Interesting finding! Is it possible to post photos of those dents? Now that I am buying used tapes off eBay, the only time I am getting dropouts...
you must watch yourself now! That is exactly how this craziness started for me: bought MonsterPower conditioner,... it died,... I found one...
I got kicked out of Sencor Club by the Wollsey Fire, but while it lasted Sencor S-4800 was my favorite "workhorse" for when...
...and D-33 is a solid Discman! Not as iconic as TPS-L2 (although among Discmans there are a few contenders for The Spot!) but one of the...
Maxell is my favorite brand, but I always thought that it was TEAC R2R cassettes designed for bboxes. Something to look at, not just fall back,...
That is correct, I remember being able to buy books when vacationing on Jamaica... wow, this sounds dorky but it was really convenient!...
Motor is fine, I said it already... Checking focus coil is easy: jump the lid switch and without CD (!) press Play. All servos have the same...
Of the screens which did not “stick” I miss the first Amazon Kindle with b&w screen.... battery lasts forever, it does look like a paper, not...
@Cassette2go once again, WOW!!! I know I said this before, and now you confirmed yet again that yours is not a collection... it is a Gold Mine!!!...
this might be the belt, but myguess you are using belts from @mihokm then no need to worry about this 1) if you are lucky then it is just stiff...
When it is Real Bad, then I desolder the parts and soak them for a few hours/days in LCR (Lime Calcium Rust, but sometimes marked as CLR) usually...
Small but solid collection! Fix D-250, it is doable... D-50MkII ? This is my favorite, but I used to have two of those: keeping these in playable...
Fisher Discman was one of the stars of my then collection, when re-branding you sometimes get a real deal! Now I am looking for a mini to fit...
Welcome to the club! Nothing beats vinyl, Nothing!!! CR2 Nak is the second best... until you upgrade to the “classic” Nak... which will be still...
@Mister X actually, out of five bboxes in my "new" collection, two are three-piecers :) One of those is seen in @Cassette2go photo: it looks soo...
+1 to what @Longman said: all my chargers (and with my son being a DRONE aficionado, I had paid for quite a few!) will charge a gumstick...
I do not have the answer... but my own experience is exactly the same! Out of a dozen old Panasonic/Sony gumsticks 50% were dead and the rest...
D-33 is a solid Discman, not a Holy Grail by any standards but waay better than anything which came out later. I would go as far as saying that...
This one is Totally out of my league: three-piecer + dual cassette + square speakers... Not my cup of tea... but right now, while trying to revive...
If you did a full re-cap, I would not worry about a Bad capacitor, although it does sound like a capacitor issue... Re-flow ALL the points for the...
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