A $15 cassette deck that died on me just after I spent $40 trying to get it working. Old tape recorders are known for mechanical failures, but on 1990s models like this Technics RSTR180, they can sometimes have electronic failures, too.

Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
1:06 Repair cost
1:56 Replacing pinch rollers
3:23 Everything went wrong
6:14 The culprit?
7:15 Teardown
9:29 Fake restoration videos
10:50 Recommendations

#cassette #repair #fail