Sanyo M9998 vs M9998K

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baddboybill

baddboybill

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Very informative video Hans :thumbsup: I like K model better as it's more flashy. These are great Sanyo models for sure :-)


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jimmyjimmy19702010

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Thanks for a great video! I'm a true believer in late 70s Sanyos and the M9998/M9998K is a fine unit - not super powerful but for indoor use, the high sound quality is definitely appreciated more than sheer power! Too many boxes have an unbalanced sound with too much emphasis on mids - not so with the M9990, M9994 and M9998 Sanyos.

Apart from Scotty's M9998K, all other aussie M9998Ks I've seen locally (3) are all 240V only (non selectable).

I've got a nice, fully working M9998K coming my way next week. :cool: Can't wait!!

By the way, your 'slow eject' on your K model ain't so slow! ;-)

Please make some more videos, they're cool.

James... :-)
 
Ken

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Definitely nice vid. Taught me some things I always wondered about mine... :yes:
 
Lasonic TRC-920

Lasonic TRC-920

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Top review man....very well done.

I actually learned something! :dunce: :hmmm: :-D

Question: Did all of these M9998's come with mics?

Both yours look super minty and of course Norms LED mod only improves the look. :clap:
 
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I've seen some pics of a NIB M9998K and it had 2 mics inside the box. :drool: Plus the outside artwork of the box has the mics attached to the main unit.

I'd say for $450 US in 1979, Sanyo should have included at least 2 mics! :-D

James... :-)
 
Reli

Reli

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Yeah the 9998 came with mic's, you can see on the original box it says so. I'm betting the 9994 came with them as well, because the one I bought came with mics still in plastic bags.

The MX720, 820, 920, and P6 all have slots for mic's but I kinda doubt that mics were included free of cost, because by then they must have learned that most consumers weren't using them.
 
Lasonic TRC-920

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Reli said:
Yeah the 9998 came with mic's, you can see on the original box it says so. I'm betting the 9994 came with them as well, because the one I bought came with mics still in plastic bags.

The MX720, 820, 920, and P6 all have slots for mic's but I kinda doubt that mics were included free of cost, because by then they must have learned that most consumers weren't using them.
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Back in the day I used my radio for LIVE recording all the time. Sometimes I recorded live music at the park, sometimes it was friends bands, sometimes it was just playing around and just using the factory condenser mics did a "Decent" job, but these Sharps must be incredible.

I remember taking my TRC-920 to my younger brothers school Christmas pageant. (my brother is 9 years younger than me, he would have been 7 years old when I was 16). My mom asked me to audio record the Christmas presentation so my grand parents could hear the playback on Christmas eve when they visited. You have to remember, there were no camcorders, no video recording capabilities for the average Joe. Audio recording is what we did. So many of the radio's we collect proudly boasted their recording capabilities via built in condenser mics or after market mic plugs. These Sharps took it to the next level and this was considered near Pro level quality for the consumer and of course the prices reflected it. You could take this unit to an out door concert in the park, set up the mics and record a very high quality recording. I remember doing just that. I still have tapes I made from the early 80's!

I think the part that blows me away the most about the Sharps in this video is that they are both spotless and still have the mics! Incredible examples of high end radio survivors! NICE!
 
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Reli

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Lasonic TRC-920 said:
Back in the day I used my radio for LIVE recording all the time. Sometimes I recorded live music at the park, sometimes it was friends bands, sometimes it was just playing around and just using the factory condenser mics did a "Decent" job, but these Sharps must be incredible.

I remember taking my TRC-920 to my younger brothers school Christmas pageant. (my brother is 9 years younger than me, he would have been 7 years old when I was 16). My mom asked me to audio record the Christmas presentation so my grand parents could hear the playback on Christmas eve when they visited. You have to remember, there were no camcorders, no video recording capabilities for the average Joe. Audio recording is what we did. So many of the radio's we collect proudly boasted their recording capabilities via built in condenser mics or after market mic plugs. These Sharps took it to the next level and this was considered near Pro level quality for the consumer and of course the prices reflected it. You could take this unit to an out door concert in the park, set up the mics and record a very high quality recording. I remember doing just that. I still have tapes I made from the early 80's!

I think the part that blows me away the most about the Sharps in this video is that they are both spotless and still have the mics! Incredible examples of high end radio survivors! NICE!
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Yeah it's amazing what people were willing to do 30 years ago to record and share music. Hauling all that shiat around? Nowadays an iphone with a plug-in Tascam mic could record just as good or even better.

Remember dubbing? People would dub a tape for a friend, and then wonder why it plays really slow (because they used a cheapshit box that used the same motor for both decks, lol)
 
Lasonic TRC-920

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Ha ha, I never



Yeah it's amazing what people were willing to do 30 years ago to record and share music. Hauling all that shiat around? Nowadays an iphone with a plug-in Tascam mic could record just as good or even better.

Remember dubbing? People would dub a tape for a friend, and then wonder why it plays really slow (because they used a cheapshit box that used the same motor for both decks, lol)
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I totally remember all that. Of course carrying a big bulky radio seemed totally normal. I remember carrying my parents console stereo turn table from room to room for party's. That was the norm! It was stored in the "Living Room" (where we did no living at all because my mom wouldn't let us use the furniture, that room was there in case Jacqueline Kennedy or the Pope were to stop by :yes: ) The "Big Stereo" was moved into the "Family Room" where there was more space for dancing and also where the bar was!

And when you saw the guy with the hifi unit and stereo mics you knew not to mess around playing grab ass around his equipment. If you accidentally bumped it, the guy would seriously kick your ass. A working man had to save a long time to come up with $450 for a unit like these and that meant that dude was serious! These only came from high end shops and they were in glass cases. If you wanted to see it, you had to go find a sales man to take it out.

I did allot of tape dubbing back in the day. The first was from my parents console system that had a cassette and I ran it out to my boombox. I would have wires running all over the place, records out in piles, cassettes scattered every which way. It took the good part of a day to make two 90 minute cassettes worth of music for a nights party and it was worth every minute of it. The tape mixer always got high fives for the mix and of course MUSIC = PARTY = DANCING GIRLS! That still rings true today!
 
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