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New Edition
« on: March 22, 2011, 08:59:27 PM »
First off - Thanks to OBG for a this one.  Had a good Saturday morning drive to the Pittsburgh area to meet up with a fellow member and talk good music and Pioneer tape decks.  More specifically his CT-F1250.  I got this baby home and polished up the face, pulled the motor and ran it off to the local shop for a rebuild.    Got everything back together today and happy to say it's running strong.  About an hour and twenty minutes on the clock and still going.  This is a permanent resident!   javascript:void(0);

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Re: New Edition
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2011, 09:23:02 PM »
Very impressive! From one tapehead to another, congratulations!

I'd be interested in hearing the SPEC system once it's all complete!

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Re: New Edition
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2011, 09:39:41 PM »
Very nice!!

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Re: New Edition
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2011, 09:40:19 PM »
Sunny D, Thanks!  I'd like to think I'm almost done, but truth is I'll keep looking to add one thing or another.

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Re: New Edition
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2011, 11:24:08 PM »
Excellent! What did they do to refurb the motor?
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Re: New Edition
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2011, 12:22:31 AM »
Nice. Just out of curiosity, what are you using for speakers?
I am confident that an SL-1200 is capable of outperforming turntables of much higher expense with minor modification.

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Re: New Edition
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2011, 06:01:16 AM »
Very nice and a big, heavy looking unit also. Reminds me of the Phase Linear tape deck. Impressive!!!  8)
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Re: New Edition
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2011, 08:11:48 AM »
The motor was replaced with one that was already rebuilt.  The shop gave me back the original motor as well, which still needs rebuilt. 

I'm running a pair of Monitor Audio MA 100 bookshelf speakers.  Simple, nothing too fancy.  I went and listened to some Paradigm's that I liked, but I'll have to save for those.