My Collection Update

[Gluecifer]

Been a while since I tried to photograph as many of my radios as possible and since the last of my new shelving went in today I thought I'd try and capture most of the collection. Radios not present are: Denon H-55, Denon H-70, Aiwa 990 and my lovely as new big Sanyo one piece who's model number escapes me currently.

First off, there's been two wonderful blasters added over the last week courtesy of yahoo.jp. I've finally got a friend buying them for me and shipping them over after a looong time coercing him into doing it and am finally reaping the rewards! First off is this superb Sony CFS-99:

This has been on my must-have list since I first saw Vladi's many moons ago. This box is just so beautiful, the design is incredible. This is the only big Sony one piecer I've lusted after and she delivers on all fronts. The sound is very, very impressive with oodles of deep clean bass and surprisingly bright highs considering their placement over the woofers. This just sounds POWERFUL. The box is very deep and the extra cabinet space gives her some really good throw. Such a lovely, one of the real classics and I'm elated to have one. The deck has a couple of oddities, only the right channel comes through and she needs the drive belt replacing, but I'll get my repairer to sort that out when the above four are done.

The next one is my MONOLITHIC box. Ever since Mono reported his one of these I've been rapturously in love.

I do already have a regular TRK-8600, but this PERDISCO RM variation is just utterly beautiful. This is easily one of the prettiest radios I've ever seen, and up close it's even more so. This is SUPER clean too, it looks like brand new, those japanese dudes really look after their gear. She needs a bit of deck work, for some reason the she just dosen't want to kick over properly, I'm sure It's something small, but I was pretty down over not being able to fix it after restoring my other 8600's deck. Anyway, she's still a work of art, and I thank you Mono for being such a rockin' inspiration! I'll be thinking of you every time I enjoy her, brother!

That's it for the new additions currently, but heres the latest photos of my living room with all the new shelving blastered up!

Thanks for looking!



Rock On.

 

[redbenjoe]

geezum crow

rick !!!!
you have EVERYTHING

its the australian box museum

nice to see the sansui 5 and the pioneer 5 looking all happy together

and agree with you and mono --the perdisco must be the all-time looker up close.
in case your japanese contact sees another one of those
(even without a handle of battery cover)

dibs

 

[skippy1969]

AWESOME stuff Rick,WOW! just WOW!!

 

[Master Z]

Thats a Heavy Duty Collection man!

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Geezum crow Rick that's absolutely awesome, we could all use a buddy like that.

That Sony 99 is , I've been holding out for a really nice one to add to my collection.

 

[ViennaSound]

Wow!
A mix of oldskool electronic store and boombox museum!
Congrats rick, i think you are the booming center of australia!

 

[Superduper]

To accumulate all that -- in Australia, no less -- is a feat nothing short of spectacular.
:super: No, make that super spectacular.

 

[2steppa]

The creme de la creme right there Glucifer

Soooo many classics and such good examples too.

Oh, and I see you're a fellow Technics Sa-C05 owner :sin:

 

[Fatdog]

All those boomboxes are really nice, but I really like the Mark and Jason statuettes on top of the Pioneer!!

G-Force (Gatchaman) is one of the best anime series ever!

 

[floyd]

amazing and astounding wow! impressive.

 

[Gluecifer]

Thanks very much for the kind words, brothers! I'm very pleased with the collection thus far.

Bobby: Gatchaman rocks! I got a bunch of other G-Force toys as well, but those two are the favourites.

I'll be bringing a lot of my toy collection out of storage for display with my radios soon too, as I may have just found another place for some shelving!!



Rock On.

 

[MONOLITHIC]

That red box sucks! :annoyed:

But seriously, CONGRATULATIONS, GLUE! I thought it would be a little while before I saw anybody else here with a red Perdisco. They don't pop up that often on Yahoo Japan either - especially in great physical condition like that one! Guess the 2 of us in our own exclusive club!

Talk about some kind of strange case of role-reversal... You just got a Perdisco,... and about a little over a month ago, I got a Hitachi TRK-8600H from GHETTOBLASTER4LIFE.

You'd think a 3-way speaker design would be better than a 2-way system... My Perdisco has MUCH better sound (better highs) than my Hitachi. Bass sounds slightly stronger on the regular Hitachi but I figure it must be because the highs sound somewhat muffled. Perhaps you can confirm this, Glue. Still, the Perdisco was my best sounding box until my Victor RC-M90 arrived.

The tape deck on my Perdisco (really, all 3 of my Hitachi boxes) is shot too... I think it mainly needs belts 'cause the motor is constantly on as soon as it's plugged in. I'm just glad the motor noise is so low, you only hear it in a quiet room. Hope you get yours up and running! Would be nice to see that DRPS feature in action.
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On another note, love that "Trilogy Of Terror" figure! I remember seeing that movie when I was a kid... That doll scared the hell outta me!!!

 

[sony_apm_fan]

Much respect Glue, simply awesome.

Being from Australia too I know the challenges!

Can you tell me the model on the Sony with removable Grills...Zilbap?

 

[sony_apm_fan]

Could it be a CFS-V8???

If you ever needed to make some space I know place it would be loved

 

[blah blah]

unbelievable Gluecifer man o man. your collection is banging. The red perdisco has been on my want list since i saw Mono's as well, what a great looking box. You must be the king of Down Under boxes for sure.

 

[Gluecifer]

Thanks Mono!! I think the overall sound of the PERDISCO is better than the regular 8600 as the woofers on the regular 8600 are pretty shallow and don't give any kind of the throw of the RM variation. And yeah, I don't understand how the extra tweeters don't give it an edge in the highs over the PERDISCO either.. I think it's just an overall smoother sound on the RM.

Hahah, the Zuni hunting fetish doll used to give me the heebie jeebies too! My sister still doesn't like it being in the house at all. Top stuff that Trilogy of Terror!

sony_apm_fan: The Sony is a Zilba'P model number CFS-85S. She's a lovely radio, great sound and has gorgeous LED meters. Again, my need for one of these was planted by Mono after seeing his! I bought it locally too, so you should be able to score one in .au with some luck.

Thanks for all the great comments brothers, I do love my collection, but I bow down to AZA and Mesh who've got far more extensive and expansive collections than I do in Australia.

I'm slowly catching though!!



Rock On.

 

[Old school Scott]

Thank you for posting those pics.

cheers OSS

 

[fanatik1]

Sensational Rick, you wear the Aussie Boombox crown my friend!!!

 

[snoop918]

That looks nice Glue. Reminds me of looking in the windows of the pawn shops back in the day. I hope to have me some shelves in the future. Sweeeet!!!

 

[mellymelsr]

WOW!!!...great collection you have there Glue...beautiful collection of boxes...