I'm glad you revived this thread because I missed it the first go round. I have an old technics system from the late 80's my dad bought me brand new that works great except for the disk changer. It worked great too until I left a disk on pause overnight a few years back now the cd player won't play. It will switch disks and act like its playing but doesn't spin. I'm guessing the motor burned out due to it being paused indefinitely. Where would be a place to start looking for a motor? I haven't taken it apart yet. the model is SL-PC25 and I can get one from ebay but I'd rather get this one working again if its possible. Also should I just take it apart so I can get the motor out to test it and maybe get a part number from it?
In reply to Tony Sestito :
I have a similar-looking Onkyo receiver, a TX-DS838 that I've had since about Y2K. I bought it from a co-worker who didn't like the fact that the remote, if you tried to adjust the volume in tiny steps, would just get stuck and refuse to move. No issue if you made decisively large adjustments. I have no issue making volume adjustments manually if necessary. I think I paid 100 bucks for it, which at the time--given it was near new, was a pretty good deal. The thing has been flawless and sounds great. It weighs a ton--well, 16.5 kg, which is almost a ton.
If I'm in a mood to listen to a cassette tape, I still rely on my Denon DR-M22-- a 3-head, dual capstan deck I bought new in 1986 and still works!
gunner (Forum Supporter) said:I'm glad you revived this thread because I missed it the first go round. I have an old technics system from the late 80's my dad bought me brand new that works great except for the disk changer. It worked great too until I left a disk on pause overnight a few years back now the cd player won't play. It will switch disks and act like its playing but doesn't spin. I'm guessing the motor burned out due to it being paused indefinitely. Where would be a place to start looking for a motor? I haven't taken it apart yet. the model is SL-PC25 and I can get one from ebay but I'd rather get this one working again if its possible. Also should I just take it apart so I can get the motor out to test it and maybe get a part number from it?
Before you buy anything, try taking it apart and looking at the gear/belt mechanism. Some of these changers rely on gears or a belt to turn the carousel. Also, the laser track might be frozen up. Sometimes, they just need to be cleaned/lubed. If it has a belt, it might need to be replaced due to stretching and/or decay. Could be a simple fix!
Over the weekend, I reminded myself that I used to have a tablet attached to my stereo rig in the old house, and I wanted to get that going again. I stream on Spotify a lot (yes, I know it's the devil, etc.) and I want to rebuild my old Plex server at some point, so I figured now's a good a time as any other to get it going again.
My wife had this janky Fire tablet kicking around that wouldn't accept an Amazon sign-in for some unknown reason, so I side-loaded the Google Play Store on it and mounted it to the wall. It had not been turned on in a few years, so it had loads of updates, and it's slow as anything, and also it doesn't want to play nice with my Bluetooth adapter. But after installing an EQ app, it does the thing well enough for what I need it for.
And the full rig, for now:
Really happy with how this turned out. Remember, everything here equipment-wise (save for the Jamo speakers) was purchased from thrifts or was acquired for free. It sounds pretty great and does the job well.
Now, I should probably turn my attention to getting our old Westinghouse console running better. I'll be working on that soon. Specifically, the Voice of Music turntable needs a major service. That should be fun.
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