this is a common problem with Toshiba Discmans - for the puck they used a piece of felt gone bad'n'sticky over the ages and pulled out that whole...
@TooCooL4 - I am a huge Yello fan here! But never had any LPs, I kept upgrading my Linn Sondek for the sake of ‘classical’ (I subscribe to Alex...
I wouldn't touch any of them. Here in the States we have only two or three places able to restore Naks professionally. Tandberg or Revox - you...
+1 to what @TooCooL4 had to share! First things first - SL-1200 is NOT the Best TT ever made, although it did help DJ culture survive through the...
This thread is Fun!!! 25 years ago I maxed all (then four) of my Credit Cards to get an entry ticket into Hi-End audio... but it was a buy of a...
It is AWESOME!! Still dead’n’broken and hiding beneath my desk waiting for some Love!!!
a lot of Good Vibes posted about Pioneer bboxes at bboxery.com - once I get more space for my hobby I should get me one of these! Now, the Big Q:...
you can shave a bit of aluminum off the corners with an X-Acto or scalpel blade, this set of diamond files from my favorite Micro-Mark will do the...
it looks like now you can make a Wall Of Boom out of CD555!!! :) to raise stress level in your cat ;) he(she?) is beautiful, BTW how did you...
@adespin To answer your Q in one word - Yes, this happens often when reviving old CD players! Can happen even to some modern hi-end spinners,...
:)Glad you could make it work @Valentin ... a bit SAD it was me who pushed you onto the Dark Side of Digital :( D-250 was my first 'hi-end'...
And let us not forget John Cage tunes for ‘prepared piano’!!! Jewels in my music collection ;)
D-555 is a better 'deal' but it will need at least two SMD headphone-coupling capacitors exchanged and middle gear removed/cleaned/relubed. If not...
I still have to figure which gears fit the "Elephant", but here is the link provided by @VinylBox : https://ebay.de/usr/appleof666sodom
YES! :)
D-7 and D-10 have belt-drive spindles, in my stack of 1st Gen Toshibas there is one with belt-drive mechanism also. These have very solid build,...
I am not surprised! I am very happy with my D-150 in white, although it is still dead and D-15 is not even my favorite model: [ATTACH] 1st Gen...
Just in case looks matter the most, then JVC XL-R10 (re-branded Technics SL-XP7) can Not be beaten: [ATTACH] one of those vanity things, but the...
Both. Spaghetti of wires you expect to see in AIWA boomboxes, but here at the miniature scale. If laser is dead, there is no substitute, you have...
@VinylBox - could you, PLEASE provide a link to the seller of that nasty gear? I am accidentally 'famous' by posting my Elephant resurrection...
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