Old School

[AZA]

I have been puting WANTED flyers out and about for some time now and even though the flyer says 'boomboxes' people would ring my with all kinds of home stereos or transistor radios etc.I definately didnt mind, if people where going to move stuff on i was always interested in what they may have.
So I recieved a phone call about 2 weeks ago from a guy who said he had
a few box fulls of radios and would i be interested ? Of course i was.
When i arrived sure enough there was 3 boxes bigger than i could lift full of mostly
transistor radios but i could also make out a few cassette players too.
We did the deal and i headed home with the lot.
I used to have a fairly large collection of transistor radios but i have scaled it down a lot now.
I was running out of room and decided that boomboxes would be my main item of collection.
So most of the radios i will be selling on but a few i will keep.

Here are some nice 'old school' stereo cassette recorders that came with the lot.

A very nice National Panasonic with independant Left and Right volume control.

This nice Sanyo with a variable wide control.
I hadnt seen this before on any other Sanyos ??
At maximum setting it creates an almost echo kind of sound.

Also a Sony CF 550A

I thought when i picked it up that it had batteries in it for sure
because of the weight. I was close !
I have to say that it is actually a very heavy unit even without
batteries.

I have a few more i may post pics of later but please feel free to
add pictures of your favorite old school cassette recorders too

 

[Superduper]

Wow. Success varies depending on location. You are one lucky dude.

 

[devol-toni]

Hey Arron, that's nice boxes what you got, indeed
I like that strange sanyo especially

 

[AZA]

Wow. Success varies depending on location. You are one lucky dude.

Thanks Superduper. I wish everyone here the same kind of luck. You know whats strange is i can put flyers out in an area and get no calls at all then i happen to be in that area a few months later and put flyers out again and get some very interesting calls ! It pays to stay on it, and i cover a lot of ground too, A LOT of ground

Hey Arron, that's nice boxes what you got, indeed
I like that strange sanyo especially

Thanks Toni, i actually got 2 nice Sanyo's from the same guy so i will post
a pic of the other one tomorrow

 

[Fatdog]

Hey AZA, I have that same Sanyo M9950, but mine is different from yours on the top. Mine doesn't have the "SSS Stereo Radio Cassette Recorder". Instead, it has the "stereophonic" symbol and "Variable Stereo Sound Space Control".

 

[redbenjoe]

nice old boxes, arron

and you might have the first/original ni-cad !!

 

[Fatdog]

Here's a picture of the top of mine. Yes, it's still very dirty.

 

[ViennaSound]

Hey AZA, nice scores!

The first one i own too.
A very solid built oldskool unit.
Real keeper.

About the SANYO:
Got 2 weeks ago (story soon) the same one.
But labeled as SIEMENS club !
I love it too.

btw: those wanted-flyers are good!
Got 2 nice boxes this way..

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Nice Aza, that must have been a blast.

Both the Panasonic and Sanyo look really nice. The Sanyo is an Interesting box, looks a bit like my 9902 with a few upgrades.

 

[oldskool69]

Well done! Especially that Sony with the recharge pack! Amazing!!!

 

[ViennaSound]

I have a few more i may post pics of later but please feel free to
add pictures of your favorite old school cassette recorders too

Ok, here 2 pics

The N. P.:

and here the similar SIEMENS to the SANYO:

btw: just seen, it owns only a switch: stereo - wide

 

[AZA]

nice old boxes, arron

and you might have the first/original ni-cad !!

i couldnt believe it was still in there Ira, a great find i believe

Hey AZA, I have that same Sanyo M9950, but mine is different from yours on the top. Mine doesn't have the "SSS Stereo Radio Cassette Recorder". Instead, it has the "stereophonic" symbol and "Variable Stereo Sound Space Control".

I had wondered what the SSS stood for on mine It makes no reference to 'Stereo Sound Space'
like yours FD. Now i know Very cool, thanks for sharing

I have a few more i may post pics of later but please feel free to
add pictures of your favorite old school cassette recorders too

Ok, here 2 pics

The N. P.:

and here the similar SIEMENS to the SANYO:

btw: just seen, it owns only a switch: stereo - wide

Your National Looks nice too VS, im really liking this one

 

[Boom Shaka Laka]

please feel free to add pictures of your favorite old school cassette recorders too.

Great story and wonderful '70's-style boomboxes! They do have a charm all their own, don't they? Single VU meters, separate L and R volume controls, black/grey color, raised tuning dials. Kind of primitive, when you think about the larger, fancier, more powerful boxes the next decade would bring, but definitely "a foretaste of the feast to come"!

I don't have many old school boxes in my collection, mostly because they're hard to find (especially in good condition), but here's one I like a lot: an Ambassador 1028D. Still working and old school all the way!

 

[AZA]

please feel free to add pictures of your favorite old school cassette recorders too.

Great story and wonderful '70's-style boomboxes! They do have a charm all their own, don't they? Single VU meters, separate L and R volume controls, black/grey color, raised tuning dials. Kind of primitive, when you think about the larger, fancier, more powerful boxes the next decade would bring, but definitely "a foretaste of the feast to come"!

I don't have many old school boxes in my collection, mostly because they're hard to find (especially in good condition), but here's one I like a lot: an Ambassador 1028D. Still working and old school all the way!

Exactly and thanks for sharing yours ! Love the red FM tuning light.

When looking for 'Boomboxes' these shouldnt be overlooked as an 'old radio', they can be
surprisingly heavy, very well built and can sound pretty good too.

 

[redbenjoe]

here is an old shot of my oldschool panny-
celebrating spring break in florida