Just bought myself this beautiful Technics casette deck

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Second from the top model back in 1992. I used to have a full set of Technics separates back then. My first real hifi. Nostalgia hit me.

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Very nice Adam! Actually your post was fortuitous as it made me go back onto vintagecassette.com and confirm which model I used to own. I somehow got my models mixed up. I thought I owned the RS-BX626, but as it turns out I owned the flagship model in 1998; the RS-BX828 which had the dual capstan, autoloading transport. So I just went back and corrected that on another site. That was a very good recording deck, despite lacking auto-bias and DBX. The servo-control Quart DD 3-head transport and recording features were very good. And the deck ran dead quiet. I really think it would have given my brother's Yamaha K-1020 deck a big run for it's money because of it's superior transport. It also came with a wireless remote control.

I'm kicking myself for selling that deck. It was in mint condition & the guy who bought it obviously was completely wrapped. Granted it wouldn't have gotten much use over the years, but still :(.. At some distant point I may add a refurbed vintage deck like a Nakamichi (if my old tapes are still playable, and good metal tapes are still in production). Lot of "if's..

ps: I noticed you bought a Gigawatt PC-4 Evo conditioner after all. How do you like it? I'm waiting for the new model replacing the PC-3 SE Evo, due around the end of the year.
 
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Very nice Adam! Actually your post was fortuitous as it made me go back onto vintagecassette.com and confirm which model I used to own. I somehow got my models mixed up. I thought I owned the RS-BX626, but as it turns out I owned the flagship RS-BX828 which had the dual capstan, autoloading transport. So I just went back and corrected that on another site. That was a very good recording deck, despite lacking auto-bias and DBX. The servo-control Quart DD 3-head transport and recording features were very good. And the deck ran dead quiet. I really think it would have given my brother's Yamaha K-1020 deck a big run for it's money because of it's superior transport. It also came with a wireless remote control.

I may at some distant point add a refurbed vintage deck like a Nakamichi (if my old tapes are still playable, and good metal tapes are still in production). Lot of "if's..

ps: I noticed you bought a Gigawatt PC-4 Evo conditioner after all. How do you like it? I'm waiting for the new model replacing the PC-3 SE Evo, due around the end of the year.

Funny you mention the RS-BX828 - I have just bought one yesterday on ebay ! I'm expecting delivery. Fingers crossed, that it will be as nice as the pics sugested.

If you had one with dbx, that must have been RS-B905 or RS-B965. RS-BX828 does have dual capstan, but no dbx. Technics had dropped it by then.

In 1991 I had the top of the range RS-B965 - it had 3-heads, the dual capstan and dbx. It also had the CD direct auxiliary input:

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That was my first real hifi component. I remember, I bought it for $499. That was a small fortune for a teenager back then in Poland. People usually started with amp or speakers first, but for whatever reason, my first piece of gear was a deck. I have followed shortly with acquisition of $549 SU-V900 integrated amp. 25kg, dual mono monster.
 
I remember I had worked the whole summer as a scubadiver in a sawmill to earn enough money to be able to afford one.
 
Adam, you quoted me a bit early. I mentioned the RS-BX828 lacked auto-bias and DBX. I didn't own an older model like the RS-B965, which does sound impressive. That said, i'm not sure there would have been a night/day difference in sound. Though the additional Dolby circuits and bias fine tuning features would have been useful.

I was a bit late to the ballgame as I was shopping for a new deck in 1998. By then, all the best recording decks had stopped being produced. I was lucky the the Technics RS-BX828 was still in production at that point, as it had most of the features of the RS-B965 it seems.

Anyway, a vintage system is a lonnng way away for me. I might throw together some Accuphase gear, a Palmer tt & a vintage Onkyo or Nakamichi deck in a 2nd system if I ever get around to it.
 
Funny you mention the RS-BX828 - I have just bought one yesterday on ebay ! I'm expecting delivery. Fingers crossed, that it will be as nice as the pics sugested.
One of the last great decks in the late 90's. Let us know how the unboxing goes.

In 1991 I had the top of the range RS-B965 - it had 3-heads, the dual capstan and dbx. It also had the CD direct auxiliary input

That was my first real hifi component. I remember, I bought it for $499. That was a small fortune for a teenager back then in Poland. People usually started with amp or speakers first, but for whatever reason, my first piece of gear was a deck. I have followed shortly with acquisition of $549 SU-V900 integrated amp. 25kg, dual mono monster.
If I exclude my first compact system, my first serious hifi component was my JVC XL-Z1050 cdp in 1991 which I paid cash for. I can understand the hard work saving for that deck. When I bought mine, I was only doing patchy bits of temp work & had to sell some gear to afford it. And even then I think I had an old-style lay by before I could pick it up. It had a real quality feel, and a very smooth, solid automatic transport. It didn't feel like the clunky, manual decks from the 80's at all.
 
I remember that JVC XL-Z1050 CDP - it was very nice indeed. The very last quality separates JVC made.
 
I remember that JVC XL-Z1050 CDP - it was very nice indeed. The very last quality separates JVC made.
The JVC had a good transport, solid build quality & JVC's K2 processing. Here is a pic of my player connected to a Vimak DS-1800Mk2 dac, via a Nordost silver shadow digital cable. That was a nice pairing..

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