Soviet cassette recorder repair (Vesna 309)

Fixing a soviet cassette tape recorder Vesna 309 (Весна 309) and exploring what's inside. It has an AC erase / bias and a brushless DC motor. This time, the problem is NOT the capacitors!

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[fullmetaljacket]

A sensored brushless motor from the late 80s. I'm impressed.

[johnwelbourn]

As a teenager in the 70s, I spent many an hour poking around in malfunctioning cassette players, mostly to little avail. That video was an absolute joy, more like that please DGW.

[CoolDudeClem]

Vintage soviet devices are ALLWAYS interesting! This seems to be built quite well, I would have never expected to see a brush-less motor in this, they really went to town when designing it.

[marcelfilms]

ac erase AND brushless motor?
truly the future

[ЯСуперСтар]

As a russian, I'm impressed you read the writing, decoding every message you can. Like, someone could've just ignored and go with it. I appreciate the attitude and effort you take in making these videos.

[bahmad]

This motor and driver deserves a video of its own with full details

[ancientlink]

Im 15 so never thought a cassette player could be this complex, learning new things everyday with you

[German_byte]

Thanks. I’d like to see repairs of more Soviet era electronics.

[marcelfilms]

I love it when they put connectors on the boards so you can very easily take it apart.

[EdwinSteiner]

Vintage devices are often interesting and they are a good match for your unique soldering style, so I vote for vintage!

[drobotk]

You could make polls on your community tab asking for viewer preferences regarding modern or vintage technology, etc. I personally really enjoy your videos about repairs, experiments and DIY stuff. I feel like there's more to learn from them than the USB charger videos, which are all kind of the same.

[SauvikRoy]

Thank you for taking the time to fix it. I think fixing every piece of electronics has its own charms.
I think you should do more of these old devices because they are designed to be repaired and last a long time. New ones are just designed to be replaced.

[markstuckey]

What a beautifully made device. I enjoy watching these videos of the older stuff, particularly the Soviet items, they seem so well made; no built in obsolescence.

[domtom]

Nice! Motor driver schematic explanation next? Looks very interesting! :)

[madscientist]

Awesome vid as always 👍
Please show more vintage devices, whether you are repairing them or just explaining how they work. It's always so cool to see how things were built back in the day.
My favorite vintage repair from you was the Junost 603. After watching you repair that one, I just knew I had to have one, so I picked one up from eBay :D
After replacing all the bad caps and one failed resistor it's now working again and sitting on my desk right besides me 😊

[dredm]

Beautiful video, Dany K 📼
Me as kid in the 80s had a cassette-radioplayer, it was of the brand Audiosonic.
Was very nice to record music into cassette and then play it on my Sony Walkman.
The memories of the past, thanks for reminiscing it 🔴

[JindřichJansa]

I definitely appreciate the Eraser head! :D

[antibrevity]

"Each year people are dumber." Ya bud. Whenever you think that they can't any get dumber, they enthusiastically prove you wrong.

[Kuba-]

Hello, I really appreciate the videos about older technology. I feel like these is a lot more to learn, and the video is more interesting to watch when the old-school analog circutry can be explained, rather than it being one chip doing everything. A good example was the Soviet TV series, my personal favorite of your videos, you've taught us a lot about how it worked and that made the videos really fascinating.

Thanks for reading and take care.

[TerryLawrence]

I love seeing the old Soviet technology. Ultimately, I will watch everything you do 🙂