JVC KD-A3 Stereo Cassette Deck with Super ANRS . Nice Budget Vintage Tape Deck

[@mikesaunders4694]

That era JVC is good stuff!

[@MichaelYates]

Thanks for the comment Mike, amazing really its still going strong with no issues after 40 odd years even with all those moving parts.

[@Housemusicsouldierz]

You can't go wrong musically with JVC stuff

[@thisisnev]

Back in 1979 the KD-720, A2, 3 and 5 all won Hi-Fi Choice's Best Buy award so you got a good 'un there, Mike! If I remember correctly, it cost a little over £100 at the time - just out of my price range, so I settled on the KD-A2 and had no regrets. JVC absolutely knocked it out of the park with the KD-A series. They sound great, they look good and they're well made. People are put off by the apparent lack of Dolby B, but ANRS is totally compatible (so much so that JVC ended up paying Dolby royalties anyway). Super ANRS is a different system altogether, more along the lines of dbx and Dolby C, and isn't compatible. Definitely a keeper!

[@MichaelYates]

I was a little surprised by this deck as I was not expecting to much, but I am quite impressed considering age as well, its held up really well, sounds better than I thought it would. Yes is on my rack and staying put for sure. Thanks for the info on the other JVC models numbers.

[@darrenroe8743]

Looks great with all the lights on 👍

[@MichaelYates]

Thanks Darren and it does look even nicer at night.

[@hugobloemers4425]

Hi Michael, it looks like a nice deck. JVC was a serious HiFi brand back then, specially with turntables. I have a Kenwood deck that I paid 7 Euro for on eBay. I bought it becasue it was so cheap, no one else was bidding. And it turns out it is working fine, though it was sold as un-tested. If you open it up it is a Toshiba inside. Any way, it also has headphones out without volume control. I totally not get that, specially if you can vary the line out. I would much rather have the opposite. They must have been smoking too much pod back then.

[@MichaelYates]

Deck was a bit of a surprise, the lack of volume control through headphones will annoy some people I think. Though I think you could be right about the smoking, I watched a documentary about Atari or Microsoft I think saying most the staff were most the time right out of it, think it was a thing back then lol

[@ryansmith7974]

It's worth it just to add the VU meters to the Sansui 441.

[@MichaelYates]

Thanks, yes it does seem to match up quite well size wise with the 441

[@bobsbits5357]

my bro in law used to work for adt he told me how the pat test works and how the test work to do with the earth grounding i don't have a pat test unit as i have a work around to do the same thing as the pat test look at all them on there that are making video's i don't see any pad tests my mate works in a shop they get alot of gear in like this there's alot of it my mate said alot will take it in mate said they have a cage they put the gear in till there man comes i know my bro in law has a pat tester somewhere he did say the tester has to be tested as well

[@MichaelYates]

Hi Bob, about 4 years ago before starting the channel I was going to go on a PAT test course but did not get around to it, might have come in handy now for a charity shop or two local.

[@hugobloemers4425]

@@MichaelYates Pad test? Is that part of the pussyfication of the Western world?

[@buhrikur]

Hi Michael, I am from the UK and I am a young man who is keen on hi-fi systems. I just want to buy my first system and my budget is around 100£. I am looking forward something second hand from fb marketplace. Could you recommend me a setup or some alternatives to look for. I listen almost every kind of genres classical, funk, techno, and rock. Thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@MichaelYates]

I would recommend the Wharfedale Diamond 3 speakers for around £40 and maybe look for a cheap small wattage receiver like the Sansui 200, 210 or little pioneer receiver 300, 434 might get lucky.

[@buhrikur]

@@MichaelYates thank you so much for your help 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@buhrikur]

@@MichaelYates Looks really hard to find these receivers for a cheap price but they must be good as you advice

[@MichaelYates]

@@buhrikur They do come up now and then, best with bid up rather than buy it now

[@buhrikur]

@@MichaelYates what about Technics sb-cs7 ? I just found a pair

[@bobsbits5357]

hi had to change 4 x 6800uf caps in a power unit for a big tape deck the fuse on my board was tripping so caps that are getting old it's better just to change them last year the power unit was ok one 1 i fond was bad i ordered 4 new ones note to all out there i don't think royal mail are doing land shipping any more i posted parts to the usa i payed land shipping it said on the bill when terry done the job so fast it's because uk post put it in the air mail don't send any think to the usa it now cost big money the best tip send in land shipping i was very lucky terry rubber rollers is very good and very fast

[@MichaelYates]

Yeh any overseas post is very expensive now, I dont send anything overseas one reason cost and another if it gets lost. Bad enought trying to find anything lost in post here let along in some other country.

[@hugobloemers4425]

4 X 6800 µF? What deck is that? I would like to know. That amount of capacitance in a power supply was even considered a lot in a power amp. back then.

[@vinylmagic2050]

Thats some big value for a tape deck