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[audio cassette player] Are both or only one "axis" supposed to drive the tape? (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/techsupport@lemmy.world
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I finally bought myself and old audio cassette player. The insides look crazy clean and the drive belts seem neither loose nor dried out.

But!

It's only the left "axis" - or whatever it's called - that's spinning and thus "driving/forwarding" the tape. With "left", I mean the one that rolls up the tape as it's being played. Looking inside, the right axis is not even actuated. It's just a "dead"/unmoving part. Is this how they all work?

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago

I really appreciate you sharing this! There is so much value in learning how life was lived earlier! 🩷🙏 This player cannot record, unfortunately, and neither can the next one that's arriving today (a Sharp JC-200(GY) ). But if the Lauper tapes turn out to sound that much better, I'll buy a deck with which to copy them. 😊

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