Quite stunning! Fisher is great indeed, never disappointing! It's just great that enough of these relics have survived this long, and I (all of us I'd say) still enjoy seeing them as if we were back in our decade. I have never laid my eyes on such a Fisher box, but what I do recall is that I glanced over many different boxes and brands. With some regret I could never truly go beyond some glancing because it was right down impossible to do more. The availability of information back then was way more limited. One had to spend a great deal of time walking and taking the public transit to find out about the so many different brands and lines of boomboxes and other audio equipment. Today with the help of the internet, we are getting a "second chance" to see so much of what we missed out on. I am glad when I get the chance to see these stunners today even if it's only through some pictures. Seeing them here also helps, as we all pretty much on the same page. Thanks Deech! One more for the count!
Deech can you tell me if the LEDs really go up as you turn the volume knob or the LEDs go all the way up as soon as you have it like on 3 or 4 ?
The LED's measure true VU input levels, not output. So the same number of LED's flash no matter how loud the volume is set.
Very "clean" box! That Panathinaikos stone hurts my feelings! But these looks of that Fisher fades the rest away! Very nice and rare find!
Fisher was owned by Sanyo from 1975 so thatvexplains the resemblence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_Electronics About the only Fisher equipment we saw here in the U.K. was their VHS VCRs. Sanyo was firmly in the Betamax camp so couldn't be seen to be letting that side down by making VHS machines. I like that comment as it made me think back to going in shops like Lasky's, Dixon's, Sound Selection, and Comet to look at the latest gear. I spent far longer researching Boomboxes before buying my first than I did researching cars before buying my current one. To illustrate what has happened to all the electronics stores there is a large place five minutes walk from work which used to be Tempo but is now an upmarket kitchen showroom. I guess they make 100 times more money selling one kitchen than Tempo made selling a VCR. Writing all that made me think of this video, which while describing USA stores tells exactly the same story.
What's sad is that most of that research was in vain, since most brands lied about their power output, or used different measurement standards without saying which one they used
Most of my research was on connectivity as I knew whatever box I bought would have to double up as both tuner and cassette deck for my home stereo. I chose a Sony CFS45L on the basis that it had a proper Line In setting on the function selector. I reckon only about 1/4 of the boxes in my price range had that. Ten years later I would use the CFS45L line in with my first CD player as I was in the middle of moving house and my home stereo gear was in storage.
Those early 70's ads I posted are precious, I feel like the wattage claims are true, most were .7-1.8 watts. They had no problem with flea watts and were proud of it. For me most of the boomboxes are off-the-wall, as a kid I only saw the crappy three piece wonders, mostly black. I might have seen a handful of "real" boomboxes, most were $50 junk but worked fine on the beach or out at the 1/2 pipe.
looked at this thread again, totally different box from the 480 the 480 is a huge 3 piece without the power, its bigger than my silvers just way to big and no power.....this one looks great on a 65" tv lol
that's just it Reli i found mine was not loud lad,,,,,it sounded better with m90 woofers and tweeters and added bass ports though
