finally fixed the satanic aiwa 660

[blah blah]

this box has been torturing me since i got it off epay long, long ago. I put so much time and yet neve got it working. i finally decided decided to get it over with. I stripped it down, cleaned the hell out of it, repatched up the board that was damaged in shipping, replaced the amp chip, then put the old amp chip back (since the new one didn't change the dead left channel) and threw on some paint. and now she's working 100%. Finally. I guess the channel issue was multifold, broken traces plus bad solder on the amp chip. And it now sounds awesome and looks pretty darn good. God thats a relief.

 

[redbenjoe]

great job
great story
great box

love that DSL !!!

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Love the 660, great job getting her to live again.

 

[Master Z]

Glad to here about the success. It looks great, I have yet to hear a vintage Aiwa box.
Is there an other version of that box with different grills?

 

[monchito]

awesome i have that box also its great

 

[Fatdog]

Blue VUs, soft-touch cassette controls, and DSL. That's gotta sound good.

 

[Superduper]

superduper blah blah.

 

[skippy1969]

Good Job BlahBlah!!!
The Aiwa 660 is a great unit,congrats at getting it working.
You must be proud..........

 

[Superduper]

Good Job BlahBlah!!!
The Aiwa 660 is a great unit,congrats at getting it working.
You must be proud..........

One of the most rewarding feelings comes exactly from such repairs.

 

[blah blah]

thanks a lot guys , it is a great sounding box with that DSL. this one was very satisfying precisely because it was such an enormous PIA for almost 2 years. i really almost smashed about 10 times. so i guess it was lesson in perseverance for me. i came, got pissed, got pissed, got pissed etc. etc 20X . and finally conquered

 

[Superduper]

Yeah. Now go fix that kaboom for the ultimate high.

 

[oldskool69]

Great preserverance and great results!!

 

[blah blah]

:'-(

Yeah. Now go fix that kaboom for the ultimate high.

you had to remind me.... :'-(

 

[ViennaSound]

blue beauty!

 

[devol-toni]

Those blue VUs driving me crazy

Congrats blah blah

 

[LLopez]

Super great job and skills blah blah. I'm laughing cause I can't get over u calling Satanic Aiwa .

 

[Strānj-Bōōmbŏks]

Again, why didn't anybody mention the..... DIBS!!!

 

[Old school Scott]

Oooh I like that one alot.

Cheers OSS

 

[mellymelsr]

....what a beautiful box!!

 

[blah blah]

yea it sounds great too...it's just that now i am afraid of it