Had my Yamaha KX-393 for a few days now and I'm well impressed by it..Good looking machine and sounds very good but really sparkles with TDK metal position MA's..👍
@BenjaminKanarek
Жыл бұрын
I just ordered a mint silver version today...can't wait! Got it and it is amazing! As you say the clarity is wonderful!
@lesgl
4 жыл бұрын
I bought this deck ''Seller refurbished'' with 12 month warranty recently from a German Ebay seller..it's a dark steel colour..works great..one drawback the front cassette door is not removable for cleaning and the gap at the top of it when open is very small..manual recommends use of cleaning cassette only..Tape tuning function for different brands of tape is handy as is the Play Trim
@Fluteboy
4 жыл бұрын
The cassette door on mine is TOO removable! I imagine the previous owner of yours chose to employ some glue...
@kelvingreen3736
5 жыл бұрын
I have this deck also. Great deck and very under-rated.
@danlettuce8429
4 жыл бұрын
Me too. Works ace and records brilliantly.
@ERIC-65
3 жыл бұрын
I now (since today) own a KX-390! Lovely Deck.
@davy_K
3 жыл бұрын
Have had the 393 model for a long time - would have been '99 or so when I bought it. Still going though it only gets light use. Sounds good to my ears when we play my wife's vintage albums.
@gergelykondas7842
3 жыл бұрын
I also have this great one! Yamaha was one of the best cassette-deck-maker!
@Hammerman48
3 жыл бұрын
I still own mine....since 2001 brand new.....works when I need it.
@theeprox
4 ай бұрын
Just bought the double deck tape
@MyBrilliantChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Just got one of these for £10 from a charity shop. I found I had to adjust the azimuth slightly but apart from that it seems a great deck. Makes some nice recordings too.
@Fluteboy
2 жыл бұрын
Same here. Azimuth adjusted and all is grand.
@michaelharris6106
3 жыл бұрын
Just here find out how to use the mint condition yamaha kx-493 cassette deck that I just found on a carboot for tenner 👊 great video 🙂
@Fluteboy
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent find. Some people price things cheap without realising their value, and the rest of us get to enjoy!
@michaelharris6106
3 жыл бұрын
@@Fluteboy all of my system has been found that way carboots marketplace junk shop's you have just got to keep a eye out and have a little bit of knowledge you will not believe this but last week I found some LS3/5As that had been made for a recording studio on a carboot originally Kef drivers with what iv been told a crossover that was made for the vintage ram and Goodman's made LS3/5As for £20 😎 in the past at carboots iv had NAD 3020a for a tenner quad 33/303 for £60 🙂 I love a carboot 😎👊😎
@Fluteboy
3 жыл бұрын
The classic BBC monitors! Keep digging!
@paulb4uk
3 жыл бұрын
Does sound a nice deck quality bit of kit .
@mangduardscercano3642
3 жыл бұрын
sound is great
@chrisdeboden1977
Жыл бұрын
Great cassette deck. Own the KX580 Special Edition. What is striking is that my KX580se spools faster than the KX393, that's because the 580 has 2 motors and the 393 has 1 motor. The 580se also has a higher erase frequency of 160 kHz, so that your own recordings do not add any extra bias noise and are therefore good for a better signal-to-noise ratio. Why the 580se has Dolby S on it is a big mystery to me, because with Dolby C you no longer have any noise. The KX580se performs very well with TDK SA, but performs excellently with Metal tape such as the TDK MA-XG, the sound quality with this tape is really as good as digital sound. I have trouble believing my ears and yet it continues to surprise me time and time again. Considering the simple mechanics more than an excellent performance. The 393 will have a bit more noise I think, but is still a lot better than average. Both the 393 and 580se use the same Hard Permoloy Yamaha GF-37 Focus Field head produced by Canon!!! Another advantage is that the reliability is more than excellent with this series of decks, trouble-free machines.
@Amper-o-mat
4 жыл бұрын
The level meters on this deck are not working properly,that's why there are differences in levels between source and recorded material.However,you can set recording level of higher peaks up to +8db,and recording Will still be without any clipping or distortion and also will have excellent warm and powerfull sound.The factory recommondation says to adjust rec levels at +2 or +4but sadly dolby is not active on those levels.It is very interesting issue on this deck.
@chrisdeboden1977
Жыл бұрын
Two reasons: Before recording, you must use the tape tuning function if you use tape other than TDK AD, SA, MA. The tapes the deck was calibrated to at the factory. Tape tuning cancels out this difference. The second reason is that this is a modern 250nWb/m DIN meter where the 0dB point is on a magnetic flux at 250nWb/m. This means that the distortion limit is closer to the 0-db point than on older meters. So you shouldn't record too loudly, after all, 0dB on this meter is +4dB on an old needle VU meter. My tip is that Yamaha recommends sticking to levels with the peaks at +2dB for Type I and II and with the peaks at +4dB on a Type IV tape and my advice is to stick to these levels, it's in the manual recommended level is really the right level. Type III Ferro-Chrome Yamaha does not recommend using for recording. Type III cassettes do not have tape position detection holes on the back. However, they can be recorded by manually adding a little more bias and possibly using the Play trim (pb equalizer) or the tone control of the amplifier during playback. This also applies to the first generation Type IV cassettes from Basf, among others, that did not yet have detection holes for metal position, which you can only play, but not record correctly. This can be done by transferring the tape to a cassette housing that does have metal detection holes. Detection holes became standard soon after the introduction of metal tapes, these tapes can of course be used for recording.
@seanf12012
5 жыл бұрын
I BOUGHT ONE OF THESE CASSETTES DECKS BRAND NEW FOR £130.00. AND FOR THE PRICE IT WAS VERY GOOD.
@silvervens
3 жыл бұрын
That's a dang good of a deal
@RWL2012
5 жыл бұрын
I also watch Geoff Marshall, Cassette Comeback *and* Techmoan :) Not Oddity Archive though, so I'll check it out!
@danlettuce8429
4 жыл бұрын
I have one of these and a k300, not bad deck imho.
@chinpasedol
4 жыл бұрын
brilliance sound
@yanks1fan09
5 жыл бұрын
Show Me Love By Robin S from 93
@sexytasmin
5 ай бұрын
Just because it only has two heads doesn’t mean it can’t sound excellent. My Nakamichi DR3 sounds fantastic.
@killmore75
3 жыл бұрын
I think the remote has the feature to stop on the next track play the full song
@RWL2012
5 жыл бұрын
I first came across "Stardrive" as the intro track of I like transport. It was uncredited though.
@Fluteboy
5 жыл бұрын
There's another channel for me to add to my list! Thank you. :)
@RWL2012
5 жыл бұрын
@@Fluteboy no worries. he's changed his intro track now though haha
@michaelknights5277
2 жыл бұрын
I have the Yamaha KX - 330 but the lights have gone out??? had it since the early 1990#s Superb machine. :0
@rl8236
4 жыл бұрын
Nice deck, good vid
@Fluteboy
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for enjoying it!
@crspwl1950
3 жыл бұрын
What's the difference between this and my KX-380?
@Fluteboy
3 жыл бұрын
The KX-380 was sold from 1994-95, while the KX-393 was a 1998-06 model. www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/yamaha/kx-380.shtml www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/yamaha/kx-393.shtml
@crspwl1950
3 жыл бұрын
@@Fluteboy Thanks. So the difference is the year.
@hamoodi0
2 жыл бұрын
Does it need a speakers and an ampufire
@adamjanowski7320
Жыл бұрын
Superrrrr❤
@lauriseaden2846
5 жыл бұрын
make it snappy my man, vid could have been 1/3 the time, not a bad effort tbf keep punting out the content
@Fluteboy
5 жыл бұрын
If I wasn't tongue tied and blessed with a stutter, then I certainly would up the ante! It's usually the 15th take that gets used. Thanks for appreciating though. :)
@jmmbos
3 ай бұрын
400 series sound much better 480 490 493 . 300 serie has cheaper mechanics and is very kluncky . the microswitches in the cassettecompartment arent even shielded against dust .. They are the worst in the business 300 series .. These people below are no experts at all
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