Sony PS-4300 arrived OK.

jleon92f

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• May 28, 2010

• #1

The PS-4300 came today, well packed.

Thanks,
John.

 

BrocLuno

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• May 28, 2010

• #2

Excellent. Now for some carts and spin some eval LPs

 

jleon92f

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• May 29, 2010

• #3

BrocLuno said:

Excellent. Now for some carts and spin some eval LPs

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Thanks, the tone arm has no wires, now I have another PS-4300 that blows fuses, so the arm will come from that or between the (2) I will make (1) working TT!
I will be the 2nd owner on this one,(black)he sent the sales receipt from 1977.

Thanks,
John.

 

Last edited: May 29, 2010

jleon92f

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• May 29, 2010

• #4

Here is the other one that blows the fuse.

Thanks,
John.

 

Last edited: May 29, 2010

thedelihaus

Nocturnal transmissions

• May 29, 2010

• #5

Your other option is to swap guts from the black one to the platinum one...

 

jleon92f

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• May 29, 2010

• #6

thedelihaus said:

Your other option is to swap guts from the black one to the platinum one...

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The arm is good on the Platinum one, so I would need to swap the electronics from the working black one. I may swap one piece at a time till the 1st one works. I wish I had a bigger work bench.

Thanks,
John.

 

jleon92f

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• Jun 4, 2010

• #7

OK, I am going to swap out the tonearm from the platinum one to the Black one. A lot of shaft play on the black one.




Thanks,
John.

 

Last edited: Apr 27, 2012

jleon92f

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• Jun 6, 2010

• #8

The Sony is back together somewhat. New arm is installed.

Sounds great so far. Speed is dead on!

Thanks,
John.

 

Last edited: Jun 7, 2010

jleon92f

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• Jun 6, 2010

• #9

I need to work out the auto settings, other than that and maybe repaint the plinth a different color.:scratch2:

Sounds Awesome. Old arm had a crack in the cam.

Very quiet running.

Thanks,
John.

 

Last edited: Jun 6, 2010

jleon92f

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• Jun 6, 2010

• #10

And No, I am not painting this one RED.

Thanks,
John.

 

Stanton681EEES

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• Jun 6, 2010

• #11

jleon92f said:

And No, I am not painting this one RED.

Thanks,
John.

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No leave it Black. Oh I know there dust magnets etc.......... but tables like that look so good in Black.

 

jleon92f

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• Jun 6, 2010

• #12

Stanton681EEES said:

No leave it Black. Oh I know there dust magnets etc.......... but tables like that look so good in Black.

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Thanks, I will have to touch up the Black chips, etc... Working on the auto functions now. The SM has no adjustments for this?? Duh..

I bought it for nothing.

Thanks,
John.

 

BrocLuno

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• Jun 6, 2010

• #13

Nice Ferrari Red always looks cool. Sure we can't talk you into it

 

Big Bill

Summertime Rolls.....

• Jun 6, 2010

• #14

Congratulations!

 

jleon92f

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• Jun 6, 2010

• #15

Big Bill said:

Congratulations!

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It was a fun project as always.
Thank You.

John.

 

jleon92f

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• Jun 6, 2010

• #16

BrocLuno said:

Nice Ferrari Red always looks cool. Sure we can't talk you into it

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Thanks but, I have (1) tt that is bright Red. Color is still in the air.

Need to get the lead in correct yet.

Thanks,
John.

 

jleon92f

Addicted Member

• Jun 7, 2010

• #17

Some more pics...

The good tonearm with wires.

Installed in Black PS-4300, ready to be soldered in.


The auto function is working now! needed some oil on the sticky levers.:thmbsp:

Thanks,
John.

 

Last edited: Jun 8, 2010

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mrkmpn

Active Member

• Mar 27, 2014

• #18

jleon92f said:

Some more pics...

The good tonearm with wires.

Installed in Black PS-4300, ready to be soldered in.


The auto function is working now! needed some oil on the sticky levers.:thmbsp:

Thanks,
John.

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Could you give me any tips/advice on soldering those tiny wires coming from the tonearm? I have two of these now, the original I got has trouble spinning up after you hit start, the parts TT has no output.

On the original I think all it needs is some cleaning/lubing on the large lever on top of the motor "base?" (large sheet metal it's attached to), but you can't really do much with these without removing those fine wires.

I've repaired headphones in the past with tiny wires like that, but I've also failed to repair them a time or two. Most of my experience with soldering is basic wire soldering where a "perfect" solder isn't necessarily required, and some circuit board soldering. I had a 10 week course in basic electronics about 15 years ago when I started towards my IT degree, but I've forgotten a lot, and haven't had a whole lot of practice since.

Part of my question is whether I should completely clean the solder joint, removing all the wires (including the RCA cables) and resolder everything, or just try to remove the tonearm wires and solder them back to the existing "pad" of solder.

Initially I planned to move the motor from the parts TT to the old one, but if the only problem with the parts TT is the RCA cables that the last owner unsuccessfully tried to repair, I might be able to get both of these working. The only other issues with the parts TT is the tonearm lift lever doesn't work, and the tonearm drops too fast.