I imagine they meant a lot back in the day - evidence of travel and wealth and social prestige, providers of entertainment, magnets for social...
Thanks for looking, Mister X. Yes it's a tidy looking box - though mine is showing plenty of wear and tear. I seem to end up with more of this...
Hi from wintry New Zealand I recently acquired this walkman which was intended as a companion piece to a fully restored KTV-880 / KT-4088 (with...
Good afternoon from wintry New Zealand, I have a Sanyo M4515 bought as a parts donor but which is so very nearly working. There's a series of...
You probably need a new pinch roller - that’s what presses the tape against the metal capstan shaft. If it hardens or gets distorted it won’t...
Hi starting with basics did you clean all the pulleys that the belts touch? Isopropyl alcohol on a pad or small cotton tip is the best thing. Have...
On a whim I gave my nephew a restored Panasonic three-piece radiocassette boombox for his thirteenth birthday along with a handful of prerecorded...
The Sharp Twincam cassette mechanism is a Sharp-only oddity that puts two cassettes one behind the other rather than the normal side-by-side...
I have wondered what would have happened if CD hadn't taken over... at some point someone said that lasers could eventually be made to "read"...
Very nice range of cabinetry and other mounting options. Wish I had friends like yours! For me this a timely post - I have just finished...
Excellent work, thank you Valentin. On the subject of the springs... in my dreams I have a white workroom where every pinged spring and...
So the cookie may be storing out-of-date information or information which conflicts with the action the user is attempting. In a long career in IT...
Reboot is like a full teardown and rebuild to clean the tapeheads... yes but it worked.
Hi all Today I could not log in using Google Chrome, which has worked hundreds of times previously. It didn't come back with "wrong credentials"...
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...
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