I struck Gold(star) :)
northerner - 2013-10-17 11:28
So I saw this box pop up on eBay on a cheap (£50) BIN deal...I loved the look of it and wanted something different, something a bit rare in the UK. Well luckily the wife had had a couple of glasses of wine (it was Saturday night) so I managed to persuade her to temporarily lift my buying ban lol!
Well its come all the way from Germany to the UK and it only took 7 days. Seller was great...packed with a new strong carton, polystyrene and tons of bubble wrap...and even plastic wrapped the boombox itself.
Well I've had a bit of a play with it and gambling on a box I could find almost nothing on the web seems to have paid off!!!...it only flamin rocks!!!! Everything's works perfectly, condition is very good, and has now had a detailed clean.
At low volume its nothing special but turn it up and it sounds fantastic on its proper RCA line in...LEDs bounce like crazy and aren't volume affected so they bounce whatever the volume.
Has good bass and lots of high end but its the stereo wide that's most impressive...on most boxes I don't use the wide setting as normal stereo sounds better to my ears but on this the wide is WIDE! And its loud...you can see the chrome caps bounce.
Need to compare it side by side with some others but its one of the best fifty quids I've spent....LOVE IT!
Behold the loveliness of my Goldstar TSR 640...its the same height and depth as my M70 but a little shorter so its no tiddler 
mitchelljames - 2013-10-17 12:33
That box looks in good order mate, i quite fancy a Goldstar myself.
northerner - 2013-10-17 12:49
seb968 - 2013-10-17 13:00
Looks great, nice and solid, does it sound as good as your M-70?
northerner - 2013-10-17 13:37
michiel - 2013-10-17 13:41
That's a very good looking box! Super cool that's it sounding great too! You took a good gamble by pushing that bin button! Congrats with it!
samovar - 2013-10-17 13:50
what a beautiful box! i like the look of it and i like even more that it's not at all a common unit! supercongrats also on the timing of your choice of the right bouquet of wine... 
northerner - 2013-10-17 13:56
smeats1976 - 2013-10-17 14:21
Nice one! its agreat feeling when a gamble pays off! and the idea for approaching the subject of boombox buying when the wife is merry on the vino is gold dust!, timing is everything!
stereo.mad - 2013-10-17 14:51
radio.raheem - 2013-10-17 15:44
congrats si looks nicer than an m70...well done mate
lee get divorced anyway who needs wimen haha....then you can have another 200 boomboxes haha
northerner - 2013-10-18 02:46
Ha ha yeh the timing was perfect, wouldn't have got away with it otherwise, though I've been good recently and sold a few like I promised her...clearly the alcohol made the biggest difference though!
Defo a bargain this one as the shipping was only £16 too all the way from Germany.
And pretty uncommon is an understatement...not come across anyone who currently owns one yet...GZ on boomboxery has a 641 but that's the closest so far
deliverance - 2013-10-18 03:41
nice box si for £50 bargain
schneil - 2013-10-18 04:47
Is it ok on 240V? (being a 220V box)
northerner - 2013-10-18 05:31
brutus442 - 2013-10-18 07:04
Well done Si. It's a classic looking street box and for 50...you really can go wrong.
Now share the speech you gave your wife in order for her lifting the buy-ban you (and I
) were under. This will prove to be more valuable than the C100 schematics!
northerner - 2013-10-18 07:16
Well done Si. It's a classic looking street box and for 50...you really can go wrong.
Now share the speech you gave your wife in order for her lifting the buy-ban you (and I) were under. This will prove to be more valuable than the C100 schematics!
Well thats easy mate...all I said was 'have another glass of wine dear'...followed up with 'have another glass of wine dear'...and so on 
Actually what I really did was promise to sell another box that would raise more than the £50 cost of this one...she's admitted she's getting completely confused as to what I've agreed to buy and sell at this stage so I may even get away with not actually selling one more lol
brutus442 - 2013-10-18 08:20
Sage advice Si...especially the wine
deech - 2013-10-19 09:08
Northerner you cheater !! you broke your promise
to your wife and now you are trying to escape
without selling one of your boxes !
I m just joking ofcourse!!
Now this Goldstar looks so nice !
Great to see your collection getting bigger
and we need updated pics of your box corner !
northerner - 2013-10-19 09:23
So she should be grateful lol deech - 2013-10-19 09:34
All i m trying to say Si is sell a box !!
That could preferably be the GF9000 and you can sell it
to me as you promised to your wife !!!
For sure your collection is getting better! That is so good to see
northerner - 2013-10-19 09:50
deech - 2013-10-19 09:57
Hehe i understand the situation !!
Does your wife tell you which box she likes and which
box is junk ??
northerner - 2013-10-20 01:34
deliverance - 2013-10-20 01:55
if my other half gives me greif i refuse to give her spends
smeats1976 - 2013-10-20 02:38
if my other half gives me greif i refuse to give her spends
I tell mine to go back to the kitchen and make me a nice jam rolly polly for ma Pood
deliverance - 2013-10-20 02:52
thats why they have small feet to get closer to the sink
smeats1976 - 2013-10-20 02:59
haha!
What's worse than a Male Chauvinist Pig? A woman that won't do what she's told.
oink oink!
northerner - 2013-10-20 03:00
smeats1976 - 2013-10-20 07:39
Yep! I made sure I had logged out and shut the computer down before going for an afternoon nap! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz