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.
I've been really happy with mine. My plans would be only to upgrade to a new/better Gigawatt model in future :thumbsup:.Sorry for the side-track.OK, understood. I just borrowed the Gigawatt.
One of the last great decks in the late 90's. Let us know how the unboxing goes.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 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.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.
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..I remember that JVC XL-Z1050 CDP - it was very nice indeed. The very last quality separates JVC made.