Wanted: cassette heads

Tagged: Cassette sound

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April 9, 2023 at 10:20 am #18786
Pearsy
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I have a 2002. My tape deck runs fine, I just put new belts on but there is little to no sound coming out. I have to turn it right up to hear it, I was thinking it’s the heads?
any advice greatly appreciated
April 9, 2023 at 10:36 am #18788
Die_Bogener
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Heads defect?

99%= NO

Caps defect, quite normal.

Electrolyth and tantalum caps fail after this long time, that’s quite normal.
April 9, 2023 at 2:36 pm #18798
Dillen
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Bad tantals around the Dolby IC. I’ve seen that a couple of times.

Martin
April 13, 2023 at 12:14 pm #18942
RobertBowman
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April 14, 2023 at 12:38 pm #18993
chartz
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The head is probably intact. Only Bogen heads on open reel Beocords and Uhers pose problems.

Do check capacitors around the Dolby circuit.
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