Hi all Hoping someone can help with this ugly monolithic beast. It's in good condition and may be worth saving but has "sound issues" whereby the...
I have no other general photos - I generally just take specific pix to remind me how things fit together - and the machine is now in storage...
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The shaving option, I thought of already but there's a complication. The pulley drives the capstan flywheel and the rest of the mechanism with two...
Hi all Hitachi M2 is a mini component system comprising HS-M2 speakers, FT-M2 tuner/receiver, HA-M2 amp, and D-M2 cassette deck. It's a cute...
I have a full "30" system, including cabinet, speakers, and the transparent plastic panel with the connection graphics that covers the back of the...
This may have been a good call, sir, thank you. The L202 appears to have been damaged, there is an indentation that could be the result of a...
In case anyone is able to help, the relevant manual is available from Elektrotanya, it covers the HS-T28, -T30, -T40, and RD7 and their A-suffixed...
Hi all, Most of the walkmans I work on have perfect radios and problematic tape mechanisms but today there's a flip. A very tidy Aiwa HS-RD7...
Thank you Mister X. It's always a delight seeing someone do things like that in such a confident and successful way (on first try too!...
Now 6 weeks and counting since the tires for the restoration of an Aiwa L30 were mailed from Slovakia (not from Marian Mihok / FYA, I hasten to...
I am finishing repairs on a couple of boomboxes, both of which are missing knobs on the volume and tone sliders (who does this?!). There's almost...
Commiserations - I have just spent two days stripping back to bare plastic a big Sharp Twin Cam machine that has been in a woodworking shed for...
Thank you for that link, Mister X.
Three possible scenarios: (1) the tapes are deteriorating independently; (2) the tapes are OK and the Walkman is having a simple playback problem...
Great reading. Coincidentally I am in the closing phases of auditioning around 1800 used pre-recorded cassettes. Quite a few had lost their...
Spinal Tap in reverse. I'm impressed!
Thank you Mister X. Amazon had never occurred as a potential source but now I see all sorts of useful stuff there! Cheers.
Wow, is that Fifteen Thousand honest-to-Betsy pimpoes?
Beginning mech restoration of an otherwise-perfect PJW30 'Robot' and discovered that Deck 2 is missing the sprung pulley on the back of the...
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