's just a statement of the headquarters. Pentax did the same with their SLR cameras in the 70s. They were made in Hong Kong and later in China proper but were marked "Asahi Opt. Co. Japan".
It is cool looking and better then a compressed cardboard cased Crossly. But it is better in the same way dried dog crap on the carpet is preferable to wet dog crap on the carpet.
Well at least dry dog crap doesn't go mush when you try to clean it. Not that I have any experience with that because I don't have a dog. Highly allergic. I do however have 4 cats that I am slightly allergic to.
You will never fully appreciate Crossly products until you have the wet dog crap experience. They are very similar and I suspect use the same components.
The last time I had something that was a piece of crap it was titled "sigma video magic goes boom" and it did.
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Thanks, have the moist little nugget Qed up
Sentimental value = dont take it in or you will loose your shirt !
Tom
LFOD !
That was what we used to tell people that brought these big console stereos in for repair. Now those units that were tossed in numbers are quire collectible. Mind you thise old consoles were far better quality than this piece of junk, but I can understand why some people want to hang onto these old things. Bring back memories to happier times..
it's made for the general public, and works decently. Who wants quality should buy a Harman Kardon.
HarmAn fubar you mean
u are the best.
All That New Stuff Isnt Made Good.
I Remember You CouldGo Out
& Buy A Stereo & It Would Last & Last & Last
i would trash that in niagara falls
It's Beautiful!
yuck, its front panel is UGLY ...
Teac use to be a hy end brand with their open wheel tape recorder real pro stuff when they closed their doors china bought their name and turn it into the cheapest brand ever seen with an orgy of cheap plastic components ! You couldn't get replacement mechanical parts from that company at all !
I believe Teac / Tascam is still around serving the professional market. I recently got an original belt for my Tascam DA40 from Teac USA in California.
good job big thank and if you make video convert radio to metal detector
what waste of resources to produce something like this.
Built 4 a price point.
White van speaker scam =)
WOW, just so sad. Grab the closest hammer and fix that turntable for the last time. Quick, drop it again .....