Hi there!

I didn't post pictures of my collection since several months, but I'm still collecting those bad boys ^^
so here is the new ones :



here is a Sanyo C5, not the most derirable model ever, but a friend found it in the street in Paris and give it to me, it's fully working, and in a good state, so whatever, it's a good deal and a nice box ^^



here is one of my favourite, the triple deck National RX-F333, Brought it back from Japan



an AKAI PJ-W55, I'm found of the design, like Sci-Fi boombox, in a minty state, found on the french bay (for 9 euros °-°')



Telefunken Studio M1, I heard a lot about it before buying it, about sound quality, weight... and everything is true ! It sounds better than My 777 !! (which was my best one before), smaller but so heavy, around 13 Kg I think (fully working, good shape, just got to fix the VU meter falling inside XD ) it's close to really Hi-Fi component (not audiophile one, but really good).





and finally, here is the Philips big Boy, SoundMachine D8718, with both of the middle part (double deck and simple deck) Philips boxes are still like "plastic boomboxes" but that one sounds pretty good and got a nice shape so whatever, I took it ^^

And I got 2 new ones incoming, so I'll update when they'll be there

Very nice new boxes, crasse!

The Sanyo C5 a looker. The Telefunken is amazing! I've never seen a D8718 before. Something new!

Thanks for sharing.

Wow, perfect finds!
I cannot say, what box i enjoy most.
They are all lovely!

..ok, my favourites always Philips, the bigboy´s are the greatest for me!

Hi!
finds perfect collection ! in favourites akai a style loock

The AKAI PJ-W55 is nice! I didn't know they
made a dual deck version.

Waouh!
Nice collection dude...
The story of Sanyo is so funny, the street of PARIS is a real fleamarkets for us FRANCE in général My friends found a Crown950 in the street...

very nice collection.

Very nice collection! That Akai mini looks like it came from a Star Wars movie.

Nice stuff! I diggin thos Philips! They are under rated for sure.

nice boxes //nice shots
thanks

Nice Stuff! A Sanyo C5 Found in tHe Street,Wow How cool is that!

Ya, the Philips boxes - I like them the best!

That Akai looks really cool!
The signal meter on the Telefunken is easy to fix, just reach in from the back. The meter is held in place by another white plastic piece that contains the light. There's no screws or anything to worry about.

Very nice collection Crasse!!! I had that Akai before too,it is a nice unit.

thx all for your nice comments
and thx Reli for details about VU meter, I'm a bit ashamed that i didn't fixed it yet, as this is the only prob with the telefunken, which is so fantastic. so Here we go ! let's open the toolbox.

Really well rounded collection there Crasse, not often I see one that I want every radio in it! Great stuff. Looking forward to more installments!



Rock On.

some great boxes nice!!

2 new boxes, both of them found on the french bay ,french bay isn't the best to find boomboxes, but there is not a lot of people bidding on , so price keeps cool (4 euros for the panasonic and 28 for the 3D one so I keep an eye on this bay )
here is pics :



Panasonic RX-FW92L




and the Hitachi 3D

Hi there !

A new device ! not a boombox, but can be related to, in fact it's a NAKAMICHI 700, one of the best cassette deck ever built (and so beautiful also ^^ ) full working and in a minty state (just one scratch near the left hand corner) here it is :





And I would to ask something : with this "tool" in my hands, I got the possibility to record some of my cd's and vinyl on cassette with keeping a very good sound quality during the transfer on band, but I would like to do it on good tape also, which kind of tape are the best for sound quality ?

Love the Nak crasse, they are deceivingly large units... You can still find deals on tapes online. Just make sure you get hi bias.
for instance:

http://www.tapeplus.com/1c082cs.html

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Just make sure you get hi bias.

Hi there, I don't really know what is "Hi bias" but on this page I see that "bias" adjust is available for the 2 last 700 one, and I got the first one (unfortunatly I don't got the manual, so I can't refer to it)
what is bias exactly ?

Very Nice Boomboxes. Thanks for shareing.

great pics

a new one, just received it today and found on the french bay : JVC PC-W35, a PC light weight one (I hope I will find a PC-5 in the future, cause this little one sound so good, so I can't imagine how sound the PC- big one ! ) needed a few contact cleaning (cause one of the speaker was weak, but now it works perfect !

Hi ! A new one, the christmas one ! A Sharp WQ562 in a good shape (juste one missing knob but the seller said that on the ebay auction, so It's ok in a way), whatever, It's a funky mini one ^^ !

Crasse there are several good quality cassette tape:

TDK MA-R Metal
TDK MA-XG Metal
TDK MA-XG Fermo Metal
TDK SA-XG type II

Sony Metal Master

Maxell XL II Super Fine Epitaxial type II
Maxell XL II Extra Fine Epitaxial type II

These are just several but high on my list.

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Originally posted by vladi123456:
Ya, the Philips boxes - I like them the best!

I agree

-gsbadbmr

OK , thanks for that, So I'm on the way to buy some TDK (they are easier to find in France than Sony or Maxell ones), in fact there is lot's of TDK SA right now on the french bay so lets get some !

I love the MA-XG series they could be recorded over and over the quality of sound still there!

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in fact there is lot's of TDK SA right now on the french bay so lets get some !

Good move... Nak decks like TDK SA tapes.

Geez, how have I missed this topic so far.
Great collection crasse, & ever-growing it is

Obviously the highlight for me is the 3D7, looking stately & handsome in this company (IMHO!), & probably giving most of your collection short shrift in the blastability department...

Like the Philips boomboxes too.
All of their early-mid 80s stuff was plasticy, but somehow still sounded good.
Did both of them come with the same speakers, or are they sharing them?

Ok thanks for your comments !

isolator42 -> both of the philips are sharing the same speakers cause I found the second middle part on ebay without speakers so this was very cheap !