Cathode Ray Dude on YouTube has some interesting videos that can get into some depth. This video came out when the thread began, wonder if he's...
Cool site, they have 3D printed missing cradles and charging modules as well.
I'm checking out some X Feeds from Japan, they're very excited with 3D printing for their tape deck repairs, especially with gears. I imagine...
Unfortunately that's the sad reality of collecting SMC, the tapes are very hard to find and if you do, they're very expensive.
I always loved the tape side of music for the engineering sophistication, unlike turntables (which I also love), they can require more setup (fun)...
BASF from 1988 [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Maxell from 1988 [ATTACH]
The horizontal decks never grew on me until the last few years. I used to see a few at the thrifts but mostly walked by except for the two or...
I was looking for a stapler in my office and decided to check out a clip from the movie (cuz that's how my brain works) and there's a boombox!...
I love the look, patented AIWA Small, Square Buttons everywhere, just like the portables. It looks like the S9000 goes for around $2000.00 USD, I...
From 1970 a Philips siting! [ATTACH]
Oh yea! Techmoan Effect, the $50 tape deck starts going for a few hundred? Great song and sounds great through the Klipsch Heresy's. A...
The middle end kind of dissappeared in the 90's, you had the millions of cheap units everywhere and you'd see these really cool, but expensive,...
Here's a shot of a different aiwa's transformer shielding. Other posters think it might be a prototype since any information on the S1000 Model...
AIWA XK-S1000 went for a little over $10,000 USD, wow. Even with some war wounds, it must be extremely rare. I wonder how the wood base works,...
A Silver Brochure, it looks like around 1974 but I don't know for sure. Shin Shirasuna Denki was the builder and they might have also made Harman...
Found on X, from 1983 I think this was a full-line audio catalog, see the punch holes? [ATTACH]
Found this neat Sony ICF-7500 from 1978, it's wild how Sony never really carried similar design through the years, everything always looked fresh....
I'd rather have banded headphones, I just don't like sticking them in my ear. Good luck with the project.
This guy has a great X thread, he works on a ton of high-end tape decks and speakers, check out his 3-D printed molds for speaker surrounds....
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