Hi, I don't like talking about myself, but as an introductory post is compulsory, you made me do it! I'm a UK resident who's had a keen interest in audio electronics since the mid to late 1970s. I qualified as an electronics engineer in 1982 and have spent most of the intervening years designing audio projects, mostly concentrating on the field of psychoacoustics. This has included vinyl record scratch eliminators and custom noise reduction systems, both single and double-ended. My interest in hi-fi cassette decks started around 1977 when a brother bought a JVC KD-720 slope-loader and set about redesigning the record and playback circuits to improve its performance. When he moved on to a better deck, he passed the JVC on to me around 1980 and the improvements continued to the point where, on paper at least, it was a match for a 1979 Nakamichi 600. When I qualified as an electronics engineer 2 years later, I made it my mission to track down as much information as I could on the theory of tape recording and made it my life-long hobby as well as servicing and calibrating decks for others in my spare time. I never got rich at it, but I did meet plenty of fellow enthusiasts over the years and made a few good friends along the way. That's all you're getting!
Well I wish I had your knowledge and that's all I'm saying LOL Allow me to add that I was trained in electronics through high school and then through the army and then also through the Navy in the army. I was trained in missiles and in the Navy I was trained in telecommunications. Been there done that and then well early on. I started with a reel to reel and then I graduated to cassettes and never went any further. Didn't go digital although I have to present day for some music but not all. And I am looking for the ultimate portable with speakers cassette player that gives me tunes at an appreciable volume that will last on a set of batteries all day long. And I'm 65 years young and I've made lots of videos and postings and everything else. And I mean lots of videos. I mean thousands of videos. Okay. Good day
My highly intelligent neighbor really got me into higher end audio in the late 70's with talk of Nakamichi's and AIWA Gear and how they were so much better than anything else we could buy locally. He was definately not a snob, he knew we needed boomboxes and Walkmans for skateboarding and the ramp but hearing the stories of the latest and greatest was always fascinating. You can see I have several threads relating to the history of audio and mostly portables, feel free to contribute or start you own threads. For some reason I started them at the right time, they get a lot of looks. Don't worry about duplication, there's no way somebody could remember 1/2 of the long threads. We love all audio, even your modded gadgets, feel free to even post them.
Thanks @Mister X I may post the full story of the 1977 JVC KD-720 at some stage. I still have it and it still works better than new. That should make for good bedtime reading as I'm sure it would send most people to sleep. :-D
