Hello to all my friends here on Boomboxery. As the title of this thread states, it has taken me nearly 10 years of collecting to finally achieve this radio. My path to this point couldn't be any more documented, but I wanted to take a second to thank everyone on this site and especially Boomboxery member Katsa for making this a reality....
It is a huge feeling of both excitement and relief to have this box in the collection, because to be completely honest with you, I just didn't think it was ever going to happen. When I first started collecting, as is now, radios like the C100 and M90 were, in comparison to other radios, priced in the stratosphere, even for 10 years ago. I used to think "man, I am never gonna spend that kind of money". As most of you know, my strategy has always been, find a wreck and build a dream out of it. 90% of my collection has been built that way. I have had a few opportunities to acquire basket case M90's but they were still priced half way to 1k just like parts boxes are. So, I just came to the conclusion that an M90 may never be in my collection and if that was the case, that's OK too. At well past 80 radios in my collection, I have had or currently own some of the greatest Blasters ever made. But in the back of my mind....well, you know.
Then back in January of this year Katsa listed some boxes here on Boomboxery which included this M90. I was surprised it wasn't (to my knowledge) jumped on by the community. I PM'd him and we worked towards making the deal.
I have to say, James (Katsa) is an absolute PRO at packing and shipping radios. It is the complete text book way to do it safely. That is, saran wrap the radio, wrap the radio in two layers of large bubble wrap, place it in a heavy gauge cardboard box, seal the box, place that box in another heavy gauge cardboard box that is surrounded by foam peanuts.
About this radio...
This radio arrived, as described, powering up, receiving FM, loud and proud. A little dusty on the function switch and with the typical dead deck. The exterior was slightly dusty, but a real survivor. My plan for the box is to give it a light cleaning, repair the deck and leave it as a nice survivor example as opposed to attempting to do a full blown restoration, concours "de elegance". I think as it is, it's a 7 out of 10 and with the deck working a solid 8. Not back considering it's age.
Again, a HUGE thank you to James, I really appreciate all your efforts in working with me on this deal and the hard work you put into shipping it.
Top: Clairtone 7979, bottom JVC RC-M90
It is a huge feeling of both excitement and relief to have this box in the collection, because to be completely honest with you, I just didn't think it was ever going to happen. When I first started collecting, as is now, radios like the C100 and M90 were, in comparison to other radios, priced in the stratosphere, even for 10 years ago. I used to think "man, I am never gonna spend that kind of money". As most of you know, my strategy has always been, find a wreck and build a dream out of it. 90% of my collection has been built that way. I have had a few opportunities to acquire basket case M90's but they were still priced half way to 1k just like parts boxes are. So, I just came to the conclusion that an M90 may never be in my collection and if that was the case, that's OK too. At well past 80 radios in my collection, I have had or currently own some of the greatest Blasters ever made. But in the back of my mind....well, you know.
Then back in January of this year Katsa listed some boxes here on Boomboxery which included this M90. I was surprised it wasn't (to my knowledge) jumped on by the community. I PM'd him and we worked towards making the deal.
I have to say, James (Katsa) is an absolute PRO at packing and shipping radios. It is the complete text book way to do it safely. That is, saran wrap the radio, wrap the radio in two layers of large bubble wrap, place it in a heavy gauge cardboard box, seal the box, place that box in another heavy gauge cardboard box that is surrounded by foam peanuts.
About this radio...
This radio arrived, as described, powering up, receiving FM, loud and proud. A little dusty on the function switch and with the typical dead deck. The exterior was slightly dusty, but a real survivor. My plan for the box is to give it a light cleaning, repair the deck and leave it as a nice survivor example as opposed to attempting to do a full blown restoration, concours "de elegance". I think as it is, it's a 7 out of 10 and with the deck working a solid 8. Not back considering it's age.
Again, a HUGE thank you to James, I really appreciate all your efforts in working with me on this deal and the hard work you put into shipping it.
Top: Clairtone 7979, bottom JVC RC-M90
