Testing a GORGEOUS thrift store cassette deck PLUS $1 tape finds and garage tour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- I found an really nice looking Akai tape deck at the Goodwill thrift store in downtown Winnipeg. But does it work? PLUS recent $1 tape finds and a mini garage tour.
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In most thrift stores they have an electrical testing station you can use. And some tapes, cds, vhs etc you can try. Nothing worse than not being able to return an item or stuck using credit in the same amount.
I had this exact deck in my youth. Can confirm the 1981 production date. I bought it a store on Yonge st. in downtown Toronto. I think the price was around $130 to $150 at the time. Used the dual mic inputs to record the band I was in at the the time. Now I have to go scouring though the old farm house I grew up in to find it.
Hope you find it Mike!
I’m glad it worked! I’ve never seen one with a little back light like that. Very nice cassettes you found too. Love some Billy Idol!
Great find on the Akai tape deck... You know it's a high quality cassette player when it ejects slowly.
That is an awesome price on that Akai! Congrats on the find!
Thanks!
Very nice deck. Luck was with you. Looks vintage, and the vast majority of these older cassette decks need new belts. The belts are very thin and did not age well. I have two cassette decks that both need work, but will get them up and running and cleaned. Still have tons of cassettes that I recorded. Nice videos. Thanks.
That's a great find. I've been enjoying my old cassettes again the last couple of years, and wondering why I had them packed away in the closet for so long. You've got a nice setup there in the garage for jamming with friends. The beer frig is a nice touch, and for as much as I hate regular Bud light I have to say that Bud light orange is fantastic. I've been buying that lately, and really enjoying it.
Had one of those from new 1980..used all through the 80's til mid 90's..gave it away..silly thing to do..just managed to get another one in the last 6 months..excellent cosmetic condition..sounds great..only probs auto stop doesn't work well and the back light isn't on...going to get it serviced shortly...does really great recordigs
Now all you need is a tape head cleaner, a wand demagnatizer, take the door off in play mode & adjust the azimuth with a screwdriver and your good to go. 🙂👍
That's a really good (aesthetic) match with the silver Technics receiver!
The finest Hi-Fi score I found at a thrift store was a Philips CD-80. I paid 10 bucks for it. Yes, I'm serious. It's the reason why I can't stop buying CDs now. Ha ha.
Used to play my modest collection of New Wave cassettes on a Technics double deck with automatic reverse function but I just never liked the sound. That got ditched. 20+ years later, I use a SONY CFD-S33 boom box that I picked up at a thrift for $8. It was filthy but I tested it out in the shop with available CDs/cassettes and brought it home. Gave it a thorough scrub-a-dub, and it looks and plays brand new now. Although I had a lot of cassette tapes from the 80s, I didn't hold onto them and sold most of them on discogs. Maybe I shouldn't have. Wahh.
Now you need to add an 8 track player and get Some Girls and Pink Floyd Animals (USA version) in that format. Both have songs with different versions than on any other format.
I'm a sucker for old cassette decks! The Akai is a great Thrift Find! #ThriftyAV
I just subscribed to your channel. I look forward to checking out the vids. Thrift + AV gear are 2 of my favourite things.
Cheers
Frank
@@Channel33RPM Thank you!
If it's a rubber band drive, you may want to change the rubber bands/timing belts before they melt and mess up your mechanics, lucky it still works. If it's a direct drive, it's an even more valuable find. Then there's very little servicing to be done except change the obvious power / audio caps + a little grease to the mechanism.
The old output/input mistake. Classic. Done it many times myself.....
I asked for more tapes an I got it. Great find. Plus your own music from a old band. This was heaven. Thank. Enjoy
Always cool finding thrift stereo equipment that you don't have to do a thing to. Nice, Frank!
It's a gamble, but you gotta love it when it works in your favor!
Frank
Wow For 25$ .... That's awesome !!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Dinesh. And I almost put it back! Glad I didn't. Have a great week.
Frank
I had an Akai reel to reel when I was young, nice equipment Frank.
How do you feel about reel to reel? Friday I picked up an Akai reel to reel recorder/player with box of reel tapes. Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin, Dylan, Hendrix reels were in there. Paid $30 for all
That deal is nuts!
Whoa... congrats!
Nice catch! Are the tapes on the reels any good? No drop-outs? What type of Akai player do you have? I have an Akai GX4400D, it's a good starter deck and good enough for me. Good luck with yours, hope the tape is good!
So the tapes appear to be in very good shape. The player is going to need a bitnof servicing before use. Deoxit and lithium grease to the rescue! Maybe a belt as well. Looking forward to using it
Great question. Indeed Frank what do you and your followers think about reel to reel systems. I can get one for $70. Do you see this gear becoming of sentimental value too, just as turntables?
Frank, I suspected you were Canadian, and then when you showed the contents of your fridge, you confirmed my suspicions! Mott's Clamato and Canada Dry!!! Keep rocking!!
Outstanding deck!! I never see ANYTHING good at thrift stores...
Those are some solid tapes you scored and that tape deck looks great...great score all around.
Nice find Frank. That's a good looking deck
I'm assuming you feed the Bud Light stuff to your friends and save the real beer for yourself?
Great score... happy Sunday Frank 🤘
There's a goodwill by my house that doesn't seem to appreciate cassette decks. I've picked up a few, 10 actually, over time. All soft touch, digital displays, dual cassettes with Dolby b c hx, all working great.
$5 EACH!! No joke.
I love Goodwill.
wow! Great finds.
Frank
Just recently getting back into cassettes. Weird. I haven't touched my Yamaha KX-330 in about 20+ years. My music listening habits have become so impersonal in recent years with everything streaming online or asking Alexa to play a song. Back in the day, picking up a cassette, or record and playing it, reading the liner notes...it was tangible and there was a connection. Anyways, thanks for posting! Liked and subscribed!
Thanks!
I HATE that downtown Goodwill. They take all the decent vintage equipment from the other Goodwills in Winnipeg, leaving only the Yorx/Candle type garbage, then over price it 250%. By the time it comes down to a price its even worth considering its had the crap beat out of it, full of scratches, missing knobs. When I go there its sad. You see a nice piece and they price it at what a pristine, tested, and guaranteed version would go for on eBay. With Goodwill you never know what you'll get. It could be a DOA, so its sad when you see a nice piece cause you know you'll come back two weeks later, it'll still be there only it will have been brutalized.
Question about your Bluetooth units knowing you have two of them, are you able to label them to differentiate between them? You know with Chromecasts you can change there names to 'Livingroom' and 'Garage'. aptX?
Hi Gordon. Unfortunately, I am not able to identify the individual units. So far, it's been ok, because the Bluetooth seems to automatically pick up the closest unit, but I can see how this could cause issues.
All the best
Frank
The deck is really gorgeous. You're lucky to find such a cool deck in a Goodwill store. The sendust head means that this deck will serve well for another 30-40 years, before the head wears out. Sendust heads are really notorious for their durability. Few months ago I found a Sharp GF-575 boombox in the dumster near my dormitory. I'll clean it up, do some little repairs on it and put a new aerial on because the old one is broken off. Apart from the missing aerial and the LED VU meter not working, the boombox is in really good condition.
Thanks for the info about Sendust. Good luck with the boombox fix!
Frank
I just bought a cpl of new decks
I love it! I have my dad's old Kenwood KX-800 cassette deck that looks like it's from the same era. It's got that cool brushed aluminum build. Unfortunately, the Kenwood needs a new belt and some other work so it's not running right now. Great find!
Thanks! Those belts can be a pain.
I love Akai cassette decks (and some of the classic Pioneer cassette decks too). They were so beautifully designed back in the day with their silver faces and luminous blue VU meters.
I have several Akai decks because I loved their cool industrial design (as well as their glass xtal ferrite heads that are supposed to last forever) and of course, for their ability to play cassettes. It's great to see you found one for a decent price and still in fantastic condition. :)
Nice find. I’m lookin for laserdisc player
i have an akai gx m50 it is a beautiful deck👍
Nice one Frank. I've had some hits and misses with thrift cassettes - not as good as your haul.
I got Queen - Greatest Hits ... But it's very muffled - any clues anyone?
Some recent wins with:
Queen - II
Foreigner - Records
Thompson Twins - Greatest Hits
... and not something I'd usually get suprisingly OK/different with ...
Marc Almond - Enchanted
PS - I just Googled 'muffled cassette' and there'ss plenty of info out there.
My deck works OK for most - so I'll take a closer look at the tape.
FWIW ... I managed to fix the 'muffled' cassette. The pad on the thin metal strip suspended behind the tape, where the head makes contact when playing, was pressed in ... So it wouldn't have been making a firm contact with the head. I managed to pull it up to the level of the tape with a small pair of needle-nose pliers.
I must say, I use another fluoroscan vintage cassette deck, a Pioneer CTF600, and while it is a restored deck that costed me about 120 euros (and brand new must had cost as much as a scooter or something like that), I get the impression your Akai is build and finished to even a higher standard. So yeah, great score!
Hi Frank-you’re better looking now than you were in 1994!!!
(I’m sure Sherry agrees!!!)
Haha, yes she does! She would not have liked the long hair. Cheers!
Excellent Cassette purchases.
thats awesome u got a tape deck.im looking for one as well. u got any copies of that cassette of u and your band mate. keep on spinning brother. love the videos.
mike
no. 1 fan and fellow canadian eh
Drums just for 150$?! At Thrift store? :-0
$105 (with my mother-in law's seniors discount) at Value Village. We just had a buy a bass drum pedal and another ride cymbal.
I didn't see any water in that garage fridge.
Good point! If you look closely, you will see some water bottles in the crisper ... We drink a lot of water. And we live in the country and have well water, which I don't care for. This means buying a lot of drinking water. We're trying to reduce the amount of bottled water we use, and relying on the water cooler more and more.
Cheers
Frank
I loved cassettes back in the day for being more accessible and portable, but I'll stick with my I-pod...no muffling, no snapping tapes, nothing being eaten in the mechanisms.
pretty sure that's the model I had when I lived in Scotland back in 1983, it made great recordings, I had an Akai tuner\amp that matched it, remember recording a BBC session , of the band "Brand X", with Phil Collins on drums, onto a BASF chrome tape, excellent sound quality, it was released many years later on a CD, called "Missing period" one of the jems in my collection, I doubt that will ever be available on vinyl. I immigrated with about 100 cassettes, left my albums behind, ....sad thought
channel 33 rpm do you have a sony walkman sir?
I do not. I used to have a Panasonic version back in the day.
Frank
In put out put I do the same thing every time. Speak of copyright I did a video a while back called Battle of the Bands LIVE where I broke every copyright law there is. Band for a while that video is now available to watch. Check it out. See you on the flip side
I like the tape deck Frank. You definitely need to clean the heads and demagnetize it especially if you got it used. Just saying.
Great score, Frank! I wish I could find something like this at my Goodwill.
Unfortunately there are other people who get first shot at any cassette decks that come in as they tell the manager to call them when they come in!!!!
Based on this video, I went on a hunt for this deck. I was able to find one nearby on marketplace in beautiful shape. I absolutely love it. Thanks for the recommendation!
It sucks sometimes being an analog millennial and there aren't many videos on it but do I need a receiver to hook up my Nakamichi tape deck or could I just hook it up to my powered speakers? Thanks and awesome video found it while cruising the tube.
I love that fantastic "It works"-feeling as well, Frank (who doesn't? )
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Just bought a Harmon karden cd 91 is that a good one or cheap one paid 56 includeing shipping
akai decks are tanks they last long playing hoursthe first akai cassette decks from the 60's are hard to find in the uk there's alot of flippers of old stockin to uk making money i make all my cassettes to the size i need will not pay the con prices 60p for the cassette zero
i have some boxes of 1/8 pancake it was a good buy i have made 50% easy pancake tape price gone crazy here in the uk
Reminds me of a sweet vintage Marantz tape deck I picked up at thrift a few years ago. Took it home all excited. In the garage I put it on top of a cardboard box that my daughters Step2 Playhouse came in. Turned to get something else from the car and the top of the box fell in and the Marantz took a four foot drop to the bottom of the box, pretty much destroying it. *sad face* Don't think I even bothered to plug it in after that.
Very cool garage,everything you need. 😲👍🎵🎶
It is not Super GX heads. :) Маленький AKAI, мой Pioneer не влез бы в такой пакет.
Holy crap I had that Technics receiver forever ago. It's nice to see one again. Nice tape deck too.
A trip is now on the docket to go a thrift store in the hopes of replicating or at least approximating your awesome score of the tape deck and all those great tapes Frank. No doubt you're going to love hearing them in all their wonderful pure analogue sound from which they're recorded. No digital conversion with these gems. Kudos on the recycling as well Frank, you the man. Enjoy !
Thanks James. Good luck on your trip to the thrift!
Frank
Awesome score Frank! A little over a year I picked up a playback only deck from the Sally Ann across the street for a dollar. It wasn’t just the ridiculously low price that said take me home, it was the same model Realistic player I owned when I was in high school.
That is awesome Bill! It was meant to be.
Chees
Frank
Nice cassette score! The Akai tapedeck is nothing special really, but if you can pick it up cheap you can't go wrong! Hope you pick up a reel to reel player sometimes! They look very cool!
Hi Frank, sorry I am late at watching this video. Glad you enjoyed the tapes. FYI - I sold out my business inventory at the flea but feel great about getting some free time back. Talk to you soon. Cam
I heard you sold. Glad you are enjoying your time!
Frank
I remember late 70's/early 80s Akai 3-head decks. Great performance at a fraction of the cost of Yamaha and others
Oh no, 8 tracks are next!
Haha, no not an 8-track guy
Awesome,e deck frank. Another great video!!
Like the silver face when will we have something other than black
Frank, awesome as always. So much suspense around that tape deck! I bet you can guess my only criticism. You've got some local breweries in Winnipeg. Give them a try! Haha. Nice work. Keep on re-spooling those casettes.
Thank you Scott! I should have planned the beer part better, haha. For the record, I did not buy the Buds (they were brought over by friends.... excuses, I know...). Next time there will be some local brews in the fridge. Thanks for tuning in. Hope all is well with you and the family.
Beautiful tape deck. Awesome find. I really enjoy seeing those cool bands on cassette again. My kind of music.😃
Thank you Melinda
Thats nice price for a working unit. Now get out some Q tips and alcohol. Clean all anything the tape touches. Also if you have some. Contact cleaner on all the switches. Hey, I'd like to hear more of your band music. Rock on.
Rock on as well!
I really enjoyed your video. I'm glad that your tape deck worked. I bet it really would sound great cranked up. Nice cassette haul as well. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who still uses cassettes. I to collect records, tapes and Cds. I find cassettes and cds nowadays super cheap. Keep up the great work on your video's. Peace.
Hey Kenneth! I'm like you... I collect records, tapes and CDs. But the real deals and finds right now are CDs and tapes.
Cheers
Frank
That’s a 1980s model. Metal tape came in the early 80s.
Very pretty tapedesk frank! I really like the old and new design of Akai. Take care!
thinking of getting the akai gx m50... what else is needed for a system? can powered monitors be plugged directly into the cassette deck or does their need to be a amp and/or receiver?
Usually need an amp.
nice score. i keep meaning to hit that place up when i'm downtown.
It's usually junk, but that's the way most thrift stores are... worth checking out. Electronics are on the second floor.
Frank
That Poison cover for Open Up was actually banned and Enigma Records was forced to release an edited version of the cover.
here is a Rolling Stone article about banned covers. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/banned-in-the-u-s-a-20-wildest-censored-album-covers-154101/janes-addiction-ritual-de-lo-habitual-1990-44603/
My sister worked for Enigma back in the day and she might still have a vinyl copy of this album. I will ask.
Really nice find of that cassette deck and the cassettes as well and at a goodwill? That is even cooler rock on Frank🤘🤘🎸🎸
Since you're just to the north, can you get Steam Whistle beer? I wish I could get it down here, but it's NOT!
I know I used to see this all the time when we lived in Alberta. I'll have to take a look here next time I'm at the liquor store. I remember liking it.
Frank
Nice score Frank! I was shopping at the thrifts for a tape deck and cd deck this weekend. Found a Kenwood DP-57. For 6 bucks, however I don’t know 100% if the CD player is scratching the cd’s. Have you ran into this problem?
I have not had a problem with CD players scratching CDs
I have. 0sometimes the drawer doesn't drop or the mechanism that spins the disc doesn't lift it enough. It's usually pretty obvious when it's happening because you can hear the disc scrape.
Love it! You have inspired me to go dig out my old cassette stereo system. I'm ready to relive some memories from the 80s, love your refrigerator That's a definite bonus!
Thanks Tom! Have fun with those tapes!
Frank
Timer start is used to enable recording or playback whenever the next time the deck is powered on. So if there was something you wanted to record at a later time, you would turn the timer switch on, and when the deck is powered up again, it would start recording or playing automatically without having to press Play manually.
Good info. Thanks Patrick
Frank
"Here is your basic tools". Here *are* *my* basic tools.
Mi components are always mixed I find the best of what I want in each plus I always buy used/pawn shop I am a cheapskate
Hey man, those 'mutt' systems are the best... Shows you took the time to assemble it.
Cheers
Frank
Always fun to score some equipment at a thrift store and sometimes you end up with a gem for just a few bucks. Good score Frank!
Wish my garage was that clean. Walk in mine, you take you life in your hands.
BTW Frank, I couldn't tell what model Mesa boogie that is. What is it? I'm a big Mesa boogie fan. I have a Mark IV head going through a 4x12.
Thanks
Nice set up Joe! That Boogie is a Subway Rocket... little 20 watter from the 90s. It was having issues with overheating, which I did not want to deal with. I sold it over the weekend (with full disclosure to the buyer).
Cheers
Frank
@@Channel33RPM when you say it was overheating, were the tubes red plating? Did you try to swap the tubes? Just curious.
Dear Frank: I threw my cassette deck out over a yr ago, now I find myself regretting it. Back in the day I used a make compilation tapes from my LPs, to play in my car, and elsewhere. I even made them from CDs. But then I got a CDs recorder, and the deck just sat there for yrs. But for some reason I began to get nostalgic for the fun and challenge of making cassettes. But why, I have a CDR? Glad I don't feel the same way about LPs. Nostalgia is a funny thing. I started out doing it to "preserve" my LPs, and now I've come full circle. I may pick up a cassette deck from a thrift shop one day and start up again, but dont expect me to get a turntable, that's over and done with.
And as it recall you could get C110 and C120 tapes. JESUS CHRIST, you could get a whole Mahler Symphony on there, and with auto-reverse you could play the whole thing and never have to flip a tape. COOL!
I remember buying a couple of longer-playing cassettes back in the day, but I seem to recall they were more prone to being "eaten" by the deck. I'm not sure why this was, or if it was only my experience. I used to love 90 min tapes... You could record an entire record on each side.
Cheers
Frank
You're growing into the man cave! : )
That cassette deck looks brand new,wow!
I hope that the belt has not turned into a black goo.
I had those same cupboards in the old kitchen at my last house.
They seem to have have been quite popular back in the 80s. I've seen them all over the place. These were in my brother's kitchen, and I grabbed them for the garage when we was doing renos.
Thanks for the comment!
Frank
Congrats Frank. Looks like a good addition to the house system. Loved the manfridge tour two. Ratio of beer to soda is skewed but I digress. I found a clean copy of Ozzie tribute album at local thrift store along with great live Peter Gabriel 2lp. Sometimes you get the bear. Cheers
Ja tuurlijk je hebt beveiligings camera's,in een land van schurken waar de grootste economie de wapen industrie is
In termen van de wapenindustrie, dat is moreso America, niet Canada (waar ik woon). Het is echter nog steeds goed om veilig te zijn. Er zijn overal gekke mensen. Proost!
GREAT VIDIO FRANK. AKAI WAS A VERRY GOOD BRAND BACK IN THE DAY. SAY REMEMBER YOU SAID YOU WHERE LOOKING FOR A FIRST PRESSING BOWIE LETS DANCE ? BECUSE I JUST GOT A NEAR PERFECKT COPPY COVERS PERFACKT AND NOT A SCRATCH . HOW CAN YOU TELL IF IT IS A FIRST PRESSING?
Check the catalog number and etching in the runout groove, and compare this with Discogs info.
@@Channel33RPM THANKS FRANK
Cool tape deck. You just never know what you'll come across at thrift stores. I love em.
Thanks Timothy. It's always fun to hit the thrifts. Usually I don't find much, but it pays off eventually. Have a good one.
Frank
just did the same but cs-f11 instead
Such a score an Akai cassette tape deck, cool
Clean the heads.
Definitely
two man caves and counting...
Flashback to finding a Yamaha K-960 at a church basement sale:
Nice silver face, nice low price... but the belt slipped, and it took time to find a replacement. Not to mention finding need to do the SAME with the idler tire for the take-up drive. Adjusted the pitch as-best-as-possible by ear, but still took it to a local repair shop to get everything right. Meanwhile, I got another via eBay with the black fascia, and attempted the same DIY with it.
Results: One that works, one that "works"... but the desire to have both work is there, along with one to swap the buttons & knobs between the two. Silver controls on black may look cheesy... but black on silver look excellent!😘😎😁
Akai tape deck oh boy that brings back memories I had a hi end one back in about 82 and loved it until cd’s came in and that was it for tapes and vinyl until about 2012 I got back into vinyl but not into tapes.
Where i could purchase.