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Sony TC-D3 Stereo Cassette Corder. Why not enjoy the resurgence of vintage analogue audio – start your journey into classic hifi here with this Sony TC-D3 Stereo Cassette Corder. This model features the below. Recording function Line in/ Mic in with plug in power. Recording level adjustment Headphone out. Normal/ Metal tape selector Dolby Noise Reduction. Peak level/ battery indicator. Includes new retro-look headphones and batteries to get you started. We offer a range of headphone colours – red, black and blue. The unit is in good cosmetic condition with some signs of wear and use – please see photos. This item has also been fully serviced by myself including a replacement centre gear, capstan rubber drive tyre, reel gear and counter belt. New quality belt fitted. Cassette speed has been calibrated and set. All mechanical items have been cleaned and lubricated where required. All switches, sockets and controls have been cleaned. Pinch roller, head and capstans have all been cleaned. Please see our other listings as we have a wide selection of other vintage and retro audio equipment for sale. Please note this listing is only for the item pictured, unless specifically noted above, there are no instructions or accessories included in the sale. To ensure the item is. And suitable for their needs. I ask that any zero rated buyers do contact me first please. No collection in person.

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Thank you for your interest. Maintained by a designated vendor. Operation has been checked and is a rare item! International Buyers – Please Note. Thank you for your understanding.

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Hello and Welcome on. SONY WM-D3 Stereo Cassette Corder. Walkman is in very good working condition and looks good. It is a used device, do not expect it to be like new, it shows signs of wear and a few scratches. (can be seen in the pictures). Walkman has been restored and defective. Parts have been replaced with new ones such as the central gear (the cracked plastic part was changed with a new one) capstan rubber, counter belt, small reel gear and speed control IC. The mechanical parts was cleaned and lubricated for a longer life without problems. The functions of the device have been checked and are in optimal condition and in normal operating parameters. The walkman it comes with. 3x audio cassettes, 1x audio cable, german o. It is a great piece for any collector that you should not miss from your own collection! All you can see in the pictures will be included in package. Please read description and view pictures carefully to check detailed condition of the product. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Only serious buyers please. Thank you for watching, you’re welcome anytime! The item “SONY Walkman WM-D3 Professional Stereo Cassette Corder Player -Serviced” is in sale since Wednesday, December 8, 2021. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Portable Audio & Headphones\Personal Cassette Players”. The seller is “walkmandeluxe” and is located in Europe. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Audio Outputs: Headphone Jack
• Model: Sony WM-D3
• Product Line: Walkman
• Playable Media Format: Record Player
• Type: Cassette Player & Recorder
• Features: Cassette Tape
• Color: Black
• Brand: Sony

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Hello and Welcome on. SONY WM-D3 Stereo Cassette Corder. Walkman is in very good working condition and looks good. It is a used device and on the housing it shows normal traces of use and some scratches on the edges (can be seen in the pictures). Walkman has been restored and defective. Parts have been replaced with new ones such as the central gear (the cracked plastic part was changed with a new one) capstan rubber, pinch roller, counter belt and small reel gear. The mechanical parts was cleaned and lubricated for a longer life without problems. Battery compartment is clean, there are no traces of corrosion. The functions of the device have been checked and are in optimal condition and in normal operating parameters. The walkman it comes with. 3x audio cassettes, 2x audio cables and printed. It is a great piece for any collector that you should not miss from your own collection! All you can see in the pictures will be included in package. Please read description and view pictures carefully to check detailed condition of the product. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Only serious buyers please. Thank you for watching, you’re welcome anytime! The item “SONY Walkman WM-D3 -RESTORED- Stereo Cassette Corder Player #WalkmanDeluxe” is in sale since Wednesday, September 8, 2021. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Portable Audio & Headphones\Personal Cassette Players”. The seller is “walkmandeluxe” and is located in Europe. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Audio Outputs: Headphone Jack
• Model: Sony WM-D3
• Product Line: Walkman
• Playable Media Format: Record Player
• Type: Cassette Player & Recorder
• Features: Cassette Tape
• Color: Black
• Brand: Sony

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Sony Walkman Professional WM-D3. This was a faff to get working again. As is always the case with WM-DD Walkmans the main gear had split – so I had the replacement Gear ready when it arrived – got that installed and still wouldn’t play – tracked that down to a cracked smaller gear – so ordered a new replacement, waited for 2 weeks for it to arrive and got that installed – away it went running as smooth as butter. Everything has been cleaned and lubricated – the tape counter belt has been replaced and works, Pause works. I’ve checked recording and that’s working perfectly. Maybe a little quiet through the headphones and wee bit of a resonant hum when volume up full. Rewind works but it’s a little clattery. Might need a wee tinker to get it 100% perfect, but I’m really being picky, it’s really, really close and perfectly useable. As with all my refurbished Walkmans you don’t have to take my work for how good they sound because I provide you with a video so you can hear for yourself. I’m not a professional sound engineer – I feed the output from the walkman into the mic input on my Canon DSLR. These are complex analogue machines in a digital world – the old belt residue must be completely and meticulously removed – otherwise the new belt will wobble causing wow and flutter. Mechanically as is always the case with these WM-DD Walkmans, the main gear had split and it wouldn’t play. I’ve replaced the gear and low and behold another smaller gear was cracked – so ordered and installed the replacement. Cleaned the head, roller and capstan and it’s now playing beautifully – in stereo, at the right speed with no wow or flutter. Doesn’t always start the first time – maybe a little quiet through the headphones, but line out seems fine. Pause works and I’ve checked Recording which worked perfectly. Fast-Forward working fine – Rewind a little clattery. The volume & record potentiometers have been cleaned so now adjust smoothly without crackle or dropout. It still has the battery cover and the battery terminals are corrosion free. This Walkman is useable on a daily basis – sounds as good as the day it was new and should not give you any trouble for years to come. I have 10 years experience refurbishing 100’s of Walkmans! You get what you pay for – there won’t be any disappointment when it arrives – it will work as described! If it IS as described and you change your mind – relist it yourself and feel free to reuse my Listing, Pictures and Video Link – you’ll probably make a profit! I’m not an audio engineer which is why I include a video so you can hear it play and judge for yourself. I do not extensively test these over periods of hours/days – I don’t have the time. My only guarantee is that it should work as you see in the video when it arrives. All items will be bubble wrapped and dispatched in a rigid cardboard box to ensure that they reach you without any damage in transit. See my other auctions for loads more cool Sony Walkmans. Any pictured cassette tape is not included in the sale. The item “Sony Walkman Professional WM-D3 Serviced with gear fixed” is in sale since Sunday, August 15, 2021. This item is in the category “Sound & Vision\Portable Audio & Headphones\Personal Cassette Players”. The seller is “yermawn” and is located in Glasgow. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Model: Sony WM-D3
• Colour: Black
• Product Line: Walkman
• Playable Media Format: Cassette Tape
• Type: Mini Cassette Player (Walkman)
• Features: Cassette Playback
• Brand: Sony

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Completely serviced WM-D3, with new center gear, pinch roller, counter drive belt, small reel gear and capstan ring. Completely cleaned and necessary parts are lubricated. All functions are working as they should be. Battery compartment is clean (there where no leaking battery’s in the past). Optical the Walkman has almost no user marks (please look at the photos to make your own judgement). In particular the US and Canada! Look at my other listings for more Walkmans and other vintage audio items! I’m very sorry to the majority of honest people out there but there are zero feedback members that don’t pay or scamming when the received the items. This results in the fact that i don’t sell items to zero feedback members. New center gear and not a repaired/glued one. When the gear is glued this results in higher wow-flutter, so less good sound quality. Why do the original gears always crack? Theyre usually made of POM material. This material is very reliable, long lasting and has very good friction properties. However, it has one negative property. It tends to shrink. It shrinks when it is heated, for example when player is left on sun or in car. By heating POM material to 60 C, it will shrink permanently about several percent. It also shrinks with time. Problem is, when this gear is installed on some other part, for example on metal axle. Plastic material shrinks, while meta one doesnt. High tension in plastic part will cause that it cracks. Some parts are made of other than POM material. This can be short lasting material, fragile, that breaks into several pieces after some time. Reason why this is important. It can curl (eat) some or all tapes. It can cause speed variations. It can cause azimuth instabilities. Playback can be randomly stopped. Is responsible for the correct tape speed. Bad capstan is responsible for high wow flutter. The item “Sony WM-D3 serviced! Near mint, beautiful device” is in sale since Saturday, July 10, 2021. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Portable Audio & Headphones\Personal Cassette Players”. The seller is “2015.neijn” and is located in Weert. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Model: WM-D3
• Product Line: Walkman
• Playable Media Format: Cassette Tape
• Type: Mini Cassette Player (Walkman)
• Features: Direct Drive
• Color: Black
• MPN: Does Not Apply
• Marke: Sony
• Brand: Sony

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Fully restored Sony WM-D3. It is in fully working order. It was completely disassembled, cleaned from old oil and grease and re-lubricated. Center gear, capstan ring rubber, counter belt and reel gear have been replaced with new parts. Very silent mechanism, there is no more “clicking”. All electrolytic capacitors were replaced with high end Audio grade Nichicon. Battery compartment is very clean, no acid leak. Battery cover is present. All LED’s are working. Does not come with. The player is in good condition considering its age there are some scuffs and scratches, see pictures. For collectors and ready to be used daily. I repair and restore all kind of Walkmans, feel free to ask any questions. The item “SONY WM-D3 PROFESSIONAL WALKMAN FULLY RESTORED” is in sale since Wednesday, May 5, 2021. This item is in the category “TV, Video & Audio\Tragbare Geräte & Kopfhörer\Tragbare Kassettenspieler”. The seller is “frblaze” and is located in Paris. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.

• Abspielbares Medienformat: Kassetten-Player
• Besonderheiten: Kassetten-Player
• Marke: Sony
• Modell: SONY WM-D3
• Audioausgänge: LINE OUT
• Herstellernummer: WM-D3
• Angebotspaket: Nein
• Herstellergarantie: Keine
• Funktionen: Kassettenaufnahme
• Anzahl der Einheiten: 1
• Modifizierter Artikel: Nein
• Produktart: Mini-Kassettenspieler (Walkman)
• Produktlinie: Walkman
• Herstellungsland und -region: Japan
• Farbe: Schwarz
• Audioeingänge: MIC/LINE

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Fully restored Sony WM-D3. It is in fully working order. It was completely disassembled, cleaned from old oil and grease and re-lubricated. Center gear, capstan ring rubber, counter belt and reel gear have been replaced with new parts. Very silent mechanism, there is no more “clicking”. All electrolytic capacitors were replaced with high end Audio grade Nichicon. Battery compartment is very clean, no acid leak. Battery cover is present. All LED’s are working. Does not come with. The player is in very scratched on front and back, see pictures. Mechanic and electronic are in perfect condition. For collectors and ready to be used daily. I repair and restore all kind of Walkmans, feel free to ask any questions. The item “SONY WM-D3 PROFESSIONAL WALKMAN FULLY RESTORED” is in sale since Wednesday, May 5, 2021. This item is in the category “TV, Video & Audio\Tragbare Geräte & Kopfhörer\Tragbare Kassettenspieler”. The seller is “frblaze” and is located in Paris. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.

• Abspielbares Medienformat: Kassetten-Player
• Besonderheiten: Kassetten-Player
• Marke: Sony
• Modell: SONY WM-D3
• Audioausgänge: LINE OUT
• Herstellernummer: WM-D3
• Angebotspaket: Nein
• Herstellergarantie: Keine
• Funktionen: Kassettenaufnahme
• Anzahl der Einheiten: 1
• Modifizierter Artikel: Nein
• Produktart: Mini-Kassettenspieler (Walkman)
• Produktlinie: Walkman
• Herstellungsland und -region: Japan
• Farbe: Schwarz
• Audioeingänge: MIC/LINE

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A top quality player/recorder in good condition for its age, the center gear has been replaced and it now plays very well with great sound reproduction and volume. There is some wear to the case at the edges but this is only cosmetic and has no effect on its function. Please check the photos for yourself. Any questions, please ask. Please check my other listings for more great stuff. When you are happy with your item please leave feedback. And I will do likewise. Especially in these times of Corona. The item “Sony WM-D3 Walkman” is in sale since Monday, March 15, 2021. This item is in the category “Sound & Vision\Portable Audio & Headphones\Personal Cassette Players”. The seller is “keukenking” and is located in Almere. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Model: Sony WM-d3
• Product Line: Walkman
• Brand: Sony

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Hello and Welcome on. SONY WM-D3 Stereo Cassette Corder. Walkman is in very good working condition and looks good. It is a used device and on the case it shows normal traces of use and some scratches on the edges (can be seen in the pictures). Walkman has been restored and defective. Parts have been replaced with new ones such as the central gear (the cracked plastic part was changed with a new one) capstan rubber, counter belt and small reel gear. All functions of the device have been tested and all operating in normal parameters. The walkman it comes with. Sealed Maxell audio cassette, 2x audio cables and printed. It is a great piece for any collector that you should not miss from your own collection! All you can see in the pictures will be included in package. Please read description and view pictures carefully to check detailed condition of the product. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Only serious buyers please. Thank you for watching, you’re welcome anytime! The item “SONY Walkman WM-D3 -RESTORED- Stereo Cassette Corder Player #WalkmanDeluxe” is in sale since Wednesday, March 3, 2021. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Portable Audio & Headphones\Personal Cassette Players”. The seller is “walkmandeluxe” and is located in Europe. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Audio Outputs: Headphone Jack
• Model: Sony WM-D3
• Product Line: Walkman
• Playable Media Format: Record Player
• Type: Cassette Player & Recorder
• Features: Cassette Tape
• Color: Black
• Brand: Sony

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