![I recently found my mother's SONY Walkman WM-B39. The cassette player doesn't work at all — with batteries or a power supply. Is it repairable? Are these machines just unreliable? : r/cassetteculture I recently found my mother's SONY Walkman WM-B39. The cassette player doesn't work at all — with batteries or a power supply. Is it repairable? Are these machines just unreliable? : r/cassetteculture](https://external-preview.redd.it/0Ip1N2L3JOwzTmMndA0GG-WxJ6Xhi7pAhz-GInG7Bjo.png?format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c212861bcaa8c86f84fe1cf9544c63582328abe8)
I recently found my mother's SONY Walkman WM-B39. The cassette player doesn't work at all — with batteries or a power supply. Is it repairable? Are these machines just unreliable? : r/cassetteculture
![Walkman WM-B39 (1988). Got it from a flea market, tried to make it work again but I failed, unfortunately, even so, I'm proud to own such a beauty of a retro-tech, even Walkman WM-B39 (1988). Got it from a flea market, tried to make it work again but I failed, unfortunately, even so, I'm proud to own such a beauty of a retro-tech, even](https://i.redd.it/626sly2oaua51.jpg)
Walkman WM-B39 (1988). Got it from a flea market, tried to make it work again but I failed, unfortunately, even so, I'm proud to own such a beauty of a retro-tech, even
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