Soundesign stereo 8-trac and Technics RS-B-50 cassette deck.

[static1994]

What is the difference between AC versus DC bias?

[static1994]

"The word for it is QUALITY!" lol

That is a beautiful deck, and an amazing find.

I take it Technics was a leading manufacturer?

so far ive seen two technics products, a turntable and this tape deck. The quality on both was outsanding and im thinking about purchasing them...

Where can i get good technics machines?

[HamtaroEL]

@CassetteMaster: I saw this exact model while in a second hand electronic store ! Very good model ! I recommend you to keep this model because it has DBX !

[iamtheman7732]

dude hook an external anntenna up to the receiver it will get better reception man i have a panasonic the reception was bad so i hooked a wire up to the anntenna place and the reception is great

[TheMusicalSteve]

Your voice really reminds me Dave Mustaine's somehow. It's awesome !

[proffdesign]

Technics best cassete deck was the B-965 ;-)

[PearlJammer07]

That dec is really nice. I have not seen an 8 track player in ages. My dads 1971 Buick Rivera had an 8 track player in it. It was shot to this though. Technics made some really good record players back in the 70's. Those speakers sound really good for the size.

[ftpaddict]

Easton make baseballs? I thought they only did aluminium tubing and Al/carbon fibre bicycle components.

[ftpaddict]

@ftpaddict I meant to say baseball -gloves-.

[bumtownv2]

Oh, by the way. I have a problem with in of my cassette players where the counter runs too fast. Do you know what the problem could be? It's one of those one where the supply reel runs the counter.

[CassetteMaster]

Is it a time counter or a turn counter?

[bumtownv2]

@CassetteMaster I'm not too sure, how can I tell?

[CassetteMaster]

Is it just 3 zeros or 2 big zeros and a small 2-digit zero? Also see if the counter runs faster at the start of the tape than at the end or vise-versa.

[bumtownv2]

@CassetteMaster 4 small numbers. Faster at the end of the tape, much faster than a second.

By the way, do you still have that technics cassette recorder?

[CassetteMaster]

Maybe it counts the turns of the supply "reel". I do still have the Technics but it's in a box amoungst other boxes...

[bumtownv2]

@CassetteMaster Oh I thought they all counted seconds.

[bumtownv2]

I've heard cassette players had problems with DBX and it was only meant for reel to reel.

[emyandmatty]

seems like its very low wattage

[pavel350000]

no to je d.....

[oooowwwwdddd]

mines is better i have a emerson that says 120 volts on the back it says that on the back and it even has a antenna screws to get antennas hooked up its better then yours is now

[stereobrowser]

Beautiful Soundesign!! Good 'catching' AM reception i like the sound of it!! Also like that 'green numbers' tuner lighting display and the 4 sliders with rectangular silver knobs. The stereos in that era were common with that aluminum faceplate where the controllers are, similar with my webcor!! Also that technics tape deck is outstanding with cue/review search, sound level graphic display is identical with one of my cousin's 1981 technics tape deck with also 'two motor' driven flywheel.

[homie3star]

Mine has the same problem with program switching..except it will not switch at all....what is the problem? It's an old Panasonic...

[CassetteMaster]

Belt might be too loose, or it may need oil, or a bad solenoid.

[icedrinker8]

the early soundesign products really looked like solid quality. They started getting el cheapo shitty in the late 80's and 90's.

[AnalogueJosh]

Does the Technics have dual capstans? it sounds amazing.

[CassetteMaster]

Just one capstan.

[murfreebear]

hey Bevis hut hut hut he siad "Willcox Gay records" lol

[TECHNOBOFF]

The mechanics to change the program are independant from the capstan drive. the program change is operated by a solenoid gear. once these are de-magnetised should resolve the problem.

[m134mr]

That technics cassette deck is outstanding in recording and playback quality. I thought that it looked like a TDK tape you was using, but not too sure, TDK rules!

[dillonwadej]

its a sony hf 60 or 90 min tape

[wooferfreak]

YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAA RADIO 4 eva just say NO to mp3 players and YES to radio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lmull3]

Technics! they're stuff is probably the best i've ever used. their turntables are flawless. good to see they made tape decks with the same quality =D

[djscanman]

The Technics RS-B-50 is a damn nice machine! Glad you got your 8-track to function. 8)

[mikemlw]

What is the name of the song and the artist

at 03:26 ?

[WillWatchAnything]

That would be "Magic" by the 70s band Pilot.

[wilkes85]

your description of the cheaper sounddesign speakers sounds just like Lloyd's speakers from the time. They were also made out of the cheapest material imaginable, and they also sounded like crap, but they were still too good for any Lloyd's stereo.

[sorry for all my Lloyd's-bashing lol]

Cool sounddesign stereo though. i like the whole design of it, with the chrome and black contrasting against eachother, and the slide-controls

[vinylman86]

my parent used to have a soundesign am/fm 8 track stereo with speaker similiar to a panasonic thruster speaker and a toshiba/bsr turntable. yep, the speakers match cassettemasters description, but they still look cool and yes i'm hunting that same stereo down.

[jaredgetsacookie]

the song in the cassette adapter 8 track is playing way faster than it should.

[Trance88]

Great information playing back on the Technics!!

[Trance88]

Dang! Another Soundesign system! Nice Technics! It would go perfectly with my Technics Stereo receiver also from 1984.

[coondogtheman1234]

Nice stereo I had an 8 track player once,I like the fluorescent level meter on the front, 1:29 Rick you look gangsta lol, kind of like rapper eminem in the movie 8 mile, I put up a pic like this of me on my myspace.

[m134mr]

wow, wilcox gay blank accetate records! amazing stuff. Maybe from the 1940s/50s

[Jamiep84]

The 8track-to-cassette adapter looks interesting - how does it work?

[CassetteMaster]

It takes momentum from the 8-track player's capstan to a rubber roller in the adapter. That roller runs the adapter's machanics instead of a built in motor. A 1.5 volt AA battery runs the amplifier which goes to an electromagnet up against the 8-track player's head, which transfers the signal magnetically to the 8-track player. That's how a CD to cassette adapter works, as well.

[SilentStorm5]

I heard some nice bird songs in the background around 2:00. WHOS TALKING?!

[CassetteMaster]

YOU ARE!! SHUDDUP!!! (a joke) We do that all the time at school!

[robatsea2008]

Oh sure - make the Soundesign unit jealous by stacking it atop a Technics deck and even mentioning the word "quality"! Was it a loose belt that prevented the 8 track from switching programs?

[raymondleeleggs]

Those speakers sound deep and rich I have a pair of similar looking and sounding electrophonic speakers with horn tweeters and big woofers.

[tubeie07]

I used dbx noise reduction at a community radio station I used to work at years ago - they mastered all their programs using it. It is far better (in my opinion) than Dolby C in it's day, you couldn't tell the difference from the original using quality tape stock (hi bias tape) however the drawback was usually that you had to play the same tape back on the same deck to achieve this - even playing tapes with dbx on another dbx machine can result in varying results. It's quite unforgiving...

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

I agree, I'm still using dbx for playing records, it sounds great. I also ran into a problem making cassette recordings using a Nakamichi 700 cassette deck. The recordings where perfect and played back perfect on the Nakamichi but if I played them on anything but a Nakamichi there were on highs. The head gap is that much thinner than the other manufactures.

[itscool1968]

ricky is that a dodge caravan sport i see in the back of you if so i own that exact model

[wildbilltexas]

Wow, I used to have that same Technics model back in the 80's and early 90's. It was an excellent recording deck as you found out. I hated to get rid of it. I think because the solenoid control stopped working or one of the motors died.

I never used DBX, only Dolby B for my car. DBX encoded tapes sound very "tinny" and compressed when played back on non-DBX cassette decks.

[retrochad]

Are those actually touch-sensitive controls on that cassette player? or is it actually a button that presses in? Even has a cue and review feature!

I have a reel to reel machine with DBX but never tried it because I have no other machines with the DBX feature and did not want to make a non-compatible recorder.

[vinylman86]

nice scores! my parent soundesign stereo speaker had a 5" speaker with a 6" passive radiatior.