How and Why You Should Clean the Tape Path in Your Vintage Cassette Deck!

Maintaining your tape deck through cleaning the tape path is very important to retain good sound quality, and in this video I'll be showing you how to clean, and why it is important!
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Why do you need to clean the tape path?
1:30 - Cleaning supplies/materials
2:04 - How to clean the tape path
2:15 - Removing the front door panel for easy access
3:17 - Explaining cassette detection mechanism
3:53 - Making the capstan/pinch roller spin for easy cleaning
5:08 - Outro

[@Teac4010s]

What about head wear tho? Compared to reel to reel head wear are the heads on a cassette deck more resilient?

[@Asterisk3095]

The heads on an R2R deck do generally wear out faster than the heads on a cassette deck (this is assuming the material composition is the same for both heads). This is because reel to reel decks typically play at much faster speeds than your standard cassette deck.

[@Teac4010s]

@@Asterisk3095 Ah makes sense
Thanks bird man.