PIONEER CT-Y8W (JAPAN MARKET)

[MacGyver]

if i'm not mistaken, i believe this was PIONEER's very first dual cassette deck...





http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/PIONEER/CT-Y8W1.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/PIONEER/CT-Y8W2.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/PIONEER/CT-Y8W3.jpg

[Skywavebe]

Hi Lady,

Those are some nice pictures you have shown here. Most people can not seem to take good clear pictures no matter what equipment they have.

Dual cassettes- I have always been against them due to the lack of proper mechanics in them. I have always said that a dual cassette would cost over
$1000 to make them. I have still never seen one I would buy.

There are opinions that I have changed though. That of Auto reverse cassettes was changed when I came across the Teac R-888X. I bought one for $4.95 on E bay that was not working. It must have had 12 hours on it. I fixed it and found out what a wonderful job it did in each direction. It uses a three head system that rotates and has ceramic stops.
How well does this Pioneer you have listed perform? I have always thought and observed that they- dual cass. units do poorly.
I have a bunch of older Pioneer in my stock pile to repair CT900, 950, 1000 and some that were left with me to see if I could get them going.

Sam,