cliz305

I recently purchased this walkman. This is my first recording walkman. It is a professional model of the legendary DD series. DD walkmans run on the special disc-drive mechanism, which offers very low wow & flutter. The professional models of this series are equipped with amorphous heads, which are very durable (very important for vintage collection!) and supposedly sound better than the head from a regular DD. I am not sure about the "sound better" part, but my D3 certainly has more treble than my DDII. The D3 is slightly bulkier than the DDII due to the extra recording circuitry. My particularly D3 was refurnished by the seller with a complete overhaul and light lubrication. The electrolytic capacitors were replaced with high-end Nichicon capacitors (electrolytic capacitors do age over time). The seller did miss one thing though: the overwrite-protection mechanism was stuck due to slight corrosion. A bit deoxit freed it up easily, so no problem. This thing is as good as...