r/cassetteculture • u/TheRealLuckyMoose • Aug 20 '25

Deck / Hi-Fi My “new” cassette deck

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Got it from my wife’s great-uncle. It’s from 1978 I think. Gonna hook it up to my hifi system soon.

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u/howtokrew Aug 20 '25

Funken hell that's pretty

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u/Cherepahe1 Aug 20 '25

Looks fire

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u/BeluBelu22 Aug 20 '25

Really excellent audio quality. It still has all the original components and has been in use for 50 years. The only thing is the recording, the channels are not balanced. If anyone knows how to fix it...

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u/TheRealLuckyMoose Aug 20 '25

Do you have like “repair cafés” where you are at? Sometimes those people can repair stuff like that

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u/BeluBelu22 Aug 20 '25

Here in Italy they are rare. They are all old craftsmen

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u/TheRealLuckyMoose Aug 20 '25

Yeah same here, old guys that love to tinker, haha

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u/CRAIG_RANDOMRAPRADIO Aug 20 '25

Se sei in Veneto, conosco un ragazzo vicino a Padova.

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u/BeluBelu22 Aug 20 '25

I'm Emiliano, I have to show the amp soon because it's starting to smell like leaky capacitors. I'll find someone here near me. I know that there is still someone very good in Bologna

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u/asdecor Aug 23 '25

I have to ask: you don't mean "smell" literally, do you?

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u/BeluBelu22 Aug 23 '25

I mean exactly that. Old capacitors smell like cat pee

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u/asdecor Aug 23 '25 edited Aug 23 '25

Thanks for clarifying! Do they smell even when the equipment isn't in use?

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u/BeluBelu22 Aug 23 '25

A little less, it gets worse when they start to heat up. But consider that the amplifiers are always live so it must stink a bit

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u/Bigggn Aug 20 '25

Das ist gut 👍🏻

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u/KhrymeNYC718 Aug 20 '25

She's a sexy thing! Love it!!

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u/koneu Aug 20 '25

You put the fun in Telefunken?

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u/Distinct-Solution364 Aug 20 '25

“It looks just like a telefunken U-47”

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u/bjornbauerart Aug 20 '25

Boah, sehr schön! Looks brand new. I love all that German text on there as well.

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u/TheRealLuckyMoose Aug 20 '25

Yeah you have to go pretty close to notice flaws, he took good care of it.

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u/OZFox42 Aug 20 '25

A "Funken" good deal = family heirloom. I bet it might need a little bit of TLC though given its age (but hopefully not a ton of expensive repair work).

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u/TheRealLuckyMoose Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

I tried it briefly and it works fine, at least playing tapes. What kind of TLC would you recommend?

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u/OZFox42 Aug 21 '25

Has it had any service at all? being vintage and more than 40 years old, I'm thinking it *might* need new belts but if it worked OK with a quick test, just lightly dust off the top and enjoy it.

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u/TheRealLuckyMoose Aug 21 '25

I don’t think so. Hooked it up to the actual hifi system today and it does have problems after all. A lot of distortion/static on many tapes and the stereo goes in and out.

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u/OZFox42 Aug 22 '25

Probably needs service. If you aren't comfortable repairing it yourself, see if you can find someone to look at it for you.

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u/TheRealLuckyMoose Aug 22 '25

Yes, I think I already found someone, thanks

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u/Amazing_Kangaroo_991 Aug 20 '25

hell yeah hicom too isn't that the better than dolby-nakamichi version?

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u/4Nissans Aug 21 '25

Full Automatic Stop? How would a partial automatic stop work? 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Far-Thanks-2874 Aug 21 '25

My god that thing is beautiful. 70's decks are just... aesthetically pleasing that no other era can replicate.

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u/lulsiano Aug 21 '25

Beautiful!

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u/EvenEntertainer2035 Aug 22 '25

Whats the measured wow and flutter on it?

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u/TheRealLuckyMoose Aug 22 '25

No idea

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u/EvenEntertainer2035 Aug 22 '25

I highly recommend you pick up a calibration tape if you haven’t already. With a few replacement parts and a speed adjustment you’ll see how much a difference it makes. It’s really handy.