My personal Disco component

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SpaceLobster

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I love this thing !
It's the Vela DK-9000 and from my general understanding the discolite with the cooler light show and better sound than the one with white speakers :yes: .
I got it from stereo2go for a low price and I just wanted to try it out when I had the chance.
So the seller packed it with foam inside and all and it arrived safe despite its very plastic nature. Decks aren't working, making horrible noise but I doubt they'd be anything to have even if they worked. The whole thing is plastic as heck and generally low-quality. The handle itself scares me :sadno: . But I love the looks! Shiny black plastic and it's complete and in great condition apart from a burn on the top.
The discolites are awesome ! So cool and it feels like you're in space invaders or something :monchito: . And the sound is surprisingly good, it goes loud and has some decent lows as well! Well above quality of my other black plastic box like panamax pana 8710. similar to my ICS STR-5091 but not as loud. So on the whole a great buy and if I can find a strap it's deffo coming to lots of parties with me !
It was a pain to clean tho, to remove the grillz you had to break off all those little black squares because the screws were jammed :bang: . But they were glued back and there is hardly any difference. I had to do it, the inside was filthy and now it's so clean :clap:

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I'll make a video later

Peace
 

Beosystem10

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Gotta love these things! :thumbsup:

Maybe that burn was caused by Madonna's chimney being a bit too close to the thin polystyrene? Sue her for damages, I would! :-D
 

MKS

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looks sweet, i recently got my hands on the one with the white speakers. Unfortunatly the lights on the right side dosen't work, but its a looker, even when turned off!
 

stereomad

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I have both this model and the one with flashing speakers and this model does sons the best!
Well bagged spacelobster
 

Lasonic TRC-920

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Great looking box and COMPLETE! Nice :yes:

Is the antenna gold??? :huh:

BTW, the grills come off from the inside. :-)

You'll be "Tha Man" at the next party! :yes: :thumbsup:
 

SpaceLobster

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Thanks guys :thumbsup:

stereomad said:
I have both this model and the one with flashing speakers and this model does sons the best!
Well bagged spacelobster
Have you done anything to the handle ? do you know any other handles that would fit ? Because I'm not taking it anywhere atm with this crap stock handle..

Lasonic TRC-920 said:
Great looking box and COMPLETE! Nice :yes:

Is the antenna gold??? :huh:

BTW, the grills come off from the inside. :-)

You'll be "Tha Man" at the next party! :yes: :thumbsup:
The antenna, keys, handle sides, knobs, sliders and even trims on speakers are gold ! So much gold !
And yeah I tried to remove them from the inside, but the screws were stuck, like, factory sealed stuck, so after like 15 min I gave up as by then the screwheads were farked..

Peace
 

Lasonic TRC-920

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SpaceLobster said:
Thanks guys :thumbsup:

Have you done anything to the handle ? do you know any other handles that would fit ? Because I'm not taking it anywhere atm with this crap stock handle..

The antenna, keys, handle sides, knobs, sliders and even trims on speakers are gold ! So much gold !
And yeah I tried to remove them from the inside, but the screws were stuck, like, factory sealed stuck, so after like 15 min I gave up as by then the screwheads were farked..

Peace
I bought a boombox handle off eBay, don't know what it came from, but it is HEAVY DUTY with Metal ends. But I haven't installed it yet. I just don't know how the handle has lasted 30 years, it is so weak. I have also been in talks with Blu_Fuz about a custom strap that might cradle the whole radio from below. But nothing has been made yet.

Sorry to hear about those grill screws...at least no one can say you have a screw loose! :lol:
 
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