Philips CD-555 Boombox and other Philips Portables

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  1. Mister X

    Mister X Moderator Staff Member

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    I just found this rare ad for the Philips CD-555 from 1986, Electronics Australia Magazine.

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    Mister X, Dec 12, 2020
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    Of course I love it :D
    You mind when I copy to my website?
     
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    Did you know that my Boss did a portrait for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" character?
    Joanna Cassidy
    The reason I mention this is because my beloved Roger Rabbit was sooo eager in projecting his many-ways he loved Jessica :) Thanks to @Daniela and @Virgil Gheorghiu I have many-more-reasons why I will never touch CD-555 :)
     
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    No @Jorge, this thing is total fun! You should get one!

    Awesome sound and most of the times it can be fixed easily. I added a first aid section at my website that hopefully helps a little bit.

    Except... when you look at the capstan fly wheel of my Unit#4 - that is really frustrating :mad:
    How can this even happen? Will be a huge challenge to fix this.

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    Wow, that got crunched hard. How do you even approach repairing it? A machine shop might be able to make a new one for you.
     
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    Philips D8614 from 1982


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    Philips AR 508 from 1982


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    I think this is 1964? The Philips EL 3300. I bet they were excited to have this new technology, surprisingly I never run across old taped 60's cassettes.


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    Philips Moving Sound from 1988


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    1974 from the same great website


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    Early Philips advertised with music cassettes, from 1968


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    1968


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    Philips 1982


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    Philips 1994


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    One of their neat R2R's, yea they were ready for boomboxes, from 1961. Too bad it didn't have a radio

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    Mister X, Feb 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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    You have made a whole website for one model! That is fantastic!!
     
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