Marantz SD 60 Stereo Cassette Deck Maintenance, how to Repair vintage audio electronics repair

[@universalhead]

Awesome deck , nice work. My famous German tape matches my homemade reference tape perfectly.

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

@@universalhead as you can see thats sadly not my experience with the german tape , thank you for the compliment !

[@spyder8986]

I thought I heard Tina turner.Love your videos

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

Yes indeed ! Sometimes i dont even know whats on the tapes 😉 and thank you dor your kind words

[@aleksandarpavlovic2774]

Lep projekat Rene 👍

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

@@aleksandarpavlovic2774 Hvala Alexsandar !

[@Johny666EU]

ITS A LOVELY DECK AND WELL SOUNDING, IVE GOT 2 OF THEM. ITS ACTUALY REVOX DESIGN.

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

@@Johny666EU thank you for confirming !

[@chrisnunya7171]

Oh wow, that's a beautiful deck! 😍

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

@@chrisnunya7171 yes it sure is !! And (way) above typical quality as well

[@beotheguitarist]

Great video, Thank you!

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

glad you liked it, thank you for your compliments !

[@troyconnolly9053]

Looks similar to my Philips fc950 . I know Philips owned Marantz at the time . Or I could be completely wrong lol 😂 Oh and I absolutely love your vids on cassette Decks .

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

@@troyconnolly9053 thank you ! May be the same Philips model indeed

[@buitenb]

You did not set the power suply to 240 volt ? I see some extra primary windings , it wil save the power suply capacitors . Great Job !! For the pinch rollers use some "was verzachter " cheap and good !

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

Ik wist niet dat wasverzachter een ‘ding’ was , ik ga het testen !

[@kilospl]

I don't see you doing anything with the clutch on the serving reel. This ALPS mechanism often has problems with that. If you want a low and stable W&F, the felt pad should be cleaned and the spring should be adjusted to achieve ~10g/cm on the serving reel. Maybe everything is ok, but to be sure you need to use a torque meter cassette. This is important in all double capstan decks.

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

@@kilospl w&f was 0.02-0.03% , stable and low , and no issues with back tension ?

[@kilospl]

@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Good w&f, if he doesn't make a salad from the tape, it means that back tension is ok. ;)

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

@@kilospl thats what I suspected 😉

[@Jammerk40]

Do you sell any of these units after you repair them?

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

some i put up for auction on ebay , but i typically only sell within europe as the $100 shipping to the usa is probably prohibitively expensive

[@Jammerk40]

@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair I understand! Thanks!

[@vidtech2630]

Hi , I'd like to purchase, one of your speed calibration cassettes, As im not entirely happy with the one i have from Analogue Media Techologies. Reason being it's got two tones 440HZ and 3150HZ , but when i set the speed to one tone it doesn't entirely corespond with the higher tone , or even side A to side B , there is also discrepancies .Also do you make other calibration tapes ? How do i go about buying one from you . Thanks.

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

please reach out to me on : [e-mail] , i can make a tape for you and send it out for the shipping costs

[@vidtech2630]

@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Thank you for the reply, I'm happy to discuss further details there .

[@vidtech2630]

Hi Rene , I have sent you a message. However this come back as a invalid email address, back to me ...

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

@@vidtech2630 i just checked , should work ? [e-mail]

[@vidtech2630]

@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair , o will try again. Tomorrow. Thanks.

[@sabs1970]

ok my Marantz SD 60 deck is full working no problem , but playback level seems a bit low, music sound is somewhat dull or flat tape head has have tape head azimuth done which is abit better but playback still seems lacking PS my tape is in mint condition its had a easy life with low hour use overall

[@cassettedeck-walkman-repair]

Musicality is hard to measure , when you say ‘flat’ do you mean lacking in high frequencies or something else ? Does it do the same on all cassettes?

[@sabs1970]

@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair yes lacking in high frequency but some cassettes sound brighter better than another's lol 🙂 maybe I have listened to CDs for too long my ears are trained to that higher quality sound