After 40 years of ownership I have just sold my Aiwa AD-F990. For the new owner I had a FULL service completed prior to them purchasing. Regrets YES. But is was an awesome bit of kit that I have owned since new. The main reason for this that I wasn’t using it as much. I have owned a Sony WM-D6C since new as well and this unit I absolutely love and use most nights. So this is now my main unit for cassettes. Cheers Kiwinut
Including the service and only one first owner/full history, the new owner can enjoy it for many years to come! Time to update your signature!
Update new owner not happy says it not sounding right and he thinks it’s a problem with the pinch roller?( he thought that they hadn’t been replaced) I had them replaced prior to selling. But I am working with him to get the problem fixed. He recons it sounds dull Annoying as I sent it away to be great for the new owner. Is there a chance the wrong roller was installed? Cheers Kiwinut. Ps I kept the old ones they replaced
It's impossible to say for sure, for me it's more W&F or tapes not spooling correctly with a bad pinch roller. I wonder if they're using a known good (current) tape recording? I'd also have them clean with IPA to make sure no lube or other stuff got on the heads.
When I was a young delivery boy in the 80's, the packages showed up crisp and clean, UPS was the standard, I think back then they wore white gloves. Fast forward to today and these guys have zero respect for what's inside and they throw around everything. It's no wonder Amazon packs a tiny box inside a huge box stuffed with bubble wrap.
Yes beginning to think this too, as this gentleman does as I have just found out sell Hi-Fi gear. And yes I did refund him some money $340 dollars. ♂️ Waiting to hear the outcome from him. cheers Kiwinut
E-bay is patrolled by scammers like that. I hope you can resolve this. Best not to sell anything and just hoard it up! okay okay that's not true... best to try and sell here maybe? (E-bay is tricky, I have seen others selling mostly "for parts only" and yet show pictures of everything working and say all is well BUT being so old... it can fail at any moment etc,. it's just "for parts" )
My buddy sold a rare tube amp a couple years ago, it was returned but without an important unobtanium part, luckily he had a ton of photos before he shipped it.
