Welcome! Same here, I was too young and then too snobby to have a Walkman then… and now I have D6C and AIWA walkmans but cannot figure out on why...
Collecting Vinyl is the worst of my own obsessions, if you ask me ( or @TooCooL4 ) this one has the excuse of being the best audio no matter what...
I do not give a rats a$$ about any cars, but definitely going to see you guys there! :nwink: @Boodokhan and @Reli - even going to recognize you...
Welcome! Your intro post reminds me to share more of my own rebuilds,… not of my disease of collecting Discmans and such o_O Do you collect anything?
if you Google this Q, its been answered a few times: any minty Red-Book CD works for calibration. To make sure that CD is "Red-Book" meaning of...
yes, D-33 uses the same RF-300 motor but with a longer shaft, easily cut to size with diamond Dremel wheel KSS-165A laser from D-150 (L) next to...
Collectible LPs is my cup of tea! Had fun with my all-time-fav "Wish You Were Here" as half-speed, picture-disc, 180G, boxed-sets, remasters... in...
Welcome to the club! What are your other 'rabbit-hole' hobbies?? Mine are: Hi-end Audio: Naim Audio gear and Shunyata Research $1k+ power cords...
clamp laser mech securely with sensor's four solder points facing Up. Use desoldering wick soaked with rosen flux. I use flux and solder by Cardas...
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I don't, I just desolder original flexboard from D-250 and then solder it to KSS-220A laser scavenged from D-33. Seeing how the flexboard cable is...
I always follow advice mentioned by @Valentin and do not mess with electronics if it works. Primarily because my understanding of it is...
amazingly, I do not have a single clear photo of the latch from my WM-702 restoration. Sorry!!! It looks doable to make, as I did for Aiwa, but it...
What was that: just Chrome-plated round button? Since fine-scale jet modelling is my favorite hobby, I must say that you do Not need spray-paint...
No, locks are different. WM-701 has a sliding lever for the lock combined with HOLD, but in 702 Sony simplified it to a separate button: [ATTACH]...
Early D-90, D-250 and all D-150 have KSS-162A lasers, since around November 1989 these were substituted for KSS-220A lasers. Direct substitute and...
[MEDIA] extra benefit for the comrads whose native language is Ukrainian... but I am proud of my fav PF dudes and - Ukraine is "Ponad Use!!!"
if Windex does not work then spray-paint with some clear lacquer (flat, or green, red or whatever is your fav color?) onto the lid! Definitely...
I tend to buy D-33/34/36 for the sake of their KSS-220A lasers to be transplanted onto D-15/D-25 and I just discard the rest... D-34 (same as...
Definitely a Grail...!!! From what I hear folks are looking for a $10 buy at local garage/carboot sales. Or Estate sales as must have been your...
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