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Until the last couple of years, I admit, I had no idea what the significance a 3-head cassette deck was.  In case you're wondering too, I'll try to summarize it if you're curious.  Otherwise if you're just here for the repair log, skip to that section below. The Principle of Playback The playback head of a cassette player works on almost exactly the same principal as a record player cartridge.  The motion of a magnet across a coil is used to generate alternating current. In the case of a record player, the movement of a stylus as it travels through the groove provides the physical motion of the magnet and coil to generate the electrical waveform - the shape of the groove determines how much or how little movement happens and that variance creates the waveform that is amplified to produce the sound.  In the case of magnetic tape, the tape itself is the magnet moving over a coil inside the tape head, and the waveform is generated based on the varying strength of the magne