Recording first new cassette for 20 years!!

[gamve]

I'm a bit excited, just making up my first tape for donkeys years. It' been so long I have had to think about what I was doing.
I'm using an old Pioneer CTF1250 that I know needs some work, the belts look a bit cracked and perished for a start. I am going to need some advice on head cleaning and maintenance for this old girl.
I had never used a deck with manual bias level & eq before and it scared the shit out of me when I went to set it up...i did not realize there were tones produced on each of the settings...I thought something was wrong!!
I will need to modify my other gear as my pre has no tape loop. I had to plug the phono stage straight into the back of the deck.
I used an old TDK SA for this first experiment and I am stoked with the result. The tape sounds damm fine. This is exactly what I needed. Now the Aiwa XK-S9000 should be here next week if I am lucky...time to get busy
Cheers
graham

[Scorpion8]

Its a joy to get back into it. :-)<-

[braxus]

Now the Aiwa XK-S9000 should be here next week if I am lucky...


Wow. Another Aiwa guy! You'll love that deck. I hope yours is in better electrical condition then mine was. I will litterally have to have mine rebuilt to get it back into spec again. If you are planning on replacing parts in it, better act fast because its getting to the point you can't get anything for this deck.

Anyway tell me your impressions of the 9000 when you use it.

[MacGyver]

funny. seven years ago, audio tape was forgotten by everyone and there i was, taping my ass off. today, everybody's getting back into it and i seldom tape anything at all. go fig, eh?

[gamve]

Wow. Another Aiwa guy! You'll love that deck. I hope yours is in better electrical condition then mine was. I will litterally have to have mine rebuilt to get it back into spec again. If you are planning on replacing parts in it, better act fast because its getting to the point you can't get anything for this deck.

Anyway tell me your impressions of the 9000 when you use it.

Will do. Is it OK for me to PM you re your B&W 602's? I know some neat simple tricks to really get these guys to sing
cheers

[Rat44]

Those 1250's are nice machines.Very worth while to have them restored.
The Aiwa's are pretty under rated.
Many that use them like them.
I have a Aiwa M-700 I need to get fixed.

[Acoustic]

Great! Now I know how long donkeys years is... 20:)... and that's about as many years since I probably made my last tape until this Spring.

About the cleaning: Did you do the isopropyl alcohol (preferably the 99%) on cotton swabs cleaning of the heads and tape path? That would be a good starting point.

[gamve]

Great! Now I know how long donkeys years is... 20:)... and that's about as many years since I probably made my last tape until this Spring.

About the cleaning: Did you do the isopropyl alcohol (preferably the 99%) on cotton swabs cleaning of the heads and tape path? That would be a good starting point.

Got some 95% alcohol 5% distilled water (Not Isoprop) seems to have done the job. Also borrowed a demag. A good cleaning and a demag seems to have done the trick. I was having problems with the calibration, this seems to be resolved. The deck does need a service, I have cleaned the pots and switches and stuff i could get as without dissasembley. I need to scrounge or by a maintenance manual before I go any further.
Cheers
Graham