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[Stuge]

thats good that you bought PS3.Congrats

[sfbp]

My first MZ-NH900. What a neat little device! Alumin(i)um upper body, looks like, though the lower body is definitely plastic.

The one I got was in mint (completely unscratched, no sign of wear on any buttons or jog dial) condition, save for one thing: the NiMH gumstick battery didn't work. The usual cleaning of the contacts on the door seemed to fix it.

I find the display is a bit faint but either it recovered a bit or I got used to it.

One gotcha, I tried to take it apart to look inside at the battery connx, but got stuck because the door seems to be in the way of getting the bottom case off. There is a cryptic comment in the service manual about unsoldering something, but I wasn't going to do that

[Hungerdunger]

sfbp, on 07 October 2009 - 06:02 PM, said:

I find the display is a bit faint but either it recovered a bit or I got used to it.

Try Options >> Contrast. This may (or may not) improve the visibility.

[sfbp]

Thanks. The power problem seems to be worse than I thought, I think it might be related to that anyway. With a fully charged NiMH gumstick (that works perfectly in other units), it doesn't properly recognise the battery for more than a few minutes. Giving the "empty" sign after about 2 mins and then switching off completely within 5. Taking the battery back to the other unit (or to the GP charger), it still shows full.

However it runs just fine off the AA external, or off USB, or off 3VDC in.

Maybe I need to post a separate thread, but I need to know if this is an adjustment (settings) thing, or a cleaning thing.

[aafuss]

Sony DSC-S700 Cyber-shot:

Sony ICD-PX720:

[Stuge]

aafuss that cyber shot front cover isn't closed properly ?

[aafuss]

It was like that when I bought it-from a second hand shop.

[Stuge]

aafuss, on 10 October 2009 - 07:21 PM, said:

It was like that when I bought it-from a second hand shop.

ah ! ok ,I hope its fully functional ?

[bobt]

Just got an Acer V193W LCD Monitor to replace my aging IBM monitor, so nice to be full screen again, seems like a nice basic monitor, goes well with my Acer desktop
Bob

[darrencouch]

Picked these three MZ-S1's up plus about 20 minidiscs for one Jackson

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[Hungerdunger]

darrencouch, on 01 November 2009 - 05:31 PM, said:

Picked these three MZ-S1's up plus about 20 minidiscs for one Jackson

Are you using "Jackson" to mean 5 UK Pounds? If you are, that's an incredibly good deal.

BTW, for our American cousins, it is short for Jackson 5. For other quaint English usages for currency, this might be worth a visit.

[brian10161]

I didn't just buy these, I have had them for a while, but I got a set of Mach Ones for $70. They looked pretty rough when I got them, but I did a little bit of work and got them pretty respectable.

They had a dark almost black finish on them that came off with some time and lots of Fantastic glass cleaner. About 10 hours went into just getting rid of that stuff.

This was taken the first night I brought them home.


After cleaning, the finish came back to almost red in color.


All in all, sounding great

[darrencouch]

Hungerdunger, on 01 November 2009 - 06:20 PM, said:

Are you using "Jackson" to mean 5 UK Pounds? If you are, that's an incredibly good deal.

BTW, for our American cousins, it is short for Jackson 5. For other quaint English usages for currency, this might be worth a visit.

I love that link! No-I was referring to the bill Andrew Jackson is on, a 20. But the way our currency is going it might be 5 quid here very soon

this has got to be my favorite:
Poorly Fish Six quid (sick squid) [Thanks to Kevin Lowther - sounds like more of a bad pun than slang but ... Tom reports that the reference he knows is "dead octopus" as in "I've only been here 5 minutes and I've done a dead octopus". And Darryl Clark reports the expression "dodgy octopus" is also used.]

[bobt]

Just bought a Vaio AP1l and another HD1 from Maresch, waiting for DHL to do their stuff, have I ever mentioned how much I hate Paypal? Massive screw-up on their part, but funds got arranger, can't wait to see the Vaio, looks great
Bob

[bobt]

Just sent some money to France for a JB 980, hopefully the money gets there soon, and hopefully it arrives here soon after, looking forward!

[sailorman]

Wow, Those headphones look SWEET.

I'm still trying to figure out how to salvage my MDR-F1's.
I bought them during better times and no longer can afford anything even close.

Hey Sony! Sell the headbands, not just the ear pads!!

[Stuge]

SO ,how are these treating you ?

I used to love closed type ,but for long listening they are just no go for me .

[sailorman]

the wizard, on 11 May 2011 - 03:15 AM, said:

I have always been curious about the F1's, supposedly one of the most comfortable headphones around. I hope I will like the closed type W5000's, I'd only ever tried AD700's, open type.
BTW, no easy times for me either, but used at more than half price, I couldn't resist.

I hope you like the W5000's. For comfort, the F1's are definitely the most comfortable headphones around. If there are any more comfortable headphones out there (especially for less than $300), I'd like to know what they are. I've tried and/or owned dozens of headphones - maybe more, and shopped for months with the primary goal of comfort before settling on the F1's. At the time, I could have spent twice as much, but the comfort rated a 10 and the SQ was at least an 8.5 in my book. They are the only headphones I've ever kept around in hopes of repairing after they were damaged or worn out. I wore them for 8-10 hours straight, 5 days a week for over 5 years, only taking them off for 5-10 minutes every couple hours at most. Sometimes, I'd turn the audio off for hours and forget I still had them on. I remember lots of times getting up and having them yanked off my head by the cable. I guess that's why the pads are all worn out. I wish I'd have bought a backup pair, or two. Yeah, I'm a real fanboy of the F-1's. It p.o'd me immensely when I found out I missed, by a few days, a pair that went for $80 on ebay.

Regarding the sound, the only very minor issue is the bass is a bit thin. I'm not into heavy booming bass anyway, so that's a non-issue for me. Truly awesome headphones for the money. Once again, Sony screwed up when they discontinued them.