same here: I got kicked out of Facebook... twice!... because of inactivity Would be great to be able to order through S2G!!! :)
Unless you want one for display, please AVOID this model! Service Manual is unobtanium, Royal Pain to disassemble spaghetti of internal wiring...
Lovely!!! :) My favorite is a photo of this toy next to a Cookie Jar :rolleyes: [IMG]
This Quasar looks like a direct copy/rebranded Panasonic SL-NP10. Once I find a copy of its Service Manual, or get hold of the Discman itself, I...
two photos of D-100 with bottom plate removed: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] You can see that the infamous "middle gear" (connecting motor and sled worm)...
Warning!!! Be gentle with the latches on the case lid!!! Mine broke off almost immediately :mad:
To make fresh paint "stick" you airbrush lacquer thinner onto the shell first. Lacquer Thinner (or Acetone) dries out instantly but it "softens"...
Somehow I am not surprised: we are listening here to a $99 Ortofon 2M Red (nice cart, but Rega P5 may deserve better). From what I saw, @Oswaldo...
Well, I described an "easy way" of doing this, but it works only for Metal cases with Embossed logo... For the plastic shells with de-bossed...
Forget Silver paint, it won't be able to fake brushed aluminum finish of the embossed SONY logo! When customizing Sony D-90 for my own use, and...
I used 117V-to-12V ac transformer rated at 2amp. I also bought 4amp rated transformer but its installation proved a bit too difficult...
check the switch which protects pre-recorded cassettes (with tab removed)
My last attempt was with "japaneawesome" seller, I figured that belts coming from Japan should be of better quality. I was so convinced that...
Yours looks like a reincarnation of my favorite Hitachi TRK-5190H: [ATTACH] The build quality and attention to details in these Hitachis' is...
@Mister X: You put some salt onto my fresh wounds: I do not remember my yesterday's "streaming" ventures but I DO remember when and where I bought...
@thid Thank You!!!! I get inspired by "Fixing a Legend" thread at boomboxery.com, but so far had not been able to find totally-irrevocably...
Congratulations!!!
True! Actually, all good Discmans have center pin as negative. By the time they realized that "ground" is also a "shielding", they also figured...
Yet another prospective member for IPMS (international plastic modellers society) is being born :wave: Impressive Job!!! The closest I have ever...
D-50 is built like a tank! No leaking electrolytics of later models, gears for sled mechanism never crumble, even grease seems to be less prone to...
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