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....
It was probably for brushing off any flakes, it did it's duty and now is gone. For how much tape flaking happened, it's surprising these decks...
Sony Hotline Catalog, it looks around 1984? I'd say this was more for kids, there's no high-end models but there's some neat stuff like the saw...
Hitachi CAP from 1985, it this the smallest portable? I know it was in the running. I'm trying to figure out how the radio pack plugs in, it...
Oh yea, another oddity not on walkman.land yet..........
I love the oddball units, this is kind of tame but still a favorite of mine. I recently posted one for sale in the mega-sale thread, they do come...
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1984, I need to start a thread with the "ON AIR" Models, they broadcast on FM so you don't need a headphone cord or you want to play on your...
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From TDK's 1986 Brochure (in the cassette ad thread), MC Metal around $10 USD each, big money! [ATTACH]
Found over on X, a TDK Brochure from 1986, why don't they post the front or back covers? Surprisingly they still had micro cassette metal tapes...
Toshiba Walky 1985. It's interesting to see what the most expensive is, the RT-KS1 is right up there but I've never seen that model before,...
Did this get posted already? From 1972, the three girls are a music group called, that's right, you guessed it, "School Mates." They must be...
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