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Nice, that's the best-looking version. Unfortunately the white pieces usually become yellow with age.
The top year for boombox quality, sound and performance was 1980, IMHO. Some brands like Hitachi and Toshiba went downhill after that. Others like...
There's a couple sources online for the RF-5410 manual. But the RQ-568 was only sold in Japan, right? So Yahoo Japan is probably the only place...
New page: http://wikiboombox.com/tiki-index.php?page=National+RQ-568
They certainly had some unique designs. Here's some of mine. [ATTACH]
What are the 4 small holes on the right side of your RQ-568? Is that just the condensor mic?
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Nice! Although, I wish they had included the table of contents, as it's very difficult to search through 700 pages to find the electronics.
RQ-568, I haven't seen this, looks nice! How many speakers?
That is a Panasonic amp. I'm assuming it has a heat sink? Your woofer is 8 ohms. Panasonic says the amp is safe at 4 ohms, so you could get more...
Wow, 8 inch speaker in a mono box! Can you read the code on the amp chip(s)?
And how big is the woofer?
If you search Google images for Telesonic boombox, they certainly had some unique designs.
Wow, I've never seen the Telesonic! Where was it made?
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The Japanese are experts at quality control, but when it comes to styling, they constantly rip off Euro brands. A very risk-averse culture.
The speakers on top are pretty weak compared to the ones on front. They're really just for "dimensional" sound-staging. Sanyo had several other...
It really depends how much you have to spend, and how big you want it. And then there's styling. I would recommend just doing a google image...
Exactly, just remove the main case and look for a big metal flywheel behind the tape decks. Turn it with your finger until the heads pop down.
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