How's C609? I had a problem with mine, yet I changed a lot of caps. On mine changing caps fixed it. I can recommend one of these (LCR cap...
Wow! What an excellent description! Thank you! :) I also have a Solar Walkman, which I'm considering restoring. Radio works fine, I guess I'm...
Thank you @Valentin ! Well, I might just do it. I modified the remote with a 3.5 mm stereo female to connect other headphones that way - and...
Repaired a SONY WM-EX57, bought broken for 12 Euro. https://walkman.land/sony/wm-ex57 Steps taken: 1. Replaced capacitors C112; C212 (one...
Valentin is right on! Everything should be spinning very easily (both motor and flywheel). I've had times when the motor angle to the rubber disc...
If I'm not entirely mistaken, the motor hangs in a little spring balanced cradle, occasionally it may rattle off a tiny bit*, two tiny pins should...
my D6C had bad capacitors, took some time to fix. As stated above, photograph everything, work carefully, work slowly with good tools under good...
Yes! Exactly, as I only had very thick cables at the time I made it like that. Best of luck! As I remember it, recapping was hardest...
Never seen anything like it. Not even on this page (a larger collection of vintage recording equipment) Here's one of the smaller ones on that...
Wow, very impressive indeed! Thank you for your hard work! :)
Slightly off topic but a wonderful showing of the first engine of the speaking clock. The same problem we are discussing here must be solved: the...
- impressive work! Do you use the pulses from the tacho at all?
Thank you all [ @Valentin @Arky Malarkey @Deb64 ] ! I performed a 2nd, and then a 3d cleaning+ lubrication and gradually things improved....
Dear forum! I'm restoring av SONY TC-55, an early mono tape recorder. It's exceptionally well built, all metal, shiny brass and cast aluminum....
@Deb64 - Thank you! Yes, I love her so much (my dear cat, Selma). For some reason she loves the smell of soldering. And exactly, I suspected...
@Valentin , @Silver965 , @Deb64 - thank you for very good advice! :thumbsup2: Further testing proceeded with a really good cold-spray = No...
@Valentin - Good suggestion, thank you! I checked on the Marantz and that circuit looks quite simple (below). @Deb64 - oh, I see. I must ask,...
@Valentin - you are entirely correct in that wow and flutter will be significantly higher on all "free running" motors (regardless if a static...
The Walkman DD11 is one of the last DD Walkmans; one where Sony did away altogether with the large cogwheel (which started breaking even when...
While I have a working DD11 and theoretically could A/B test my D6C; solder/resoldering of surface mounted components wear on the circuit board...
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