Welcome! Walkmans are a relatively inexpensive repair/DIY hobby if you stick to eBay lots or flea market finds, etc. I hope to one day work on...
Thanks very much for this post! Very insightful.
Oh hi there, sorry yes I accidentally posted this in the wrong section! I will delete this post and repost it there. Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for the info. My old Bush just worked using the record button so I wasn't sure how valid that was... But if Kylie Minogue is vouching for it :P
Just picked this up today for £20, fully working and in great shape. Anyone here have much experience with this beauty? The record mechanism seems...
I'm aware this is more common practice in big boomboxes and decks, but surely it's a good idea to also apply some machine oil or high grade watch...
Welcome to the forums! D6C is a dream for many people, congrats on scoring one! Hope to see it fixed too, no doubt it's in capable hands :-)
Gorgeous design too, love the metallic buttons.
Welcome! You will enjoy working on Walkmans, portable devices are so so fascinating once you take them apart and look at the inner workings... My...
Hi how many Walkmans do you have?
Hi, I think I'm going to do the same with my Technics deck too. Will also be using it to do some recordings, just waiting on an aux cable to arrive...
Just thinking about it now some of these Walkmans also seem to be experiencing quite a bit of wow and flutter, think some capstan bearing...
Just a fan of the tape medium :)
Hi there, Been testing out some of my recently refurbed Walkmans and they seem to be making an unpleasant scratchy noise when fast forwarding...
Ah never mind just saw this thread on Tapeheads: http://www.tapeheads.net/showthread.php?t=62155 So 2014 was the last year that they made decks...
Just wondering why this is the case, never thought about it until yesterday. I saw a Sony cassette boombox (taken aback when I saw it) for £50 or...
I've been seeing Sony's recent boombox in Argos for £50. I saw Techmoan's video but without all the bells and whistles of Dolby NR and whatnot it...
Hi Mister X, yes for a long time I used desoldering braid and one of those hand pumps but not too long ago I saw a video of a man replacing every...
I love this Walkman, mine has a broken component that I wish to repair with a desoldering station one day (transformer T301) but otherwise I...
Following this thread. What glue do you use for this process? Also shame the member producing gears never came back.
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