[ATTACH] Found it!
According to this source you have the US version: https://personalhifiblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/about-this-blog.html?m=1 "The HS-J8 symbolizes...
That's interesting, it looks exactly the same indeed. I will have to look up the pictures from the inside and get back to you.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not the nicest pictures, with the bright light the damage on the black paint is amplified. Will try to make better pictures...
[ATTACH] The "silver plastic" looks pretty special - See the line pattern that reminds me of some Sony aluminium lid designs. Maybe I'll add...
[ATTACH] A final remark about the case: I have one HS-J08 with the controls printed on a sticker on the case, where the others don't have any...
[ATTACH] Side by side...
[ATTACH] More side by side: HS-P08 in case, HS-J08 in case and HS-J08 without case. The case is a plastic hardcover, quite thick and robust,...
[ATTACH] I serviced and repaired a few of them. It's a lot of work and they're very sensitive. They can be repaired but take your time, even...
[ATTACH] Initially I though they were the same devices except for tuner/rec, but they're not. There are many differences actually, the P08 is...
[ATTACH] Side by side... you can see that the J08 is significantly larger than the P08, which is not a surprise. Note that the silver sides are...
[ATTACH] Also here, if a device is as beautiful inside as the outside, you know the engineers did their best to make an incredible device.
[ATTACH] It's crazy how many features Aiwa packed into this one. It has an external mic jack as well as an internal one. Dolby is only for...
[ATTACH] The HS-J08 also mentions Staar Belgium, can somebody enlighten me on what this means?
[ATTACH] The HS-J08 adds tuner and recording capability, as if the super nice feature set of the HS-P08 wasn't enough yet.
[ATTACH] The HS-J08, it's larger brother! Isn't it beautiful and so eighties with this fantastic button design?
[ATTACH] And the HS-P08 specifically mentions "Staar, Brussels, Belgium"... not sure, is this related to licensing? The red connector looks a...
[ATTACH] From opening the lid, you can tell this is a device the engineers who designed it were proud of. So much care was taken to design the...
[ATTACH] At that time, "logic control" or "touch buttons" or whatever you want to call it - the fact that there's no mechanical connection...
[ATTACH] This was released in 1985 and it was incredible how much functionality they packed into a single device at that time.
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