I got recently into minidisc; right now I have a boxed R70, two N505 (one is temperamental), one N510 and a player only E62. An R35 is on its way,...
Laser assembly are typically factory calibrated so that the photodiode receives the correct amount of light (too little and signal cannot be...
I know minidisc is compressed, ATRAC actually predates MP3 and it is a contemporary of Philips PASC. All three formats are now pretty obsolete and...
I'm planning on making recording directly through the optical digital connection with no re-sampliging or ADC; the only difference between...
I just want to play a bit with minidisc, a format which was way too expensive for me back at the time. I just bought a boxed Sony MZ-R70 from...
I have a NOS Sony WM-22 which emits a high pitched noise when playback is engaged. It does not cover the music and indeed the walkman does sound...
It makes perfect sense to use a higher voltage for the PSU, as in some case the extra voltage is used for LCD back-light. All first generations...
OK, we are going towards summer and room temperature is close to 25~26 Celsius, but I have noticed recently that certain PCDP's do indeed heat-up...
This is an alternative way of fixing the DD gear (I have a couple of DD fixed that way), but it has some disadvantages 1) the plastic keeps...
If you check the component rating in the service manual versus what is actually installed you will easily find the actual component has a higher...
Were you able to ease the clutch ? I tried the same adventure but give-up for too many problem and one of those was the clutch too stiff. all...
Back to the topic, I had the head of my DD33 lapped and high frequency response has substantially improved. The lack of W&F and the balanced...
this site has another list of walkman's: http://www.sonyvintage.com/?page_id=1253 a comprehensive list of all models would be rather huge as the...
Take a bunch of pre-recorded tapes; adjust azimuth to have max treble response on all of them. A good tape to calibrate azimuth is pretty...
I guess this one it's worth every single euro ... https://www.ebay.it/itm/323223946974?ul_noapp=true
@19lexicon78 The prices for some discman (80's model mostly) have gone up like crazy recently. It's getting harder and harder to get decent...
Al least Sony in the low/mid ranges designed a common walkman's tape section and then release two models, with or without FM tuner. The FM tuner...
With a bit of luck, those walkman's will not require recapping, they seems to be fairly "recent" after the dark age of failing capacitors. What...
Sorry, I could not resist... having said I only listen to walkman's when on the go, here is what I miss compared to listening music on my iPhone:...
Those were actually TOTL players of the period, very slim, auto-reverse, semi-automatic tape transport, "EX" head (for what it actually meant),...
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