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I imagine most of us have other things we keep up on and use our took kit for.
For me – audio equipment with a strong interest in all things cassette.
Yes it is weird. I actually prefer cassettes over MP3 or CD.When I acquire another un-needed home deck or walkman, it is not a question of “does it work?” but “can I fix the problems?” Normally tape speed, head alignment, or belts are needed (belts especially in walkmans). Only one of my four Sony walkmans needs a belt but it is not my favorite one.
I am not sure if it’s normal to have two decks in a home stereo system, both of them Pioneer dual cassette auto-reverse, one of the decks (CT-W900R) is record-capable on both players. A lot of tape fans do not care for dual player decks nor auto-reverse.
My thing with tapes is they are really inexpensive (two for a buck at thrift stores) and just nostalgic. Yeah sometimes I come across a dud but no big loss.
One thing you get with tapes (besides some hiss) is better dynamic range. Too often new stuff that is digitally remastered (brick-walled) sounds like crap.
I have about 65 “Factory recorded” cassettes and about 60 blanks (Mostly type 1, I tend to sell off most of the type 2 I find, for a good profit) All blanks are Maxell or TDK.
Yes, cassettes can be a headache. Sometimes a certain player will just not play certain cassettes right even though both are working perfect. Strange… :huh: But, opening the decks, getting out my test equipment and tape, working out the problems, it gives me something to do. Pick up garbage and get it working is a great feeling.
The only player I still need to dig into is the one in my Acura. It just needs a cleaning and output level notched up a tiny bit.
What else do you like to mess around with?
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Electronics and PCs namely classic Macs and PCs and old gaming consoles. I love restoring them. (Also if you happen to live in Dayton,Columbus or Cincinnati areas in ohio and want to get rid of some old pcs or electronics contact me)
Boats.
I completely gutted and rehabbed this one.
And this one
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She now has completed gauges, consoles, sits on a tandem axle trailer and got a motor upgrade to a 150Hp Yamaha, she runs 54 MPH (but don’t ask about the gas mileage LOL).
My tractor(1978 John Deere 210) is my project. It will need an engine rebuild eventually as the original engine is goin on 8000 hours strong. The Kohler cast iron motors run forever. Amazingly, the thing doesn’t smoke yet except occasionally on cold start and only for about a second. The breaker points need to be replaced too/adjust dwell.
Well, the toilet in the main bathroom started leaking into the basement yesterday. There’s always something.
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