Ok! First of all, I haven't the faintest idea about technology (my strong point is to change bulbs), so be patient, please. Here are all my doubts: -Why, in the same walkman, some tapes sound with a wailing sound while other don't? e.g.: Tales from Topographic Oceans has the same length as Supertramp's Autobiografy, and whilst the first one sounds perfect, the second sounds as if Roger Hodgson were wailing every song. -Why, if my walkman AIWA HS T50 runs on batteries, some times makes a buzzing noise (the same as if you put a mobile phone near a radio), while if it's running plugged-in doesn't? -Where can I ask for a complete cleaning and changing of rubber drive belts of my AIWA HS T50 and my SANYO M 1150 here in Spain? And that's all (by now). I have a good lot of doubts... Thanks in advance, guys!
Some cassettes age better than others. Some; the mechanism degrades on others its the tape itself that goes sticky. If the cassette is "wailing" then its likely to be a mechanical problem. I have fixed all my noisy tapes by opening them up (lucky if they have screws, unlucky if they are bonded; you will need a sharp knife to open them), and lightly, carefully lubricating the moving parts: tape spools (that bind on the inner plastic film) and if the cassette has them; the small feeder wheels. I bet there are videos on YouTube about it . Have fun waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Great! Thanks, 16s! I'll have my niece tomorrow morning working on that tape. I think we'll going to cut through the edge carefully with a scalpel, and once opened and cleaned, we will be able to drill each corner with a micro carbide 0,05 mm drill and, thus, screw the tape closed with MicroMachine bolts. Obviuosly, first we'll have to fill the corners with a small amount Green Stuff in order to build a solid body for the bolts... It's going to be funny!
Buzzing noise when on batteries but not when plugged in sounds like a classic grounding issue to me. Once recapped, as is a Must for all Aiwas, it will be gone
Thanks for keeping me company, Brutus442! Now, I want to put forth a proposition: If someone in this forum knows how to clean and fix a walkman properly, I would be very willing to pay a reasonable amount of money for the service.
That sounds like a hard way of doing things. Unless you have a special reason for wanting to keep the case, most people transferred the tape into a higher quality screwed together case.
Before I came down with Parkinson, I used to make miniatures (mostly Warhammer 40K and Fantasy) and I must say I was quite good. My niece (a lovely young lady) is a fanatic of Warhammer too and a taught her all that I knew. Nowadays, she makes the figures for her collections, so we'll make the work just for the pleasure of seeing a firm hand drilling, sanding down and handling putty. It's really hard to have useless hands when you used to make beautiful things, seriously.
Sorry, I hadn't read your introduction so didn't know that. We have a few members here who are into models including display aircraft and railways. I still have the model railway I built in the 1970s here in my lounge but seem to spend so much time on internet forums and fixing things that I haven't had time to run it for about a decade. My main Christmas challenge this year will be to try and make one working record deck out of two. Forty years ago it was assembling the Digital Clock kit I received for Christmas.
I envy you, friend! I love trains, specially those from the beginnings of the railway. My main Christmas challenge will be to try to figure out how to transfer a lot of mp3 records into cassette tapes with the least loss of quality.
This could be either a tape issue (bad aging of the magnetic tape, so it becomes slippy or something) or a walkman issue (rubber roller worn out, internal belts melt down...). Who knows? Without taking a look in detail it couldn't be said. Hmm, cannot say. Batteries almost dead? Sergi is your man! That's sad, Roman. However, hopefully using our beloved audio gadgets with their big physical buttons, selector and knobs won't stop you to keep using them. Maybe another story will be to use an audio software in the computer, but physical gear is quite different, isn't it? I guess my guide to make good recordings will help you a lot. Look below my signature...
Good morning, Sergi I have just sent you a message, although I don't know if I have done it right. Best wishes
