Another new kiwi...

[Dobbo]

Howdy all, this is a grand find.. a forum dedicated to my new interest..classic boomboxes. 10min here and i've seen some of the maddest boxes ever - 3 decks! multi-directional speakers... and essexboy's gargantuan promax.

i've recently decided to start collecting and have just picked up a classic champagne majestic ( mcr-8570 - great pic from fatdog here https://boomboxery.com/forum/search.php?keywords=majestic&submit=Search ) and the slightly off track sony cf-610 (not so much a boom box as portable studio unit) - starting to wonder how deep this rabbit hole goes (deeper than my pockets i suggest)

Good to see there's a healthy interest in the art here in NZ - maybe run into a few of you cats around the traps sometime

drop me a line anytime

cheers
Dobbo

 

[Dobbo]

incidentally - on the back of the majestic is a switch for 'beat 1' and 'beat 2' - anybody know what this is for?

the second deck has some playing trouble so looks like i'll be diggin up belt and restoration info here too.

 

[nz boom]

good to see more kiwis here good score on the majestic

 

[kingrat2010]

amazing start with the majestic, yeahh there are some notorious boomboxers in nz

 

[kingrat2010]

the beat switch is to cut off interfering noises when listening to am (think so) radio

 

[sony_apm_fan]

Welcome trans tasman brother!

 

[monchito]

welcome to the site :monchito:

 

[walkgirl]

Hello

 

[Terry]

Welcome Dobbo, there's plenty of collectors in the southern hemisphere, and there's a healthy trade balance between New Zealand and Australia.

 

[oldskool69]

Welcome aboard!

 

[stormsven]

Welcome dude. Nice first catch . And you are hooked to one of the best hobby around the world . And the best international forum around .

 

[devol-toni]

from north hemisphere

 

[redbenjoe]

Hello

in solid agreement

 

[Strānj-Bōōmbŏks]

Greetings from the Andes Mountains in Venezuela Dobbo!!! I'm going to live in New Zealand in the future (hopefully)

 

[alfie]

Welcome aboard Bro!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Styleking]

Welcome Dobbo! Send some of your weather this way!

 

[abadacus]

Welcome from across the ditch mate

 

[Dobbo]

thanks for the warm welcomes everyone - had to drop out for a while there but am back with a couple of additions to my collection - picked up an orion model no/ 411 (yep, i got the 411!) with sick alloy grills - missing a tape deck door so will go looking for one of these soon - and a national panasonic mid sizer in sweet condition which really does what it says on the box - also has medium and shortwave frequencies with tuning and fine tuning which is pretty cool - guessing i can pick up all sorts of cab driver chit chat on this.

seen a couple of monster boxes around but i'm between dollars so might have to sit tight for a while unfortunately - missed out on a mean box last week that went for $136NZD and had a black and white tv in it!!

cheers
dobbo

ps will post pics soon

 

[tshorba]

Welcome, your up against some healthy competition in NZ on the collecting front.

Don't go to hard on TV boxes unless you want to mod it, after 2013 it won't pick up your local TV stations

 

[hollyrockets]

thanks for the warm welcomes everyone - had to drop out for a while there but am back [...]

cheers
dobbo

ps will post pics soon

Hey, Dobbo:

Hope you can stay in touch... Sometimes it's hard though.

WELCOME BACK!