Just a quick one this week!!
I picked this up nice & cheap last week - It kind of appealed to me with it's nice silver front & chrome speaker rings!
When it arrived I was expecting a medium size stereo so I was very surprised to see that it is much bigger than I was expecting!
6 Inch woofers & a large casing make this baby large for sure!
Very dirty & unloved with the left speaker grille pushed right in...
Access is so easy, unscrew the casing & the front just lifts away with the speakers giving very good access to the whole shooting party!!
Spying the cassette deck, I was sitting on the hedge as to whether it would be any good - A cheap deck with just one square belt to replace set my gun somewhat low..............
Rebelted & all switches cleaned up with Serviceoil, heads cleaned & polished back to gleaming condition - Time to test the deck.......
Motor speed around 30% too fast & azimuth way out I pondered how could anyone actually use this machine!
Definitely comical when you hear it work so well after adjusting both motor & head - We now had crispy treble & a very nice bass using headphones & sounding even better once the deck was screwed back in - Holding the mechanism dead still at the correct upright position is no picnic party!
The rest of my afternoon I spent just cleaning over & over both the inside space & the front panel - This took an age to get presentable again with just minimal marks & a scratch on the cassette door which I will try & polish out at a later date...............
All speaker & other mounting screws pinch up tight after 30 odd years avoids any annoying rattles inside the casing!
'All Gleaming Trumpets & Success Noise' - This is a great stereo & one I never heard of before.......
The M-9880LU now looks & sounds great & I am delighted with it!
Dolby is present here too which works very well & the cassette deck is rock solid without a wow or quaver to be heard!
A handsome stereo I think & well designed making it a doodle to work on!
Result for certain & a welcome addition to my collection!
Full set of Hi-Res Images here:
https://onedrive.live.com/?id=BEA218B70F2B18D1!38498&cid=BEA218B70F2B18D1
It seems I can no longer batch upload all at once any more??
Et Voila:
https://youtu.be/GjBJHgOz8lI
I picked this up nice & cheap last week - It kind of appealed to me with it's nice silver front & chrome speaker rings!
When it arrived I was expecting a medium size stereo so I was very surprised to see that it is much bigger than I was expecting!
6 Inch woofers & a large casing make this baby large for sure!
Very dirty & unloved with the left speaker grille pushed right in...
Access is so easy, unscrew the casing & the front just lifts away with the speakers giving very good access to the whole shooting party!!
Spying the cassette deck, I was sitting on the hedge as to whether it would be any good - A cheap deck with just one square belt to replace set my gun somewhat low..............
Rebelted & all switches cleaned up with Serviceoil, heads cleaned & polished back to gleaming condition - Time to test the deck.......
Motor speed around 30% too fast & azimuth way out I pondered how could anyone actually use this machine!
Definitely comical when you hear it work so well after adjusting both motor & head - We now had crispy treble & a very nice bass using headphones & sounding even better once the deck was screwed back in - Holding the mechanism dead still at the correct upright position is no picnic party!
The rest of my afternoon I spent just cleaning over & over both the inside space & the front panel - This took an age to get presentable again with just minimal marks & a scratch on the cassette door which I will try & polish out at a later date...............
All speaker & other mounting screws pinch up tight after 30 odd years avoids any annoying rattles inside the casing!
'All Gleaming Trumpets & Success Noise' - This is a great stereo & one I never heard of before.......
The M-9880LU now looks & sounds great & I am delighted with it!
Dolby is present here too which works very well & the cassette deck is rock solid without a wow or quaver to be heard!
A handsome stereo I think & well designed making it a doodle to work on!
Result for certain & a welcome addition to my collection!
Full set of Hi-Res Images here:
https://onedrive.live.com/?id=BEA218B70F2B18D1!38498&cid=BEA218B70F2B18D1
It seems I can no longer batch upload all at once any more??
Et Voila:
https://youtu.be/GjBJHgOz8lI
