vintage-electronics.net for the belt. Great deck, my personal favorite. It took me a long time to find the right guy to get these from, ended up with six, and all work great.
Vintage Bummer: Reel to Reel Saga Continues....
I bought what was supposedly a "mint" Pioneer 909 reel to reel on ebay a few years ago, from a seller with perfect feedback. These two things combined led to a very high sale price, with me the "lucky" winner.
When I received it, the case was indeed mint, and the unit looked as if it had barely been used. However, after only a few turns of the reels, the unit would stop dead, and it sounded muffled and terrible for the few seconds when it would play.
I took it to a shop in Chelsea, Manhattan, and somehow got talked into spending $900.00 ?!?!??!!?!? to repair it, including full replacement of the heads.
I realized this was a bit ridiculous, but so was the whole concept of using the reel to reel to begin with and I was already irrationally committed.
It worked perfectly for the few hours I used it, and then it sat on a shelf for about a year, only to be recently unpacked and installed in my new rack in my new house.
Guess what? Same thing mentioned in paragraph 2.
I am so bummed. Would anyone have any idea what might be the problem here, or how I might get it up and running again without getting ripped off?
When I received it, the case was indeed mint, and the unit looked as if it had barely been used. However, after only a few turns of the reels, the unit would stop dead, and it sounded muffled and terrible for the few seconds when it would play.
I took it to a shop in Chelsea, Manhattan, and somehow got talked into spending $900.00 ?!?!??!!?!? to repair it, including full replacement of the heads.
I realized this was a bit ridiculous, but so was the whole concept of using the reel to reel to begin with and I was already irrationally committed.
It worked perfectly for the few hours I used it, and then it sat on a shelf for about a year, only to be recently unpacked and installed in my new rack in my new house.
Guess what? Same thing mentioned in paragraph 2.
I am so bummed. Would anyone have any idea what might be the problem here, or how I might get it up and running again without getting ripped off?