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...
D-250 is the one to get! PCM66 for a DAC, 4x oversampling filter according to some reviews puts it in the same league as D-555. 9mWx2 into 32Ohms...
this photo posted by @bub shows B&W wheel rotating over photo-detector when something moves: [IMG] if no motion signal (end of cassette, or a...
Looks like auto-stop function gone Bad. Set it onto Auto-Reverse, press Play. If it stops, goes into reverse, then stops - check reel motion detector
My 5-Cents: until you get friendly with your local Hi-End seller you won’t even consider wasting over $1k of your hard-earned money onto a...
Any with 3.5mm line-out and 3.5-to-RCA interconnect will do the job I am not a Walkman collector, and not sure if there is a correlation, but at...
@Mister X - You Are BAD!!! :) But probably-maybe right, I do want to hear someday TT/Radio combo I played to death at the age of seven!... Next on...
@nakamichi thanks for the photos, they bring back painful memories for when I restored my beautiful LX-3. Someday I will dump my Yamaha KX-330 and...
I am really glad to see a brother who can hear that NOT all digital "perfect sound Forever" sound the same :) and this is at S2Go forum, where...
or maybe NOT: I have a few dry-boxes in my Lab to keep Methanol, 200-Proof Ethanol and 100% Acetic Acid from absorbing water from air, and once...
@nakamichi - you are one tough Dude! I was told by my wife, who follows such rumors, that folks who (like us) already survived COVID-19 respond...
@Recaptcha - many thanks for the review, very thorough and thoughtful!! You even made me laugh!: :areyousure: Methinks the only reason D-321 is...
Got the latest Stereophile from my mailbox yesterday - yet another uber-Hi-End Store is going out of business in NY... The reason - no new blood...
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