tell me something about box?

I can't tell anything than this is one super hot looking box!

Here is royal's opinion about it from the 4sale-section where this unit was posted too:

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awesome radio , tres powerful , i have one here . . . its actually louder than the ca-70 but has no passive . .all good

So i guess a grab at that price would be a great deal

It's in the 4 sale section? I'll be over there in a minute!

here is my view's
28 Nov 07 AIWA CA-100H 1983 BOOMBOX 220175255853
100_2827 AIWA CA-100H front crop

100_2828 aiwa ca-100h back crop

100_2829 aiwa ca-100h back open crop

That's sweet, DM4U!

How does it sound? Not that I've heard any, but how does it compare to similar sized JVC boxes?

Heres what I have about the CA-100.

I can see you'rs has the dreaded foam rot james.

Thanks, skippy.

Your very welcome Mono!

the bottem aiwa has new speakers and as soon as i get another set I'll do the otherone's and I have the original speaker's for the bottom one

Aiwa CA-W10 AIWA CA-100H

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Originally posted by DecentMan4you:
the bottem aiwa has new surrrounds and as soon as i get another set I'll do the otherone's

Aiwa CA-W10 AIWA CA-100H

Damn the surrounds on the bottom one look mega she must sound sweeeeet, shame the speakers wernt white like the orig, good job though james.

Honestly, I like the single deck model more... The LED meters...

Those VU's are killer! Nice and big.

Mono , bottom line - It was the most powerful 3-piece of the aiwa range at the time , wooden speaker enclosures , well built unit . I would add tho that I prefer the quality of sound from the ca-70.

I love these aiwa 3-piecers

rimmer36 uh I goofed as i cant remember an you posted this too fast ... sigh ... I replaced the speaker's not the surround's on this model & I have the originall speakers though they need new surround's as well .. here they are

Hey James,get ahold of Jvc Floyd. He refoamed my Aiwa CS880 woofers,maybe he will do yours for you too. Its pretty cheap to get them done,and they sound awesome!

mono - and let me add --that -without ever hearing one --i know its a good sounding model --
because it has the famous aiwa DSL circuit .

Scott check pm please thanks.

Hi gang,

Below is the phone and address for a speaker specialist from my neck of the woods. I'm pretty sure he'll do mail-ins.

If not, maybe I can help out as I have a set of JVC PC-3 speakers en route from oldschool69 that will find their way to this store for reconditioning once they arrive.

This guy has re-coned the factory speakers in my wife's car, and he also re-coned my JBL L80T woofers. His prices are very reasonalbe and does great work.

SPEAKERWORLD
6101 Park Blvd
Pinellas Park, FL 33781
Phone: (727) 544-3511

Where i have been going for a long time for those really odd floor standing home speaker's that I have the ( AR 58s ) that take a 11 inch woofer's that he reconed the pair for $130.00 back when ...

Allen Speaker Reconing
919 W 19TH St
Houston, TX 77008
(713) 862-2747

Well i dunno abooot you lot but i need my brain recoaning any ideas

just curious, for the price of re-foaming why not jsut buy new speakers?

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Originally posted by Reli:
just curious, for the price of re-foaming why not jsut buy new speakers?

That's a great point! I'd say the only reason to keep the original speakers and re-foam 'em is to keep the box looking stock. Personally, I'd get brand new woofers.

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Originally posted by MONOLITHIC:

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Originally posted by Reli:
just curious, for the price of re-foaming why not jsut buy new speakers?

That's a great point! I'd say the only reason to keep the original speakers and re-foam 'em is to keep the box looking stock. Personally, I'd get brand new woofers.

Well as a connoisuer of high end multi-component boxes you won't go wrong with the Aiwa. If I weren't on the wrong end of the money scale I'd jump at it myself.

Regarding the speakers, you have to watch sensitivity and frequency response if choose to replace them.

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Originally posted by oldskool69:

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Originally posted by MONOLITHIC:

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Originally posted by Reli:
just curious, for the price of re-foaming why not jsut buy new speakers?

That's a great point! I'd say the only reason to keep the original speakers and re-foam 'em is to keep the box looking stock. Personally, I'd get brand new woofers.

Well as a connoisuer of high end multi-component boxes you won't go wrong with the Aiwa. If I weren't on the wrong end of the money scale I'd jump at it myself.

Regarding the speakers, you have to watch sensitivity and frequency response if choose to replace them.

and that there is the total truth and nothing but the truth

My wife's little Toyota car speakers cost something stupid, like $10 each to re-cone.

My JBL drivers cost me $45 for the parts to have them reconditioned, another $50 for the labor. One of the coils was bad and, lucky for me, there were actual reconditioning kits available for those. I did have another set of woofers in the speakers, 8 ohm, but they did not sound nearly as good.

When you have a set of special speakers that were good to begin with, you really do want to stick as close to the originals as possible.

And, as for boombox speakers, new does not necessarily always translate to better... And in any kind of collector market, non-original usually translates to lesser value.

Re-coning the original speaker is still the original speaker.

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Originally posted by JT:
My wife's little Toyota car speakers cost something stupid, like $10 each to re-cone.

My JBL drivers cost me $45 for the parts to have them reconditioned, another $50 for the labor. One of the coils was bad and, lucky for me, there were actual reconditioning kits available for those. I did have another set of woofers in the speakers, 8 ohm, but they did not sound nearly as good.

When you have a set of special speakers that were good to begin with, you really do want to stick as close to the originals as possible.

And, as for boombox speakers, new does not necessarily always translate to better... And in any kind of collector market, non-original usually translates to lesser value.

Re-coning the original speaker is still the original speaker.

Obviously somebody here is Not in the real world but in a " virtual world " ( doesnt go outside ) ( Hasnt ever bought anything from a brick & mortor store ) ... doesnt understand the concept ...

Lastly thinks that Everything ever mentioned in this boombox world is Always for sale (NEW) somewhere.

Gee can you buy this boombox new ?????????
likewise can you get replacement Speakers for these bbx's NEW ?????????????
From Where ?????????????
Sheesh !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by Reli:
just curious, for the price of re-foaming why not jsut buy new speakers?

1.To keep the radio original which to me is very important.

2.Silver dust caps . Personally I cant stand it when people put ugly looking speakers into awesome vintage ghetto blasters that dont look like the originals. Completely ruins the look of the box.

3.From a collectors point of view , that would be like painting the arms of a rare luke skywalker figure a custom colour ! total devaluation and corruption of a classic.

4.The original is always best.

Just my opinion though, you guys obviously should do whatever you want to your own gear !

Re-foaming them yourself is well worth attempting. I did it on my Denon H-55 with no prior experience and the results were amazing for a couple of hours effort. The kits are cheap on ebay and come with all the necessary instructions and glue and such.

If you've already written off the speakers and are looking for good quality replacements then it's worth trying your hand at re-foaming them first.

You may end up saving yourself a lot money and learn a valuable skill for the future. Especially valuable if you can buy cheap radios with rotted foams that no one else is interested in that you can replace yourself anyway. Something to entertain the idea of anyway.

And adding to Royal's point on the chrome dustcaps: just finding some new boombox sized speakers these days with chrome caps isn't an easy job at all, most car speakers are garish, plastic looking things that won't do your radio's aesthetics many favours.



Rock On.

I say,Refoam the originals! It's cheap to have done and THEY ARE ORIGINAL!!! you won't need to serach for woofers that might work and sound ok. nuff said.........

Another point is good luck trying to find another pair of original replacement speakers for your box on eBay.

Well I don't really know anything about audio, but hasn't materials technology improved since 25 years ago? Don't most of today's speakers use something better than paper and foam?

It most certainly has,you just need to find a speaker that fits your application in relation to size,frequency response and sensitivity.