Bring Me The Mini's...The Quintessential Collection!

Does this count as a mini?

Brand new Auritone clock radio cassette recorder from 1979 I believe.......

Scored this a few years ago & love this little machine that works perfectly.....

 

^ No pause key? Is it true mono? Does it have any inputs?

 

Yes true mono with only basic inputs & outputs!

More of it here:

https://1drv.ms/f/s!ANEYKw-3GKK-t3w

 

So I've been searching since 1985 for one of these!

I owned a rather battered one until someone stole it from my bedsit late 85!


Incredibly I did find one in very good condition & fully working.....


She arrived from Italy today & I am so pleased with it! My original one had the tape door missing & had had a hard life........


Even the handle is made of very sturdy metal & the whole radio is so compact - A truly great find for me!!

Oh & did say......This is REALLY small! Look at the size of the cassette door for scale!!


More Here:


https://1drv.ms/f/s!ANEYKw-3GKK-g_kQ

 

Nice one Nick, the king of mickey mouse is back lol

 

Another Cloney & a favourite of mine: The Ingersoll XK-808! I like the look of this version best - it comes in many guises & is way better built than you would ever think it was! All metal cassette deck & a decent weight - These are also survivors, a new belt is usually all they ever need!

 

This arrived a couple of weeks ago & is now restored! - Thankfully I had a scrap AKA to save it! The deck was broken & beyond repair! I was pleased that no one had been inside it before me! The keys have a locking feature that locks them unless a cassette is in the machine & someone had forced them which bent the whole assembly that carried the 6 keys......

These are also very well built for Asian machines - The deck is extremely strong so I can only wonder why the keys were forced to the point of bending the key interlock mechanism.....

I had a scrapped UK Triumph RR-3005 in the spares bucket with a perfect cassette deck & changing belt & swapping out was so easy, you don't even have to removed flywheel bracket with these - the new belt simply goes round the motor, reel idler & flywheel!

It's now fully functional & in great condition plus I have plentiful spares for it as there is another scrap Triumph from years ago in the bucket!!

Again I really like these underrated mini boomers - Once you know how to remove the entire innards you get full access to everything & they really are well made from that golden age when even budget meant good quality!

HD Video here:

https://1drv.ms/v/s!ANEYKw-3GKK-g_ln

 

Here is my latest.

http://www.stereo2go.com/forums/threads/sony-cfs200l-rebelt.7714/#post-57882

I have no idea how Sony's numbering worked as the CFS210L was a much earlier box.

 

Pretty good. If you look at the internal picture in the rebelting post I linked to you will see that the speakers are about the largest they could have fitted in. However, they aren't the "long throw" type Sony and other manufacturers started using around this time which can sound better despite being smaller. There are also piezo tweeters in there.

The main thing marking it as a budget box is a complete lack of I/O. All it has is a mains socket and a headphone socket.

 

I got both mini boombox two years ago, but Victor. Bought them in buyee.jp
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1150674728379360/permalink/3403499156430228/?app=fbl

 

Victor rc-s11
Victor rc-s1

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1150674728379360/permalink/2810278449085638/?app=fbl

 

Here are two modern „old school” mini boomboxes, the Mini M90 and Micro M90 – replicas of the famous JVC RC-M90.

They are full of details, especially the Mini. Opening cassette deck with extra mini cassette, working remote control, FM radio with movable dial, bass, treble, balance, volume controller, line in, micro sd cart slot for MP3’s.
Beside this they are Bluetooth boxes.


Was a Kickstarter campaign.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/newwavetoys/replitronics-mini-boombox-project/description

 

Yes, finally they have finished them and shipped them out. After shipment to US now also to Europe.

On their homepage the boxes are now also officially available. But of course for a much higher price than on Kickstarter.

https://newwavetoys.com/products/m90-mini-blaster

But I see, already out of stock

 

Good evening! Here some of my mini bb´s, I began collecting in the last 4 years.
AIWA CS-P500
JVC RC-S5R (with rare battery compartment BC-S5)
JVC RC-S1JW
VICTOR RC-S11
VICTOR RC-S1
SANYO M 1700F
GENERAL ELECTRIC 3-5226A
AIWA CS-J110
JVC MR-200
AIWA HS-JS199
JVC RC-S10 (coming soon...)