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Have to admit not understanding the meaning of A south paw, but you got my like anyways, thanks for your time writing a comment 😋

It's a mono device, it also only outputs to one earbud/ headphone speaker (I don't remember which ear though).

Thanks 😁

It's in between the songs, not all songs have the same volume output digital, not adjusting the pot means I have to adjust the volume for each song on the tape 😅

Porque, ¿por qué no? :p

Nice! I looked for the EL-7 before settling for an EL-5. The 7's were way to expensive to get where I live. Bought it as not functioning (and it was sort of not functioning on arrival). Gotten it apart and fixed it from the ground up, new belts, lubricating, brake pads replaced. Plays like a charm ever since! Got a box full of home made recording which all sound crisp and clear, you gotta love this format! Nice to hear btw your EL-7's still play so good after 40 years!

Don't be put off by the complexity of my video. Most of the settings and stuff I do is unnecessary to make a recording. You can start out simple as I did when I started out. 1. put in a blank or used tape in a deck (does not matter which of the two). 2. connect a source to the deck (Spotify, TH-cam or anything in between will suffice). 3. press 'play' and 'record' together at once. 4. wait a second or 2 a 3. 5. start the music source. And you are already recording your own mixtape! Only things you want to keep an eye out are the sound level, you can test this out first by recording a part and rewind and listen to the tape. And lastly you may want to look at how far the tape is done recording. You don't want your last song to cut out because your tape is full ;). After side A is full, flip the tape and repeat steps 1 to 5. Once you get the hang of it you can try more stuff to get better recordings/quality. I and most others started out this way, just experiment until you get to proper result :) If you need any help, let me know I gladly help you out!

@@tapehead-jeff thanks! the easy stuff im sure ill learn in no time (once i get a recorder) but im so curious about all the other stuff u did in the video, like the sound level checking, the frequency and all that other stuff. any videos u would recommend that explains all of that? id love to learn all the pro stuff so my mixtapes come out sounding great

Grazie! Mi piace molto il Teac V6030S. Cercavo anche l'8030, ma il 6030 è abbastanza buono per me. Mi piace molto la funzione bias di questo deck e la funzione per saltare le canzoni (se funziona come dovrebbe). Insieme a un buon nastro Maxell o TDK suona davvero bene. Grazie per il tuo commento!

I;m afraid mine will end up the same way, only hope I have is recordings that where made in the early 80's which still sound rather clear. Think it has to do with how many they where played. I do hope I can keep enjoying this as long as possible. Thanks for sharing your story, said to hear though.

I've never experienced any of my, or others' cassettes, fade over time. I've even bought home recorded cassettes from eBay with old radio programmes on them that sound as good as the original broadcast, and any imperfections are down to the quality of reception or source material in the first place. Same with VHS... as long as they were handled respectfully, they don't degrade and outlast many intervening formats.

You might not be to far off, it does take a lot of preparation to be honest, a day of work went before I actually gotten to recording the tape (making the playlist to fit the length of tape, designing the J-card. And in this case wipe the tape before re-recording).

Haha, love you comment, yeah it may never compete in quality over other mediums (except something like 8-track) but they make up for it with simplicity. I may be going the extra mile (or even to far) but I don''t only like using them, I want them to look the best they can!

What do you mean by that? Can't really make out what you try to say with this :0

@@tapehead-jeff Maybe you tuning bias(not frequency)!

Nope, I have my collection offline on the computer, lots of CD rips and maybe a few songs which I gotten through other means not described ;) Thing is I prepare and store playlist beforehand on the computer (Think same is possible with Spotify) Did not know Discogs had a music library to play from? To mention, I don't even have Spotify, do have Discogs though to keep track of what I have. I also have an off brand MP3-player with an SD-card which I frequently update with the entire library, not only for backups but also for those days I don't take along a Walkman.

The recording knob itself is the big rotary button (which looks like a safe combination knob). As for the level and bias knobs goes, except for the 'Right level pot' they are quite aligned yes. Though it's has to do with the brand and type of tape used. Other brands and tape don't align that well.

Never heard of it to be honest, had to Google it. Looks like quite a high end device! Must say, I never was a big fan of Dolby anyways. Dolby S sounds good (and no need to use it again after recording) but the more common Dolby B is not my kind of taste, though I always use Chrome tape, Dolby B may be best reserved for Ferro tape.

Yeah especially if you put a lot of dedication into it. Holding a fresh recorded (mix)tape still feels special to me!

Haha, thanks for the comment. Same here (ofcourse) It feels really nice holding a freshly recorded tape in your hand, knowing it's filled with your favorite music. Not to mention the end product with the custom J-card.

@@tapehead-jeff I have never heard of that J card thing - as I'm from the states, USA. I was just called it the insert Guess now I have an official name for it, thanks. One learns something new everyday, and forgets something else in the process ! Lol

Must admit mine is a bit newer (2020 maybe), but works like a charm, wasn't cheap though. Comes in very handy to make precision cuts otherwise impossible with a scissor or knife!

I've heard about it, thing is I have so many songs on my computer it would take months to level everything out, something I would want to avoid doing as you may understand.

@@tapehead-jeff yes it´s true i never leveled mine also, only did it to level songs in some cd compilations i made for the sound to be all at the same level when hearing it

Thanks! It was a lot of work getting everything together, most of the devices where bought broken, repaired them myself or even made new stuff to replace missing parts. I'm very happy with the Teac, though it has some weird stubborn problem were it stops without reason, it looks like a small switch inside is not working properly, still have to look into that though. Next to that, I don't really trust the time display, It's to inaccurate in my opinion. Forwarding it by hand does create some slack but the intro music I use catches the wow and flutter from the slack so the music sounds crisp and clear.

I was hoping the overlay text was enough, the video does lack some detailed information maybe, I did not want to talk in the video (my English sounds very 'dutchy' so went for the overlay text instead.

@@tapehead-jeff Nothing wrong with Dutchy English. Americans have so many different accents, we're used to listening carefully!

Yeah I have a second one (bought for spare parts) but guess what that one had exactly the same problem... Never got around fixing it, in the end I wound up buying a Yamaha MDX-9 instead.

Do you still have them?

Laser lens positioning coils/laser support strings got weaker so laser could not focus on disc. When the unit rotated on its side, focusing mechanism do not need to overcome gravity to move the lens upwards.

Is it? Never really dug deep into this model since it was a repair for a well known friend.

I'm happy with a 9 too :p but have no clue on what I did wrong, is it the winding part that is worthless (since the deck forwards itself)? You made me curious!

@@tapehead-jeff lol….its just something & nothing? Whenever I record on compact cassette tape…when changing the tape from side A to B I always give the heads a quick clean, new & especially older used tape get the treatment. Now I do not know scientifically if this makes a difference but in my head it does lol. Happy recordings👍. PS for recording get yourself a six head hi-fi vcr, I have 5 machines each purchased under £20, most of my tapes are new 3 or 4 hour each costing around 50p. 4 hours playback at near CD quality & most recordings come from any source….cheap as chips👍

Thanks, got it corrected

At least I got you laughing 😌

I still record them, too ! lol I'm not really laughing at you, I'm laughing WITH you. :)

To be honest with you, I'm not a real fan of Dolby B. Used it before because it should make the hiss less noticeable (and it does) but it made the music sound dull. However with these recordings I took the gamble and tried Dolby S and must say this one does the job way better than B, and no remembering or switching Dolby afterwards too!

I have to look into Jeff - Tyzik, quickly searched for him on Google, I do have a soft spot for Jazz so I'll give it a try soon! I saw the 8030 too for sale when I searched for the 6030. But the 6030 I bought was very well priced and put up for sale in a neighboring country so shipping costs where low too. Could not find a 8030 close by nor for a good price either so had to go for the latter, but yet it sounds very great! I did however found some posts online about people discussing these decks stating they where terrible, though I do not agree with that!

They sure are nice to use and sturdy, the blade is of good quality too! They aren't that expensive either, bought it at a hobby shop somewhere in 2018/19 for under €20.

It's a small world sometimes, though I must say I found Posy through recommendations from TH-cam on one of his HiFi video's, later on I took the time to look at his website only to find out he make's his own music, the rest is history :p

Me neither until I bought one 😅 No, I knew about them because of players like this having a 16 rpm function, actually bought this record just to be able to use this player in it's 16 rpm setting

¡Gracias y saludos desde Holanda!

We'll you can count me in, I got 3 'digital' flip-clocks and two* antique clocks of which you hear one ticking in the background. It used to be the driving mechanism of a church clock tower once. It's hard to show any picture via Google since it's unique. In large description: It's almost full brass with small steel parts to prevent heavy wear (like the anchor piece). It got no housing so only thing you see is the gears and braces, one massive leaded weight and the tailpiece. Furthermore there is a small enamel display to tell minutes and hours (which was actually used to know what the real clock on the tower was displaying). It still has a fork on top that used to drive the display on the clock tower, it has no use anymore but it's still there. I have to wind it up with a big 'key' which looks more like a crank in size. I can only wind it during daytime otherwise my housemates wake up by the clicking of the gears when I do so. Changing the speed is done by raising or lowering the weight of the tailpiece and changing the time is done by lifting a metal part on a spring that unlatches one specific gear and rotate it manually until time is correct again. Bought it from an antique store for a bargain since it was not working anymore, got it restored by a clock maker a year ago (which was no bargain). I have no clue one where it came from, it could have been local but it could also have been from somewhere far abroad. Only thing sure is that it's at least a 100 years old looking at the parts and how they are made. It has no chime btw, (I don't like that anyway). It's very nice to hear it tick when you go to sleep, some people hate it but it sounds like music to my ears. In short description however: If you know what steampunk is, this clock screams it! *I got another antique clock in storage which is interesting too but harder to describe, uses a steel ball on a seesaw, on every end of the swing it pushes onto a rod which makes the seesaw flip so the ball will slide to the other side (in a W shaped path) to push the other rod (and this continues until the spring is unwound). EDIT, I got two video's of the clock I made last year, I'll upload them and send the link in another comment under this one, give me a sec.

Here's a link to the video I just uploaded on this clock: th-cam.com/video/xYRBXYpO_JA/w-d-xo.html

Why go through all the hassle when it is as simple as that indeed! 😋

Thanks! It took me a lot of time getting, repairing and setting up everything. I got more unusual stuff in storage and have another shelf waiting there too. When I finally gotten to buy my own home I want to fully display (and use) the entire setup! 😁

Not really both, it's 3th party software in combination with some fiddling of my own to make it look and use like Win XP, though it still has the useful parts from win 11. I used Retrobar for the taskbar and OpenShell to overhaul the rest (loading bars, folder view etc.) I manually changed the sounds, pictograms and background as cherry on top. I also used Winaero Tweaker but not sure if any of those changes are still in effect. It does give a few bugs here and there in the explorer part of Windows but for the most of the time it works just fine.