Here are some pics of my new Aiwa CS 880 after my repair job

it has had a lot of issues:
1: all foam surrounds were rotten
2: all belts were loose
3: the ON/OFF switch was defective
4: the motor was burnt
5: the wirering of the motor was wrong ( I guess the former owner made a bad repair job)
6: the logic of the motor is still defective, I connected it directly to the motor switch.
7: the voltage regulator transistor for the synthese tuner have had a cold solderpoint.

But now it looks great and beautyful...








The bass response of my new 18cm woofer ( replacement for the passive radiator) is in my ears not so perfect as I hoped but I'll make some investigations with different models of woofers. Also I'll try to integrate an amplifier with a low pass for this speaker...

WoooooooooW...

Congrats Ralf

Youre a lucky man

It looks very nice!!!! Welcome to the CS880 club.....

Nice work and the 880 is worth the effort.

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Originally posted by skippy1969:
It looks very nice!!!! Welcome to the CS880 club.....

oh - all you 880 guys are just so exclusive !!

Ira,your an 880 guy too,remember........

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Originally posted by redbenjoe:
oh - all you 880 guys are just so exclusive !!

Hey Ira if you don't have an 880 we can't talk to you.

Can I just be an 880 wannabe? That thing looks mean with the black woofs! Especially that replacement for the passive radiator!

Looks great and congrats!

i was a former member. does that count

Heck yah that counts! your a charter member dude!!!!!

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Originally posted by SINISTER:
i was a former member. does that count

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Originally posted by skippy1969:
Heck yah that counts! your a charter member dude!!!!!

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Originally posted by SINISTER:
i was a former member. does that count

KOOL!!!

Wow, what a box. Was worth all the effort for sure D. Digital tuner, that ROX! That is if you respect the opinion of an 880 wannabee...

just personal light duty disagreement -- but i think digital tuners on a classic box suck --

like a 67 big block vette with an automatic !

Oh... I'm not in the 880 club yet...

I might just be signing up for the 880 club in a few days... Time & money will tell

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Originally posted by redbenjoe:
... but i think digital tuners on a classic box suck --

like a 67 big block vette with an automatic !

I think it's like a big block with an digital fuel and ignition system for higher performance and lower service costs.

BTW this AIWA has in my eys the best LC-Display of all my digital read out boxes : Sharp 9595 and 9797, Philips D 8814 (elephant series), Grundig RR 1140 and 1040, Sony CFS-D7, Hitachi TRK ????

your english IS perfect

and thats a cool analogy for the big block --

i wonder if we have any members that can repair digital tuners ?

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Originally posted by redbenjoe:
just personal light duty disagreement -- but i think digital tuners on a classic box suck --

like a 67 big block vette with an automatic !

but i cant drive a stick

Here Sin, you can practice on this Aiwa... I mod-ed it for you...

daiwa --thats awesome cool --

you are BOF -- da man and da bomb

Stick shift CS600! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

ha, glad you like skip.

"daiwa --thats awesome cool --

you are BOF -- da man and da bomb"


why thank you sir! lets see... BOF?
Bad old fart?

bof = both

(down here)

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Originally posted by Daiwa:
Here Sin, you can practice on this Aiwa... I mod-ed it for you...

thats dope!!!!

Thats cool man congrats if anybody ever wants to trade an 880 for an m90 let me know .

HALLO
SCHÖNE ARBEIT.
HAST DU DIE SICKEN AUSGEWECHSELT ODER NEUE LAUTSPRECHER EINGEBAUT????

Ich glaube er hat die Speaker getauscht, denn die originalen haben ja, bis auf den Passivradiator, Dustcaps.
Ist das richtig, Ralf?

Ja, es sind neue Lautsprecher, die gleichen wie im Blaupunkt EVO 3 Modell

good english !!

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Originally posted by redbenjoe:
good english !!

lol@ira x2 i thought so aswell.

did you replace all the speakers Yetix?

Yes, I replaced all speakers : the 6,5" are now OEM types from Philips 25 Watts/4 Ohms
The tweeters are now real 1" doome tweeters from Nokia also 4 Ohms.

Warum hast du nicht einfach nur die Sicken erneuert?

Ich erwarte jetzt auch einen 880
aber die Sicken müssen, wie immer, gemacht werden...