How long should cassettes actually play for? - Page 2 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

cmjones01 · 16th Mar 2021, 1:25 pm

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Originally Posted by Andrew2

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Originally Posted by ben

The only cassette units I've seen with AC mains motors were Tandberg and Akai models, and they weren't cheap!

My Sharp cassette deck of the mid 70's had a AC mains motor, and quite a big one at that. I'll see if I can find the model number.

I had a Sharp RT-442H also from the mid-70s which was donated to me as a child by a neighbour. It was very solidly built but didn't actually work very well. However, it did use a big AC motor. Speed stability was so-so and fast wind/rewind weren't very fast at all!

Chris