The past couple of years have been tough on my wife and I - losing jobs, losing a few loved ones, and sports ramping up for my son.  A few months ago, my wife suggested I start back up with my passion of fixing things.  I've fixed a number of items for neighbors, co-workers, and friends, but the past few days I've taken some time for my old passion - boomboxes.

I still have a few in the basement that need work - only it's been so long, that I couldn't remember what their issues were.  So, I started checking them out.

An awesome Panasonic RX-C60 had an issue with buzzing.  Found the diode culprit, and some beautiful music poured out of that amplifier.  Adjusted the bass, treble, and turned on the loudness button - and like before, I just loved the sound coming out of that machine.

I turned to my favorite mini: the Panasonic RX-C20.  This box wouldn't power up, and suffered some damage when someone left batteries in too long.  After a long clean-out and replacement of several wires and a couple of solder patch-ups, life breathed into the machine again.  The soft touch controls pushed with ease, and the tape mechanism sprang to life.  I music-searched to the next song on the Journey tape.  I was content and happy again.

Finally, another Panasonic RX-C41 had a transformer issue.  Replaced the transformer with another I had, and that one came right up as well.  Three resurrected boomboxes in two days - and what a joy it is.

Keep rockin' your radios, boombox fans!  There's no limit to the joy they can bring.

great to see members finding the passion again, welcome Buzz70 hope you keep it up and enjoy it as you should

Keep rockin' your radios, boombox fans!  There's no limit to the joy they can bring.

Amen Buzz70 and welcome home!