That's interesting, it looks exactly the same indeed. I will have to look up the pictures from the inside and get back to you.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not the nicest pictures, with the bright light the damage on the black paint is amplified. Will try to make better pictures...
[ATTACH] The "silver plastic" looks pretty special - See the line pattern that reminds me of some Sony aluminium lid designs. Maybe I'll add...
[ATTACH] A final remark about the case: I have one HS-J08 with the controls printed on a sticker on the case, where the others don't have any...
[ATTACH] Side by side...
[ATTACH] More side by side: HS-P08 in case, HS-J08 in case and HS-J08 without case. The case is a plastic hardcover, quite thick and robust,...
[ATTACH] I serviced and repaired a few of them. It's a lot of work and they're very sensitive. They can be repaired but take your time, even...
[ATTACH] Initially I though they were the same devices except for tuner/rec, but they're not. There are many differences actually, the P08 is...
[ATTACH] Side by side... you can see that the J08 is significantly larger than the P08, which is not a surprise. Note that the silver sides are...
[ATTACH] Also here, if a device is as beautiful inside as the outside, you know the engineers did their best to make an incredible device.
[ATTACH] It's crazy how many features Aiwa packed into this one. It has an external mic jack as well as an internal one. Dolby is only for...
[ATTACH] The HS-J08 also mentions Staar Belgium, can somebody enlighten me on what this means?
[ATTACH] The HS-J08 adds tuner and recording capability, as if the super nice feature set of the HS-P08 wasn't enough yet.
[ATTACH] The HS-J08, it's larger brother! Isn't it beautiful and so eighties with this fantastic button design?
[ATTACH] And the HS-P08 specifically mentions "Staar, Brussels, Belgium"... not sure, is this related to licensing? The red connector looks a...
[ATTACH] From opening the lid, you can tell this is a device the engineers who designed it were proud of. So much care was taken to design the...
[ATTACH] At that time, "logic control" or "touch buttons" or whatever you want to call it - the fact that there's no mechanical connection...
[ATTACH] This was released in 1985 and it was incredible how much functionality they packed into a single device at that time.
[ATTACH] The HS-P08 is a really nice player... I have only one, and it has some wear. From the case you can already tell this is not just any...
Nice Emiel! Thanks for the hint about the replacement batteries, don't have them but will order. The JX929 is fantastic indeed! I don't have...
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