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retro - 2013-08-05 11:39

There has been quite a few DIY projects posted recently, so why not have a featured sub section dedicated to home brew boomboxes and mods? Post them if you got them.

vintage.man - 2013-08-10 15:56

my restored and modifyed M90

vintage.man - 2013-08-10 15:59

modifyed M70

vintage.man - 2013-08-10 16:01

and a simple analog alley upgrade

redbenjoe - 2013-08-10 16:07

for those who dont know yet --

analogue alley company is owned by member stormin norman

retro - 2013-08-10 16:49

Did not know that redbenjoe, thanks for the info. Man, those LED's are bright!

vintage.man - 2013-08-10 17:02

There not norms... Just the last m70 I put up. The others are custom jobs

retro - 2013-08-10 19:29

Just found this interesting DIY project on DVD Plaza.

redbenjoe - 2013-08-10 21:12

very well done -

except the 4 AAs ( 6 volt ) seem to be the weak point in both power and

longevity- unless it has other power options ?

redbenjoe - 2013-08-10 21:24

and here's my Retro stereo jvc rc 550 -

posted before ( hey retro... | stereo2go&nbsp )

now the almost completed update ::

retro - 2013-08-11 05:14

A simple touch screen DIY concept I created built around Sony's FH-XXX removable handle and brackets.

vintage.man - 2013-08-11 05:37

Sweet work guys!!!

themightyrepairer - 2013-08-22 01:37

what do you think of my JVC Demonboom project? added tweeters.. big difference!

retro - 2013-08-22 03:12

That's pretty intense, the tweeters look like a factory install, nice.

themightyrepairer - 2013-08-22 03:51

thanks Retro.. was a pain in the azz finding tweeters that small.. due to the roundness of the case regular speakers wouldn't fit.. I can honestly hear the difference immediately after firing it up.. the Kaboom really needed these..

retro - 2013-09-24 07:20

Who can forget this amazing DIY project?

arranm88 - 2014-04-30 14:00

hi i have a quick question for someone.

I want to build a portable music system i.e a "boom box". im after retrieving speakers from a hifi system. but i dont know what amp to get. the speakers are 2 x 80 watt 3 ohm, and 2 x 170 watt 6 ohm subwoofers.. what kind of amp can i use?

some help would be greatly appreciated..

vintage.man - 2014-04-30 14:03

Try a car amp. Runs DC for battery power. And can drop too those ohms. You
can even take the amp board out of its case and use it like that.

arranm88 - 2014-04-30 14:19

nice one.

but can i run the subs off the car amp aswell? and will the impedances match?

vintage.man - 2014-04-30 14:49

It should hold up. Car amps can drop to 2 see ohms.

arranm88 - 2014-04-30 14:58

cool i have car stereo lying around would that do or would i have to get a seperate car amp? also if i connect the subs in parallel it will reduce the impedance to 3 ohms. is this how i should do it.. thanks for your help.

vintage.man - 2014-04-30 15:50

A cheap separate car amp. Say 40 watts.

arranm88 - 2014-04-30 16:01

but the subs are 340 watts combined? will a 40 watt amp do the job?

vintage.man - 2014-04-30 16:20

That's a max rating on the subs. You building a box or home theater? Lol.
If the box is big enough you can use 2 amps. One for mains. And 1 for the
sub section.

hardmen - 2015-07-05 04:35

The VZ777

Cheers

retro - 2015-07-09 08:03

Found this one in the archives...

brutus442 - 2015-07-09 11:12

Stylus in the antenna? Genius!

martin53 - 2016-03-23 11:35

retro posted:
Found this one in the archives...

I have a important question

Could it be done like that you install some small LCD in the cassette door window then guide the wires from the display to the mp3 player that could be hidden Inside the boombox.That would be easier to use both the mp3 and cassette.By the way you wrecked a nice jvc rc-m70 :-( I wouldn't do that with any of my boombox

hardmen - 2016-04-23 03:30

Two of my wooden custom builts.

Cheers.

mermaster1 - 2016-04-23 05:52

I made a post about my DIY box yesterday but completely forgot about this one. Here it is.

I really like that sharp style box Hardmen. Looks good.