hi all, as promised last week, today i propose another quiz. it's very easy but also very tricky, so fasten your seat belts as we are ready to take off.

first thing first, two extremely revealing pics

hitachi -9140/50.

there is no such thing as a hitachi -9140/50 del 

a little help

hitachi 8270??

sam there is i have a hitachi-9150 .

my missus has something like that in her top draw!

how rude

so you think that the specimen here is a member of the Hitachi tribe?

well you got it (almost) right:

Hitachi TRK-9140 E

@deliverance very well done, but you know, quizzes have one and only answer... just joking, you got the right answer even before i asked the question!

@Lav Loo well done too, you got the tribe right

@stereo mad i wonder how a beast like this fits in any top draw...

congratulations to all, next time i'll try to make it a real challenge

seen a few on the bay......how do they sound sal?

does'nt say much for you then Lee ha ha sorry i could'nt resist

mine has a wonderful voice: excellent bass, loud and clear, i use it with my ipod because there's almost no distortion even at top volume. i was lucky to find it from a private in excellent technical conditions and fully working (the tape deck is super!). it is also a very solid machine: it weighs a ton, no trash plastic. deech has one and he likes it a lot. i wonder what deliverance thinks of his.

Yes a Hitachi - TRK 9150W .

Sounds incredible!

Looks average for my taste,

weighs a ton and i have to admit that its a quality box!!

i have to agree with the above they are heavy and loud .

hi all,

last week the sunday quiz was solved in less than no time. surely because i posted it on saturday? whatever the case, today i'm gonna make it a bit harder. at least mmcodomino and deliverance will have to think more than 5 minutes before they solve it. here we go

evidence n. 1

evidence n. 2

so much info in so small pics, yet so far no answer

evidence n. 3

this weeks quiz is hard to solve sal !

 you got that right deech !   we need just a little more

Yeppers MORE IS BETTER   Righty Right on with another BIG CLUE......

yep more pics please Samovar although il'e have a stab in the dark and say toshiba rt9510 failing that it's another hitachi i bet

you'r right guys, and i have to apologize for the long absence. an unexpected problem (now solved) kept me away from the screen - from home, actually. more clues:

evidence n. 4

evidence n. 5

and no, it's not a tosh -no hitachi either

ok, i owe you one. so i give away no less than the keys...

evidence n. 6

...and the knobs:

evidence n. 7

this should help identifying at least the family

philips ?

no philips --otherwise Lav should have already got it the brand is famous, the box not that much. time for serious evidence:

evidence n. 8

Looking at those knobs, it look`s like some sort of sanyo?

yes, it's a sanyo. more this evening.

the knobs and led meter give away it being a sanyo, the led's look like the m9935k's but the knobs look like the m7900's??

so it can't be either of the 2 mentioned above, therefore i'm still stuck

and yes Samovar your right about the philips lol

i know it's a bit confusing. maybe these 2 pics will help

evidence n. 9

evidence n. 10

Oh heck. I `ll have to use the knowledge, i have picked up, over the years. It`s an M9880. .

well done!

it's a Sanyo M9880K A. congratulations Litfan, that was not at all an easy one.

I`m betting, it sounds nice?

 show off !    

Well, when you`ve been around since noah`s ark, like me chris lad, you pick up these things

i picked it up at the flea market, then spent the weekend cleaning it up. unfortunately it doesn't work, so i need to have it serviced before i know. it looks nice though

yep you have been at this lark for while for sure rich .

It came in handy though chris. I learn`t all the repair quirks of various boxes. Are the belts, typical sanyo "hard to fit?". It`s taking me ages to type, coz, i`m using the siemens tablet comp, which has a stylus .

great find sal!!!

also a very difficult quiz! only for the experienced

nice box Samovar, next time can you make it a tad easier for us apprentices lol

i was searching all over shizaudio for sanyo and it had 849 models.

I recognized it was a sanyo from the vu leds and i tried to spot which sanyo below its vu led meter had a balance knob but couldnt find any.

ha ha that's how i tried to do it too Deech, only i looked on stereo80s.com and not shizaudio, unfortunately my search was fruitless too

hi guys, i promise that my next quiz will be easier  this time it took a super-pro (Litfan) to solve it, but i made it so tough only because last week deliverance had solved it in just 2 (two!) minutes 

Lav i think that our condition is pretty much serious!

Because that shows how much we wanted to find the solution to sals quiz!

I was like what??? the first evidence pics he posted not even the most experienced, not even chuck norris could find which box was it!

Will have to give credits to Litfan!!!

well i can only hope that the next box is a philips or i'm stuffed lol

ha ha well next time i'm going to examine the box thoroughly, on that note il'e be eagerly awaiting sundays post

Come on guy`s. You are giving me more credit, than i deserve. It`s just one of those things, you know, or, you don`t.

hi folks, today's quiz has a special section for Lav Loo. so Lav, this is for you & only you to solve

the above being the private property of LL, the first clue for today's mystery box is:

clue n. 1

well it has blue woofers and the only 2 i can think of with blue woofers are the m70 and the 8614, but surely it can't be that easy for me

come on samovar a few more little clues please

ah i misread, it's the bottom woofer i'm guessing lol, 777?

here we go

consider it more of a homage than a quiz

meanwhile, here's

clue n.2

no gf 777