I thought he was a bit unfair on it. On his Patreon page some people commented that the beginning sounded like the start of Phil Collin's 1981...
It depends on the year. In 1981 the Binatone Hip-Fi Cloneman was £50. I believe a genuine Sony Walkman was over £100. [ATTACH] A year later as...
Sometimes it is as easy as simply opening the doors. If the door is attached to the front panel while the mechanism is attached to the chassis,...
Interesting that they had Tandy in Australia. Tandy = Radio Shack with all the same brands like Realistic. I'm not sure why they changed the name,...
Yes. Back in the day you could buy three or even five Type 0s for the price of one Sony. They were typically sold at markets and pound stores.
I think you are right. Feeding the model numbers into RadioMuseum I am getting 1975 or 1976. Unfortunately I don't have a scan of the front of the...
Since we were talking about Woodgrain Boomboxes, here are a couple of Woodgrain Stereo Cassette Recorders from the same 1970 catalogue [ATTACH]...
That pre-dates Sanyo buying Fisher by a decade ! By 1970 there were similar Sanyo models so it looks as if they copied the idea. [ATTACH]
One for people in the USA. A mini TV in a Mini Boombox. [ATTACH]...
Since this seems to be the thread for Micro TVs I guess it is the best place to post this advert from 1986. [ATTACH] By the time you added some...
I had read before that they started off using BASF tape which was the only type that would meet their requirements given the narrow tracks and low...
Back to a more conventional system and advert in 1987 [ATTACH] Just ten years later the advert would become rather dated when White Town got to...
Hitachi 1986 I think they were inspired by B&O with this equipment. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I can imagine @Radio Raheem 's setup doing this in real life...
Nice to see some sensible start prices there. I wonder how many people in the USA know what a Saisho or Bush is?
The connections to the head itself, especially as they get moved every time you press play. Beyond that there will be circuitry on the circuit...
http://vintagecassettes.com/hitachi/hitachi.htm I think what @Mister X says is correct. What voltage is the deck ? If it is 100V the chances are...
In response to similar questions I have said that the best "Walkman" to buy is one that you can check out as working before handing over any cash....
About fifteen years ago there were three or four Chinese sellers on eBay selling "refurbished" GF777Zs and including pictures like that towards...
I like the TSR2 model as well.
If it helps you can get the full 27 page service manual for free from https://elektrotanya.com/sanyo_m7770k_sm.pdf/download.html#dl Make sure you...
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