Sharp GF-575 and Hitachi TRK 7000E

[Mark GF-575]

Hello this is my 1st boombox, bought off e-Bay for £50 and EVERYTHING works!!!

My 2nd boombox bought off e-Bay for £4!!!

Tone knob missing though...can anyone sort me out with one?

 

[im_alan_partridge]

Hi Mark, welcome to the forum. That a nice clean looking 575 you got and £50 is a good price. I have one myself and ive always liked the sound it gives out

 

[fresh produce]

Welcome to the crew sweet sharp

 

[MKS]

Welcome Starting out with one of those big Sharps is'nt bad at all...

 

[btphoto]

I had a Hitachi as a kid but I can't quite remember what it looked like. I'm thinking this might be the one. It was all silver like this and the speaker grills were also silver, and they were plastic grids that if you looked close, they looked like they were made of woven wire, but they were plastic and molded to look that way. So I've been on a quest to see of I can find one that jars my memory, and so far this one has come the closest.

 

[baddboybill]

I had a Hitachi as a kid but I can't quite remember what it looked like. I'm thinking this might be the one. It was all silver like this and the speaker grills were also silver, and they were plastic grids that if you looked close, they looked like they were made of woven wire, but they were plastic and molded to look that way. So I've been on a quest to see of I can find one that jars my memory, and so far this one has come the closest.

Panasonic also has grills like that!!!


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[btphoto]

It was definitely a Hitachi tho, that much I do remember very well.

 

[stormsven]

I love those hitachis. Welcome to the forum dude.

 

[retrohead]

the sharp gf575 is such a beautiful box-most have mixed opinions about its sound-but i was blown away by mine when i had it a couple of years back so much so that i would love another-and 5o quid?cheap as chips that is

 

[Anderpal]

Hello this is my 1st boombox, bought off e-Bay for £50 and EVERYTHING works!!!

My 2nd boombox bought off e-Bay for £4!!!

Tone knob missing though...can anyone sort me out with one?

Have you still got the Hitachi one? I just got one off a flea market, but trying to get new belts. Any suggestions?

 

[Beosystem10]

Look at Revox.de on eBay for belt kits tailored to specific sets, or at Malvern Audio on eBay for belt kits in both flat and square assortments that cover most of the common sizes.
Both thae sources are reliable and supply only good quality rubbers. There are also a couple of decent sources from the USA but they're expensive by the time you take into account the VAT on imported rubber goods, though if you don't find what you need within Europe or the UK, these are worth considering too because their quality is just as good.

 

[retrohead]

pleased to update and say i finally got another,575e,with both deck stickers intact-id forgotten how awesome these sound-no wonder you call yourself,mark gf-575