...but as the speed of "life" has ebbed, I can finally jump back into this wonderful hobby and the people who make it that way. I spent the morning pulling out my boomboxes that have sat on shelves for almost a year with the exception of one. A Sony CFS-99. I use that often...
Here's my annual therapy session in photos. Please note any dust or specs on these boxes (or background) was added in photoshop and should be ignored. (If you believe this, I have some ocean-front property for sale in Arizona.) Also note my wife was away for the weekend and thus could pull apart the basement for this shoot without facing the tsunami of grief associated with it. No box was harmed in the making of this post!
First up the JVC twins...PC-55 and PC-550. Both have fully functioning displays. The 550 still has it's original bulbs going. I replaced the 55's about 5 years ago.
Next up the JVC M-90 (complete with the Fatdog cling) and a personal fav of mine (thanks to a spectacular member here) the 3090 EN in Black. Please note the live snowstorm on the TV display. Who says analog TV is dead?
Now up is another box I lusted after for years and thanks to yet another member here, beautiful specimen was located very close to home. I secured a second box for parts but found out later that it works as well (except the deck). These are the Pioneer SK-95's. I did have a SK-71 given to me but I repaired it and returned to the owner for sentimental reasons. Stunning LED's on these babies..
Now my Sony triplets CFS-99, CF-45 and CFS-5L. The 99 was a box I pined for a long time and again a Boomboxery member came through BIG time half way around the globe! Members here are simply the best!
Next up was a few that were WAY back in storage so I'm resorting to some older photos...
A Prosonic PQR-9850
And my most cherished boombox in my collection. A crappy old Candle JTR 1249. My first and greatest boomer...It eats tapes, sounds like a 1970's rotary phone and did really give me street cred but she's the best workhorse I've owned.
Boy it felt good to post something again! I must get caught up now....
Here's my annual therapy session in photos. Please note any dust or specs on these boxes (or background) was added in photoshop and should be ignored. (If you believe this, I have some ocean-front property for sale in Arizona.) Also note my wife was away for the weekend and thus could pull apart the basement for this shoot without facing the tsunami of grief associated with it. No box was harmed in the making of this post!
First up the JVC twins...PC-55 and PC-550. Both have fully functioning displays. The 550 still has it's original bulbs going. I replaced the 55's about 5 years ago.
Next up the JVC M-90 (complete with the Fatdog cling) and a personal fav of mine (thanks to a spectacular member here) the 3090 EN in Black. Please note the live snowstorm on the TV display. Who says analog TV is dead?
Now up is another box I lusted after for years and thanks to yet another member here, beautiful specimen was located very close to home. I secured a second box for parts but found out later that it works as well (except the deck). These are the Pioneer SK-95's. I did have a SK-71 given to me but I repaired it and returned to the owner for sentimental reasons. Stunning LED's on these babies..
Now my Sony triplets CFS-99, CF-45 and CFS-5L. The 99 was a box I pined for a long time and again a Boomboxery member came through BIG time half way around the globe! Members here are simply the best!
Next up was a few that were WAY back in storage so I'm resorting to some older photos...
A Prosonic PQR-9850
And my most cherished boombox in my collection. A crappy old Candle JTR 1249. My first and greatest boomer...It eats tapes, sounds like a 1970's rotary phone and did really give me street cred but she's the best workhorse I've owned.
Boy it felt good to post something again! I must get caught up now....