I actually had one of these. It's a D-141 with ESP basically. Gave it away over a decade ago.
Top cassette... and front cassette! Never seen that before. And you have it preserved in quite good condition. Not destroyed. Gotta respect some...
That's cool. Yeah... collectors thing for sure. Just not my cup of tea as they say... And I read about the convoluted and sad Sinclair company...
Looks somewhat reminiscent of the Sony CF-550 of the 1970's. An inspired by almost "clone"? Certainly interesting!
Longman: That sounded a fun outing and some good pictures. I wonder how many of those old radios actually got sold that day? I agree on the...
The Dorm Dumpster Diving sounds great, what was the best thing you guys found? As for these craptacular radio's, I would hate to have only one of...
I just now see this comment... over a year later :D Well best to add your comment on the D-35 repair work page of mine that you were reading. I...
Someone was throwing out their old expired emergency kit (from a workplace?). Lots of dried up old wipes and plastic whistles and super cheap...
These higher end audio recorders like LS-11 were not meant to be DAP's... but they turn out to be better in my opinion. They can take all types of...
Cool ending :thumbsup: :nodding:
I remember reading (in my searching for CF-550 info) that they (Beatles) had the Sony CF-550. As well as some other well known musicians of the...
Great work Mr.X, you start up neat threads and bring new content to this forum, a lot of work! :thumbsup:
To repair the laser focus coil or inspect it to determine the root cause... this is all in Master Kaosun's specialty area. If cost is a concern...
Wasn't the BBDB on a CD or two? Someone had the CD but the data was locked with a password if I recall? There has got to be focus on trying to...
Yes, this is some good boombox archaeology, I like it, those old newspaper "clippings" from old archives are just great! Look at those prices and...
I am trying to see this bracket... flywheel with capstan and a spring...
Yes. Tape can sound better than digital playback when the digital device is compressed and or has poor dac / amp and so on. I have done a few...
First time I have seen the case cover for this model Sony CF-1990 (CF-490 / CF-495). Have a pristine zero damage case cover for my CF-1980...
Feeling lucky now that my old 70's boxes all had good strong FM reception... Maybe it's more of an 80's boombox issue related to different (corner...
The auto repeat and auto rewind always get stuck because of the hardened orange grease. I cover that in my write up.
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