Cool stuff for sale mega-thread.

I'm only posting this because it's so cool, the Panasonic Compo Car Stereo, it looks like the full set except I think there was also an EQ. Talk about prices going through the roof, look around vintage car audio, I bet there's some junk yards with thousands of dollars of equipment that they never monotized.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Panasonic-...928562?hash=item42220a18b2:g:VjMAAOSwYkxff3Ry

 

I love it, those old car stereos were works of art, if you have a photo of it in the car please post lupogtiboy, I love seeing oem installations. That amp had to be one of the largest at the time, I just remember the smaller flat versions.

 

I forget all of the "tricks" that were used to boost singles, I think one was giving them away at concerts and that was considered a sale. Soundscan came around to change the old style of counting in the 90's, mp3's turned the world around again and so on.

 

I still buy music, but I have a ton of it, just like everything else, I was the vinyl/cassette dumpster for friends and relatives for years. My last purchase was a CD a couple weeks ago, Dokken released some "found" songs from the early 80's, they rebuilt them into listenable songs but for the avid listener. I rarely see tapes for sale anymore and didn't go to any garage/flea/thrift stores this year so the random fill in the collection has been postponed. Radio is so bad, it's nearly impossible to find new good music, it's just 60's-90's played over and over and bands like the Stones, with hundreds of songs, only get a handful played.

 

I love those early vertical CD players.

 

Nakamichi 250, this was meant for your car but it looks like an early compo system, I've never seen the case before but it looks like the molded bottom was made for the components. The system has those weird connections but no worries since this one looks complete.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Nakam...678217?hash=item2f4caa1689:g:EzQAAOSw8zJfkhvk

 

I love the accessories, all of the cool gadgets that went with the Walkmans and boomboxes. Most of it is impossible to find or super expensive and the JVC HM-100E Headphones are no exception. For use with the RC-838 Boombox, not only can you listen to your boomer in privacy but you can also record with their Biphonic System where the recording mics are in the same place as your ears. These headphones have built-in mics, I wonder if you can monitor what your recording, otherwise it would be quit in there.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Vinta...420435?hash=item548314a253:g:ktsAAOSw4CFYoMrq

 

This is cool, Sony loved giving portables to famous people, maybe even being the start of "influencers" Check out the Dinah Shore Sony Model M-9G Microcassette Player for the LPGA (ladies golf) from 1982. These have got to be super-rare, too bad it's not a stereo model and what's the deal with the Olympus Tape?....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-Micro...010311?hash=item3b511e4b47:g:6ukAAOSwdG5fJJQO

 

Standard Radio of Japan was bought in the early 70's by Marantz USA, I'm not sure but I think I remember that they were also building Marantz's (made in Japan) Audio Equipment starting in the mid-60's after SuperScope bought Marantz. Legend is that Marantz USA Equipment cost more to manufacture than retail cost. Superscope moved most manufacturing to Japan after they bought the company.

Marantz was an early Boombox Maker, most were branded Superscope by Marantz but there also seems to be some some very early boomboxes from Standard, making it seem like that when Marantz bought Standard, they also aquired a boombox line. Here's an extremely rare Standard KR-3300. I've never seen this one before and it's why I'm posting it, price-wise it's up there but like UNIX, Standard Radio Equipment is also very expensive. You can see a lot of design that the Superscope boxes used in this model, including the white tip on the antenna.

This is a really nice looking box, but ultra-expensive, for the hard-core Marantz Collector. It is nice seeing these older boxes come up more often, hopefully website like S2G are helping. These older boxes are usually very heavy duty, some of the buttons look dated but everything moves with precision.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Standard-B...035074?hash=item217c949d02:g:198AAOSwJfRfo2hR

 

Some lucky local will score this Magnavox D-8643, one of the heaviest boomers around. Made in Austria, this is a beast! If you live in the area and will ship it to me let me know!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Huge-...510717?hash=item56e134a33d:g:IqkAAOSw6DtfMuSw

 

Here's an interesting one over in Japan, it looks like the Sharp QT-F360 was modified for use by the US Airforce. Tape decks were used for a lot of computer and testing applications back then, who knows what this was used for.
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e474420970

 

Cool Standard! 1973 was right around when Marantz bought them, I don't think they showed up again until Marantz split up in 79. From what I've read, Standard was a quality brand with a lot of respect in the Japanese Market, after 1979 they seemed to be in more high-end commercial markets and very few consumer portables.