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RE: You will be surprised...

One thing I learned about this deck. The main motor - which happens to be the only motor in the deck - is electrically "noisy". At least with the cover off...

My left speaker (as opposed to my left nut ;) is only a few inches away from where I placed the deck, and when the main motor is running (transport paused so the music does not mask the sound) I can hear a "fluttering" noise from the speaker. Low level, and only when the main motor is idling, but when no music playing it can be heard with the ear close to the speaker. The speakers are not magnetically shielded (Reference3A DeCapo I)

Right speaker which is almost 3 meters from the deck has no fluttering sound. I did not go through the trouble of physically switching speakers to confirm it is the deck and not the speaker but it is the deck. The speaker is fine...

Probably I will not attempt to add shielding to either the deck or the speaker...


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  • RE: You will be surprised... - ltman 21:47:48 03/21/24 (0)

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