Arrived this week from yahoo japan auctions.

[Terry]

Sharp GF-808

I posted a video in the Tech forum, next week she is off to get serviced.

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[redbenjoe]

nice going !!

real rare right ?

 

[Gluecifer]

Although I'm still having issues viewing anything from tinypic, I did see her in the video.

Great score Terry, hope you get her back nice and quickly too.. she's got many years
of blasting ahead of her!



Rock On.

 

[Fatdog]

I think that version looks so much better than the standard silver.

How do you like the sound, Terry? I wish the GF-777 would have had the "highs" of the GF-666/808.

 

[sony_apm_fan]

Great Terry, lovely addition to the family

 

[Superduper]

Just make sure your "tech" is capable of custom repair services because the parts needed to fix those deteriorated capstan needle bushings is not availble new, and a creative "secret boomboxery" type of repair needs to be effected.

 

[Terry]

@ Ira, not rare at all in Japan, but a $12 box quickly turns into a $250 box after air freight and commission.

@ Rick, I'll email you a few pictures.

@ Bobby, I haven't turned it up to 11 yet, but it sounds nice so far. I can only run it on the 10 D cells as the voltage is vastly different here in AU. I like the Grey look.

@ sony_apm_fan Thanks

@ Superduper, At this point just getting the tech to look at it, and maybe do a voltage conversion from 100v to 240 v, if he can't fix it well I'm prepared to learn.

Thanks Guys, hopefully the next pics I post up will be the National RX 5700.

 

[MONOLITHIC]

@ Ira, not rare at all in Japan, but a $12 box quickly turns into a $250 box after air freight and commission.

Yeah, those boxes are on Yahoo Japan all the time... Kinda amazes me about the shipping charge to Australia 'cause it doesn't seem all that far from Japan when viewed on a map... I also say that 'cause when I was in Tokyo years ago, I met more Australians than... Actually, I didn't meet any Americans.

Regardless, congratulations!