On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 3:14:31 PM UTC-5, N_Cook wrote:

How do you deal with rubber bits? its awkward enough keeping cassette
decks going well past they're sell-by date

A few things:

a) Revox is direct-drive, dual capstan, three-head. So no belts anywhere.
b) The pinch-roller is new, and of an exotic material that should outlast me in any case. They are readily available from several sellers in the US and elsewhere.
c) The Revox Cassette drive is considered the most reliable drive, ever. Favorably compared to the Nakamichi Dragon - which does use belts in its secondary functions.
d) The same may be written of my A77 road deck and B225 CD player. This last I have had to recap on the audio board (quite convenient to do, by the way) and also re-set the pot-metal frame due to decayed grommets. THAT was a PITA, but well worth it. I used silicon grommets for the replacements - direct from my local plumbing supply house at $0.10 each.

As an aside, I also keep an HK2000 that has more belts than Brooks Brothers.. Also mostly replaced from an O-Ring kit from the same source as the grommets.

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The B215 has Dolby B & C on board as well. And at over 20 pounds, no lightweight. US$1,400 in 1985.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA