There are a lot of SONY EX models that have a different clutch gear without that cracking problem. I will post a thread with walkmans' common...
What type of headphone plug do your headphones have ? 3-pole or 4-pole (with microphone) ? EDIT: I mistakently thought you were talking about a...
This is a common problem on many old SONYs sharing a similar mechanism (TPS-L2, WM-3). The takeup reel is turned by a rubber idler that, in time,...
Interesting read on Medium, there are all the details one needs to understand wow&flutter and all other notions related to it. That's a good...
I totally agree with you on "so-called functional walkmans". The problem is this happens on walkmans that are much more expensive (like a D6C or...
I'm afraid I know what the problem is... I thought the EX7 did have a different clutch gear, but it seems that's not the case. The clutch gear is...
Upon close inspection, the leakeage is similar to what it was on your AIWA. Not quite as bad, but pretty bad. There is so much corrosion that the...
Given how similar the 2 walkmans look on the outside, I believe the two are, in fact, identical in terms of the mechanism and electronics and only...
Indeed that's a unique feeling of being able to watch a device like a walkman when it's playing a cassette: you can watch how the hubs rotate, the...
How could removing and reattaching the door knock the head out of alignment ? I want to understand how the potential damage can occur. Are you...
Very useful info, @Emiel ! I was curious myself about what a manual would say when I posted, but did not have any on hand. 10 hours seems a...
I do the same with sealed cassettes, although if I have let's say a 5-10 pack of very rare ones, I might keep one sealed and only use the rest....
I decided to create this thread because from all the walkmans that I came across, I cannot remember a single one with a clean pinch roller. From...
Found this about dropouts: https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/tape-drop-outs-why-how-to-prevent.314967/ As I suspected, there isn't a...
Both sound the same to me, cannot spot any obvious difference. Initially, I noticed the larger file size on the UR (2.7MB), but that is because...
Informative pictures, it is now clear that the other black ones need to be removed as well (in the first pictures it wasn't very clear these were...
I think the holes marked in red have nothing to do with the PCB mounting, they're probably just plastic mounting points. The only screw that I...
Those that have a separate idler wheel between the motor and flywheel may have a motor that runs off AC. If it uses and AC motor, it must rely on...
The battery door needs to come out for sure on all models with this design. But I suspect it's just the plastic part of it that needs to come out,...
I want to add some opinions about the SONY D-150 and D-250 Discmans, because now I have both in my collection for some time. In terms of sound...
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