When it is Real Bad, then I desolder the parts and soak them for a few hours/days in LCR (Lime Calcium Rust, but sometimes marked as CLR) usually...
Small but solid collection! Fix D-250, it is doable... D-50MkII ? This is my favorite, but I used to have two of those: keeping these in playable...
Fisher Discman was one of the stars of my then collection, when re-branding you sometimes get a real deal! Now I am looking for a mini to fit...
Welcome to the club! Nothing beats vinyl, Nothing!!! CR2 Nak is the second best... until you upgrade to the “classic” Nak... which will be still...
@Mister X actually, out of five bboxes in my "new" collection, two are three-piecers :) One of those is seen in @Cassette2go photo: it looks soo...
+1 to what @Longman said: all my chargers (and with my son being a DRONE aficionado, I had paid for quite a few!) will charge a gumstick...
I do not have the answer... but my own experience is exactly the same! Out of a dozen old Panasonic/Sony gumsticks 50% were dead and the rest...
D-33 is a solid Discman, not a Holy Grail by any standards but waay better than anything which came out later. I would go as far as saying that...
This one is Totally out of my league: three-piecer + dual cassette + square speakers... Not my cup of tea... but right now, while trying to revive...
If you did a full re-cap, I would not worry about a Bad capacitor, although it does sound like a capacitor issue... Re-flow ALL the points for the...
@Esther D. if you feel that this might become your “hobby” and you got a few extra $$ stashed: look into Wiha Tools page! Those screwdrivers are...
@Andrei: Please Do post some photos of The Machine! If you need help getting belts/rubber tyres for this Nak just let me know... In a few weeks I...
SCQ4.8 and SCY9.0 info taken from PRB Cross Reference Table According to those who restore Nak decks for a living, the only place to buy belts...
@obsoletemachines Million Thanks for the info, the table got updated!! Would be interesting to know when Denon switched from KSS-162A to KSS-220...
Nice catch! There is not much FM in Malibu canyons but AM works fine, I should get me one of those!
Welcome! Next month I am going on vacation, to visit my mother-in-law (my neighbor commented that my English is still iffy: visiting mom-in-law is...
+1 to @stuck-in-time !!! I tend to get SM for my resto projects, for the sake of knowing what I am doing and then scan the manuals for upload......
Congratulations! You must get a Star from The Community for reviving such a beautiful baby!!! AIWA’s are my favorite Walkmans but being a wimp I...
Beautiful collection! I have to get me a pair! Testing the progress of repairs through the headphones sometimes gets quite unpleasant :mad:...
Man, I LOVE YOU! I had the same obsession for the baby-Discmans, collected 'em all: battery packs, IR controllers, antivibration plates: it Feels...
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