[ATTACH] @Mister X - a day later but I am catching up with you with my military-style Sharp and my almost-local brew... and King Crimson ;)...
following 'on the turntable' thread and feeling real Bad about myself and my lowly turntable I felt obliged to revive my fav thread of...
@autoreverser - what happened to your Thorens??? Got Beautified?
Yes, definitely upgrade to 220uF during recap. Regarding C401: 100uF/6V upgrade to 100uF/10V SMD. Ideally, C401 should be 220uF/10V but it...
@Analogtape - nicely done!! I just solder AAA’s and let the Discman to charge ‘em :) But you can check the play-time of AAAs charged by a Li-Ion...
@Analogtape - you may contact Kaosun of kaosuncd.com direct and he will sell BP-2 for $10 extra to his refurb price. If you want to DIY, then...
Relictor Ring - What is That?!? I almost want to follow your steps and switch from Discmans to Walkmans just for the sake of actually learning...
@Mister X - I Love this ad!! Exactly the type of Dudes (and Dudettes) you do Not meet at Hi-End audio shows! :noway:
Direct-to-disc LPs do get you ‘there’: I had Four Seasons LP done this way and it did sound marvelous… and I did hear the part when some idiot...
Totally agreed!! Discman as a ‘portable’ nowadays is just silly: DAPs and iPhones do the same job for cheaper and Better ;) D-Z555 is still the...
well,... Loudness War is definitely at play with pop-tunes... but I have yet to hear any "classical music" being raped to that level... Lucky...
DO post your feelings about Solid-state-Hard-Drive-tune vs. the same tune played off CD... ;) Yet another challenge - play that same tune off...
Maybe they had serious precog skills and knew that CD will be dead in a few years :loldiag: It is not bad, sounds better to my ears than later...
Definitely Sanyo own design and their own laser, but it looks like they had Sony D-7 (aka D-50 MkII) as a 'blueprint' for the general layout...
@Longman - Yes, it took some efforts to get platter off the motor shaft. Not as much as with metal hubs used in D-90 etc, but surprisingly serious...
@CDV - no, reheating old discussion was not my intention. I wanted to see your take on D-303 or D-515 vs. later models. But you've answered my Q...
Technics is a no-brainer, they all pretty solid! But I did manage to buy a dead one this week, just to stress/check my skills for reviving...
@CDV - good point, I like your effort! Now shall be waiting for Part II which would explain why these 90-ies plasticky CD spinners sound like...
CP12 looks nice, now I want one! Definitely post more photos! ! Please let me know if Philips has the same problem as what I had with mine:...
that is CORRECT!!!... sorry, since English is my fourth foreign language I had to master (Ukrainian being the 'native', then Russian, then French...
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