I was very lucky to be able to find a perfect D6C,for a very reasonable price,in my country (185e total) I happily present you some pictures of it,taken with my crappy 12y old phone. And a white noise test to determine frequency response. An approximate measurement. The sound is amazing...The unit does not have a scratch or mark on it at all...its literately like new. And here are the pictures!!
Glad to see a D6C bought at such a good price ! Thanks for sharing ! Maybe people will learn from this that these devices can be found at prices lower than the typical price on ebay. Speculation is higher than ever, most people that have found cassettes and walkmans in their basements are suddently thinking they're worth a fortune. I have said it many times (some may disagree with me and that's ok), but these devices are not worth as much as the typical ebay seller is asking for. All of them will require to be serviced, so you're better off spending on that to make it work like new rather than paying a very high original price and not affording to get it serviced. There have been so many D6Cs produced, that I can assure you: there are enough of them for everyone. I see more and more walkmans and rare cassettes on ebay than ever before, sign that these vintage objects have sat in people's basements and drawers and they are starting to find them now. And they will find more and more as time goes by.
True,i was very happy to find one at that state at at a reasonable price.Mine needs to be serviced also FF-RW and auto stop do not work.Even tho the sound prodused is beautiful.I will send it to you sometime after Easter
FF/REW not working is a relatively common problem, especially if the unit has not been used for a long time. Cause is dried grease on a lever. I always clean that and re-lubricate it with oil (as oil doesn't tend to harden over time). Autostop not working it caused by low takeup torque: belt and/or play idler are worn. Rubber needs to be replaced in all of these, regardless to what people say. I will attach the WM-D6C buyer's guide I made a while ago, for reference: https://stereo2go.com/forums/threads/sony-wm-d6-d6c-buyers-guide.7801/
Yes its as new indeed...i was very lucky to find it,the sound is the best i ever had in a Walkman.And this is the Walkman that i will settle with,along with my little P202 from Aiwa that i will use it when i go out. The guy has a pointy head one also,the first generation.And the case that he gave me was from this one,the case mine had was flawless but he kept it lol
Something interesting with your D6C is the 6 digit serial number would suggests its a second revision of the D6C with the brown "through the hole" PCB. That's good but most of these have the black Dolby sticker with white text affixed to the rear panel. Yours has the silver sticker with black text as you find on 5 digit SN "pointy head" units. That sticker is identical to mine and placed in same location as my D6C with serial number below 40,000 and V shaped head. Does the head have "35711" printed in black on its upper surface?
We are still looking for Sony engineers to explain serial number ranges, particularly for the DC2, D3 and D6C However, for all models is welcome.
Agree Emiel. It's very frustrating to not know the serial line releases for a device that was in production for 10+ years and under went major revisions in that time. We all know the theory that some of the later units did not have amorphous heads despite the letters on the case still being present. I would like to know when the V shaped head was replaced with the "32711" head by serial number. Sony must have a record of this but it remains clouded in mystery to most collectors I speak with. Then there is the wholesale adoption of SMD technology. Which serial numbers designate the SMD transitions. Was it one total transition from the brown PCB to SMD or was it a gradual adoption and were there other significant component changes during the life cycle. I guess if we don't get a serial number legend soon we will never know as the engineers will all be long gone. Its already 30+ years ago that production ceased.
I wanted to capture some of these essential in an animated version of the DD timeline I created, but I first focused on getting the timeline complete enough. As an example, here is the timeline and the amorphous head highlight:
I have it packed already to be sent but i think i do have one picture that i took before i do.I will add it up in the 1st post.
"I would like to know when the V shaped head was replaced with the "32711" head by serial number. " Good question. What I have found so far is that serial #71236 had the "pointy" head and serial #72265 had the rounded 35711 head. Exactly where the transition was I don't know.
That's what we all want to know. Whilst it's clear that any D6C with a 6 digit SN did not have the pointy amorphous head I have anecdotal evidence that a SN in the 90,000's did have the V shaped head. I'm inclined to think may be the owner was mistaken. Unless the head was marked "Japan" and had the distinctive V shape. Unless we can get documents from Sony listing the manufacturers specifications by SN and date built we are never going to know for sure.
Agree I reckon these are awesome machines and I use mine virtually every day. I have another one also but unfortunately it needs to go on for repairs and that will be done later on this year. Cheers Kiwinut
