Well Folks, when do you throw in the towel? Thus far, I've replaced all the electrolytic capacitors, cleaned and lubed the mechanism, new belt and...
I just bought the manual. As luck would have it, the board layout on my WM-5 is not what is printed in the manual. Ugh.
Looks like the violet wires are for the servo function based on info from the WM-2 SM. In that case, perhaps, this is where it's supposed to go?...
Hello Everyone. Another Walkman on the bench currently, this time it's a WM-5. Opened it up carefully and found one wire detached already....
Thanks, Valentin, appreciate the insight. Cheers! Norm
Sure, Alex, I bought from https://ebay.io/m/DXPppR Speaking of Marian, I received my order for the head block lifter and a few other parts today....
Yep, following proper protocols, lol. “And once again “you’ve got to get two to make one work…”
Hi Alex! No original W&F specs were published for the WM-2 by Sony or at least made public. I believe the general consensus from the community...
I just bought a second gen 1 off eBay earlier today. Hopefully someone hasn’t butchered it.
Very nice results. Even in reverse at o.1% w&f, I doubt you would hear any ill-effects even on sustained piano or guitar notes. I would call this...
Yes, I do have the service manual.
Here is a ref image I took when I was restoring this unit. Not quite the same angle, but the shield in your image is not there. Cheers.
I get around 0.3% WRMS. The unit was non-functioning when I got it so I don't know what the W&F was beforehand. I know the 0.3% sounds bad at...
Thanks, euroflash, I will need to open the WM-2 back up to see if it could be a possibility. On my version, there are two grounding wires that...
Yes, I recently restored one and aside from one minor issue, the WM-2's are quite remarkable. I record my own bias adjusted cassettes from vinyl...
I know this is an old post, but what we don't know is the history of this Walkman. It is plausible that someone may have repaired/restored this...
Just a casual observation, I do not see the film washer that goes between the center gear hub and driving gear assembly in your image. Just want...
I also looked at that exploded diagram and could not find it. Dimensions in the image below.
Hello Folks, I've completely exhausted the only two brain cells I have left. I recently serviced and restored a WM-2, the end result was very...
It's a tricky thing, finding donor replacements from similar models or sometimes even within the same model. One doesn't always know what minor...
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