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Is this worth saving

ground.control - 2013-01-12 03:31

Basket case with no sound ,cassette plays but not the turntable

Picture 007

lav.loo - 2013-01-12 04:26

yes it's defo worth saving, nice iconic box the 2000

northerner - 2013-01-12 05:55

Absolutely!!! Spent 16 hours refurbishing mine and its now awesome! Turntable belts are easy if you get the PDF guide to stripping it down from boomboxery

driptip - 2013-01-12 11:05

my god you got one of the most sought after boomboxes there man.  from the looks of it , cosmetics seem to be good? 

northerner - 2013-01-12 11:20

I agree! Bit of contact cleaner and new belts and it'll be A1

ground.control - 2013-01-12 11:58

Yeah its a big lump and I like the look of it so will give it a go.Could you send me a copy of the PDF guide please Northerner it would help me out no-end 

northerner - 2013-01-12 12:17

No probs mate, just pm me your email address and I'll send it. It's 80+ large pics with step by step instructions. I forget who did it but they are awesome

brutus442 - 2013-01-12 13:05

Originally Posted by driptip:

my god you got one of the most sought after boomboxes there man.  from the looks of it , cosmetics seem to be good? 

What Hugo said x2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

retrodos - 2013-01-12 18:59

Is worth restoring, sound like it can be fix, nothing to serious,

northerner - 2013-01-13 01:29

Well he should have the strip down instructions now so fixing it will be a doddle!

Got the service manual too if you need it (I didn't when I did mine, the strip down guide was enough)

pioneer - 2013-01-13 16:52

Totally worth saving brother it's a big and mean -Sharp- kick azz machine for look's anyway I own one and the quality of sound is alright just my opinion though,sought after im sure

andyboombox - 2013-01-14 02:34

im not a massive fan of the vz2000 myself,after having two and being unimpressed by the sound quality,but,thats one hell of a big box and i believe it would be very worth saving,just for the record player alone!just dont expect 777 sound when you repair it im afraid!!!!

northerner - 2013-01-14 02:52

I'm actually really impressed with the sound quality on mine but it does very much depend on what you're listening too...some types of music sound fabulous but others sound a bit weak.  But overall I love it

northerner - 2013-01-17 03:15

So if you're asking the great Bredgeo for sliders I'm presuming you're going to save this beauty!

 

Here's mine and I love it!  Took a lot of work but well worth it.  Good luck with yours and make sure you keep us updated

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ground.control - 2013-01-17 03:33

Yeah gonna have a go at the restoration ,dosnt look too daunting now with the pdfs at hand.Just hope it turns out half as good as yours ...well done   

northerner - 2013-01-17 03:50

Mine looked like absolute crap when I got it, they scrub up well though

 

The 'before' photos are on this thread:

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ground.control - 2013-01-17 14:55

Just put my order in with Brian for some sliders 

northerner - 2013-01-18 04:48

Originally Posted by Ground Control:

Just put my order in with Brian for some sliders 

Cool

 

If you need a turntable belt I got mine from ebay and they were spot on.  Can't remember the seller but its in the link in my last post

ground.control - 2013-01-18 14:25

Belts now on order

northerner - 2013-01-18 14:40

Cool, looking forward to hearing its all working!