I'm a massive sucker for woodgrain anything, and when combined with a boombox, well, that's just pure ecstacy!
The National 5700's ones of those radios that just exudes class and refinement. This this is one very beautifully designed radio.
She presents so wonderfully. The condition is pretty scrappy, the photos hide a lot of the little marks here and there. Nothing too awful that I won't be able to get out with some more work, but overall she's still a great looker.
Mechanically the deck is all working as is the radio. The line in has a bit of an oddity in the bass being weak in the right speaker, which doesn't bother me too much. The only real issue is the left VU meter needle is a tad sluggish and doesn't perform like the right one. I've had a look at it and a chat with my repair guy and he thinks he'll be able to fix it ok. Which is marvellous,.. even if I was hoping I could work it out myself. I'll probably have another go later in the week as this radio is super easy to get apart. Also, it didn't come with the two little buttons to the left of the VU meter so I invented something that works nicely. A couple of place holder knobs have been donated from my beater 5500 too, just to get her all gussied up.
The sound on her is really solid, I've heard it's a little bass-shy but I find it more than adqueate for the overall sound. She's certainly very well balanced and has a very warm and rich sound, as you'd expect on this kind of unit. The weight is definitely helping the sound as this is built like an M70 or similar and feels super solid.
By far my favourite feature of this radio, besides the glorious wood grain, is the track skip/programme system. This destroys all other attempts I've seen at this and is really special. It counts each track as it plays through so you know exactly what song you're up to as well letting skip to any song you like. Really hot feature, and it's oodles of fun to play with!
Yahoo.jp was the source for this one, and I got her for the princely sum of $25 plus postage and commission for my friend, so it ends up around $250. Which I think is still a wonderful bargain!!
Rock On.
The National 5700's ones of those radios that just exudes class and refinement. This this is one very beautifully designed radio.
She presents so wonderfully. The condition is pretty scrappy, the photos hide a lot of the little marks here and there. Nothing too awful that I won't be able to get out with some more work, but overall she's still a great looker.
Mechanically the deck is all working as is the radio. The line in has a bit of an oddity in the bass being weak in the right speaker, which doesn't bother me too much. The only real issue is the left VU meter needle is a tad sluggish and doesn't perform like the right one. I've had a look at it and a chat with my repair guy and he thinks he'll be able to fix it ok. Which is marvellous,.. even if I was hoping I could work it out myself. I'll probably have another go later in the week as this radio is super easy to get apart. Also, it didn't come with the two little buttons to the left of the VU meter so I invented something that works nicely. A couple of place holder knobs have been donated from my beater 5500 too, just to get her all gussied up.
The sound on her is really solid, I've heard it's a little bass-shy but I find it more than adqueate for the overall sound. She's certainly very well balanced and has a very warm and rich sound, as you'd expect on this kind of unit. The weight is definitely helping the sound as this is built like an M70 or similar and feels super solid.
By far my favourite feature of this radio, besides the glorious wood grain, is the track skip/programme system. This destroys all other attempts I've seen at this and is really special. It counts each track as it plays through so you know exactly what song you're up to as well letting skip to any song you like. Really hot feature, and it's oodles of fun to play with!
Yahoo.jp was the source for this one, and I got her for the princely sum of $25 plus postage and commission for my friend, so it ends up around $250. Which I think is still a wonderful bargain!!
Rock On.
with everything you've said Rick, about this model.
