u/thepizzamightier

I had to Frankenstein this together between 3 separate partially working units, but I finally was able to get one fully working! After a lot of trial and error figuring out which parts from which units were working properly, and fully soldering in and out each board, all of the functions are finally working as intended. The last bit was figuring out how to adjust the playback speed. I had a hard time finding any clear info regarding this, so I figured I would make a post for reference for anyone looking in the future (pictures for reference).

There are two adjustment points. One being a flat plastic screw on the plate covering the flywheel. The other being a small potentiometer [technically] accessable in the battery compartment bay. You do have to have the player apart partially to adjust the speed (unless you have the proper DC power plug in, which I don't) because the battery pack covers the adjustment pot.

Once the back panel is off you can rig up the battery contacts to the battery pack outside of the casing. The potentiometer there is the electrical speed adjustment. It's very small and delicate. I had to use the sharp end of a razor blade to adjust it because none of my flat heads were small or narrow enough to fit.

The plastic screw on the flywheel plate will adjust how much friction, or how "tight" the flywheel is. I had to go back and forth several times between the two before I hit the sweet spot in their adjustments to get the right speed.

I've had this thing apart and back together so many times, it's actually kind of crazy that it's all working now. It's a great looking sounding vintage player!

One of the things I love about cassettes is the creation process. Making mixes or "bootlegs" and then creating a custom J Card for em. If it's an album that's difficult to find a reasonably priced vinyl/cassette of, I particularly like sourcing and recreating the artwork to fit onto a j card.

It'd be awesome to see other people's creations!

I bought a lot of assorted cassettes, and these were in with them. I'm not overly familiar with/interested in any of these artists, but checking through discogs they seem to have some value. I'm less interested in getting "my money's worth" from them, but more would just like someone to get them that wants them. The ones in the picture out of a case do not have the proper j card/case for them.

DM me if you're interested! Reddit is telling me to add prices, so I'll add what discogs has them listed for generally. It is NOT what I'm looking for/expecting for them.

Shell Shock looks different than the Discogs entry. It might be a bootleg, I'm not sure. $45

Theloneous Monster $15

Ghost Story $35

Samhain $45

Fetchin Bones $15

Anthrax $10

Return of the Living Dead $45

It has been a long time since I've been THIS obsessed with an album. It is one of the most solid albums from start to finish I've heard in years. Just an amazing journey. I've been going back through the Muse discography too and have gotten an even greater appreciation for especially the first 4 albums.

Just found (the first picture) the other day. Almost left them on the floor because my cube was full. I wish the LR would have rolled higher, but still very happy with them. The second picture is what I've been using, and will still keep around if I need some higher res

I'm assuming these are pretty hard to come by, given how little I can actually find about them. These images are from "UK Audio Mart" and were sold 4 years ago. I checked ebay and I couldn't find anything even under completed listings. Any advice or maybe alternate names this card could be called that could help in finding one?

I found a good deal on a handful of these still sealed, after having great experience with other Scotch tapes (I have a Type I Master 120, and it's one of the best Type I recordings I've made/heard) I thought I would give these a try. They sound...bad... I'm pretty forgiving with the sound of cassettes, I don't expect them to sound perfect, but the recording on this one was extremely lacking of range, both high and low. Were these intended to just be used for budget voice recording? It doesn't sound noisy, like a damaged tape would, just all around lacking in range and fidelity.