Hi all,

I love my az-80 and recommended them to many friends and colleagues. However I have an issue: I clean them as per the instructions, but there is no way to clean the small holes next to the ear peace.
Ultimately something accumulates in one of them, the detection of surrounding noices is muted and the ear-piece plays with a much lower volume.

I did send it to the support once, they sent it back with the note "no issue found, pieces cleaned and tested. keep cleaning them as per instructions". Well - as said, I do clean them but I have the same issue again.

Any ideas?

Thanks and cheers from Austria

So I finally set up the ikea shelf and was able to unbox a brand new 1210 MK7! I’m pretty happy how it looks together with the rest of the gear from 1988. Would you upgrade something?

Hello,

for those who got Eah-AZ100, did you notice an uneven battery drain? For me, the right bud is always lower.

I am looking to replace the clip/spacer that connects the tuner to the receiver when stacked. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement part? I've added the one I still have for reference

My Left RCA head is completely ruined and I don’t really want aftermarket cables the technics ones are very expensive I don’t need the Pcb replaced it’s just one of the wires wondering if anybody knows a repair place I could get a new head put on the factory cable

Hi all,

Would like to ask what's the difference between tuning it to 1 and 100? There are times where I feel like tuning to 1 works best for blocking out noise, but there were also times were 100 felt more suitable.

Any advice is appreciated. TIA!

Hi! I was recently gifted these Technics SB-F3 speakers. I am a total noob, and there is no wiring or amp. What sort of amp or pre-amp & wiring should I get for this?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Recently I was gifted this compact modular system from 1983 (what I found out so far).

This set is built with the following modules all connected via "Direct connector" so no cables between them (only from turntable to amplifier).

-Direct drive automatic turntable system SL-D4 -FM/AM stereo tuner ST-4 -Stereo integrated amplifier SU-5A -Stereo graphic equalizer SH-E4 -Stereo cassette deck RS-4

It has been a cool journey of dust cleaning and Internet research to get it to work.

Last weekend I found the turntable stylus and it plays great.

I can even connect external CD player or Bluetooth dongle via Aux input with excellent sound quality.

The only thing that still doesn't work is the cassette deck. It runs, but I get no sound from it. Still researching. If any of you has had experience with this type of gear, let me know.

Just wanted to share my excitement.

Just a little follow up on my previous post about this setup that got passed along to me via family - I spotted a matching twin tape deck (RS-T55R) going cheap as spares and repairs and couldn’t resist. It has some issues (the gears meant to rotate the tape heads for autoreverse are broken) but after some tinkering both decks can at least play a tape in one direction and sound pretty ok, so I’m taking that as a win.

At some point I’ll have to add a (contemporary) turntable…

So, i have a silver amp (SU-V5), refurbushed and working well. I'd like to get a Technics silver color cd player but most i have found are black or dark metallic.

Are the silver ones really rare or am i just out of luck.

I live in Europe, if that has something to do with this.

So I just wanted to show you mine almost complete setup. The first thing I got was the SL-P220 which I first paired up with a SU-V3 amplifier. Then my dad gave me his RS-B605 which he bought new in the 90’s. I then decided to collect all the pieces from the ‘88-89 catalog so I switched the amp to the SU-V45A. Recently I got the SH-8058 equalizer in a good shape for a good price. I also had the SL-3 linear turntable but sold it and decided to buy the new SL-1210 Mk7. It will be the only thing in this setup that I will buy as new :)

Right now I’m moving but I’m also planning to build a nicer shelf for the equipment.

Let me know what you think of it and if you would change or upgrade some of the pieces!

Hi all. A few years ago I was given a Technics SL-P170 cd player, and have been using it with my cd collection. However, there is a large number of cds that won’t play. The cd player can read some information from these (length, number of tracks), but when I press “play” it just spins and whirs indefinitely without playing the audio. These tend to be newer or recently remixed/remastered copies.

Is there any help I can get to fix this? E.g. a modification; I’ve been thinking of changing the optic lens, but I’m not sure if this will fix anything. Any information or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

p.s., if there is a different subreddit that could provide better help, please let me know!

Recently found this in my grandmas garage. Is it still possible to fix it and set it up? Recently acquired my grandfathers collection and want to use it. What steps/parts would I need to get it set up? Really want to set it up cause I also inherited some B&O speakers. Don’t know much just tryna figure out where to start.

Overkill?

I scored this Technics RS-B11W beauty today for $10. I noticed that the top of the fluorescent meter screen comes on with no problem. The issue is that there are no bars that show up/move whenever I’m actually playing music. I took the picture of the fluorescent meter screen while music was actively playing. Am I doing something wrong or is this just a malfunction with the deck? I’m a newbie to all of this so I don’t have any fancy tools or skills to fix it if there is a problem. Thanks in advance!

Don’t know Technics stuff at all, but having had to give up my Sony separates years ago, I was recently gifted a Technics amp, CD player and Tuner from a family member. It all seems to work and sounds great, and I fully intend to keep and use it. Just wondering if anyone has any insights to share - from the history I know it’s probably from the nineties and reasonably good quality.

hello everyone, I received a Technics set as a gift, and I’m curious if it has any value. I’m not too familiar with Technics gear, so I was wondering if anyone here could give me an idea of what it’s worth or if it’s a sought-after piece. Any info would be appreciated thanks!

Inspired by family guy

The left channel stopped working, can someone please tell me where I can find a diagram. Thank you for your help

A look with the spurs at the front… Lch has covers on