TAGOMAGO
11-04-2009, 08:08 AM
About four or five months ago I picked up a Pioneer CT-F 8282 from a guy on freecycle. The repair shop gave him a fairly high estimate of about $160.00 (although I seriously doubt that amount of money would have gotten him a deck as nice) so he decided that the deck was too old to put money into, so that is how I ended up with it.
Turns out the only problem with it (which I expected) was the belts were shot. It cost me about $20 in parts to fix it, although with the amount of labor I had to put into it, I sort of understand the labor cost. Since I have it up and running I find this quite a lovely deck, although the top of the line deck at the time was the very similar (in appearance at least) Pioneer CT-F 9191. Someone had one of these at a local flea market for $20, although I gave it a miss (mainly because it was filthy, but it might have been worth looking into, in retrospect).
How did these two decks compare? I know they are both two head, two motor machines, although the 9191 did offer automatic Cro2 sensing as well as an open button for the curved tape door, better wood grain and it was a little bigger. Were there major performance differences between the two?
Turns out the only problem with it (which I expected) was the belts were shot. It cost me about $20 in parts to fix it, although with the amount of labor I had to put into it, I sort of understand the labor cost. Since I have it up and running I find this quite a lovely deck, although the top of the line deck at the time was the very similar (in appearance at least) Pioneer CT-F 9191. Someone had one of these at a local flea market for $20, although I gave it a miss (mainly because it was filthy, but it might have been worth looking into, in retrospect).
How did these two decks compare? I know they are both two head, two motor machines, although the 9191 did offer automatic Cro2 sensing as well as an open button for the curved tape door, better wood grain and it was a little bigger. Were there major performance differences between the two?