Cool stuff for sale mega-thread.

i had one back in the day but the novelty soon wore off for me

 

It says on the back that it is made by Matsushita who (until they changed the name) were the parent company of Panasonic and Technics. Does it say what the screen size is ?.

It is an interesting combination of being colour but mirror based. Citizen used the same technique on early B&W sets (I have one here) but had moved on to colour using built in backlights by 1989.

 

Not particularly cool, but definitely useful.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203612096730?hash=item2f683a08da:g:qqYAAOSwgwNhR1sr

In the 80s and 90s everyone had either one of these, some of the cheap chipboard drawers

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154594075805?hash=item23fe86649d:g:GFEAAOSw1CthMJXy
or a plastic rack for their cassettes.
I had all three. I have bought a couple of cases like the first item recently. Not at this price, but the postage and commission would be £5 so the seller will be end up with about what I paid.

 

HighMAT?

 

Another cool deck for the people who think stereo is too limiting

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165105645028?hash=item26711035e4:g:oj8AAOSwbzhhWZWx&LH_BIN=1

Decades before Surround Sound systems became popular the Japanese were pushing Quadrophonic as the next big thing.

 

most early surround systems the back channels were mono powered by speakers i wouldn't want for free....i had one years ago done correctly with 4 large speakers stereo all channels and it shook the place back when i had the space

 

The only thing distinguishing this from the hundreds of other similar cheap
systems is the both sides play using a single tone arm.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194398473506?hash=item2d430d4d22:g:J~kAAOSwPfBhUv7U
I saw one of these, without speakers in a Charity shop a couple of years ago, for the price someone now wants for the brochure
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124129524452?hash=item1ce6b23ae4:g:5hoAAOSwcw1eeyJ-

 

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Does anybody know how much this boombox is worth? It’s from the 80s, everything works as it should. It’s in very good condition and the only thing that is missing is the remote. It has been brought from Iraq, maany years ago by my mates dad who served there as a soldier.[/GALLERY]

 

One of the early Sony cassette corders, TC-126 from 1973, can use "special" CrO2 tape. The logo is upside down, I suppose the machine was meant to be used in horizontal position, but then the push keys would be awkward to use. Or maybe these are not push-in keys, but rather piano keys? $45, not tested.

Interesting "A"|"B" logo, Sony used similar logo on cassettes.



Here are photos from other auctions, I can see where Soviet designers borrowed their ideas from.





Funny that cassettedeck.org calls it a cassette deck. To me, this is just a portable cassette tape recorder.

Philips also used similar "plank fence" or faux wood design.



Sanyo MR-410R:



ITT Schaub-Lorenz SL55



Grundig C110R using DC International cassette:



Soviet Electronika-302:



According to cassettedeck.org, the Sony was discontinued the next year, in 1974. The Electronika-302 was manufactured from 1974 to 1990 !

 

The little MD player looks a bit lost..