repair

Hi all, I'm new to the forum and it's been a very long time since I've owned a boombox, but I just received a great Panasonic RX-5080 off eBay. Unfortunately, it's not working perfectly and I'm not experienced enough to troubleshoot it. Basically, the tape will play, but then it looks like...

Well, I thought, there's no time like the present so today I decided to take a BIG step. I'd once confided in a friend about this and she said: "If you're going to do it, take precautions, don't rush and don't get yourself too excited too soon because the first time will be an experience you'll...

Hello all, I apologize for being away so long from the boards! Does anyone have a go-to repair shop for boomboxes in Los Angeles? I've tried many times to get a hold of the dude at Lasonic that Miles and Chris recommended last year, but no dice. Are there any reasonable shops that can fix...

everyone! i've been a lurker on here for awhile now and decided to join once i got my bboxes in numbers.. anyway just today at the local swap meet i came up on a asahi rd820, however the left speaker is blown or maybe its a connection problem? .. i, myself, am not too "techy" with speaker...

Hello, I was an occasional member awhile ago, but forgot my username and started a new account. I lived in MA and had the please of meeting a great guy from this forum in Woburn Massachusetts. He fixed my first box..a Toshiba RT-8290S. Now I live outside of San Francisco. Crazy story but I...

I have painstakingly rebelted my freshly acquired Sanyo M9998, only to find out that the things that sit on the reel table spindles are partially disintegrated. Not sure why, but this boomer seems to have been in damp storage for quite a bit that might have made the plastic brittle, amongst...

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I've recently acquired a few boomboxes off ebay as hobby repair projects. Right now I'm working on a small Hitachi TRK-8100. I got it in a non-working state, but that was simply a matter of reconnecting a loose connection, so that was an easy fix. Furthermore all...

My M-X920 needs restoration. It's clean. I finally got it to properly record from LINE IN without consistent buzzing, but recording quality in general still is not so great. Still buzzing a little from time to time when ALC is on or during the recording process only when carrying, or moving it...

Okay, so I have been working on this piece for quite a while and I know have it working perfectly. The only thing on this box is that it has a few scratches that might need some touch up. I have no idea if there is a way nor if it is a good idea to do some touch paint work on these boxes. Any...