Spent $50 at Antique store

[JustCruisin]

Went to Home Depot today to get a new angle grinder, afterwards stopped at a spot that always has a boombox on the shelf..(mostly low end minis)
Seen this JVC without a price tag on it..then, while waiting for the owner to get there to tell me a price, I spotted a midsize Hitachi!
When I talked to dude he said they normally get 40 bucks out of em, but I could have the JVC for $30, and the Hitachi for $20.. Then he says, "the bigger ones, like twice this size go for about 100 dollars on eBay".. (I had the innocent/oblivious expression on my face)
Obviously I tested them out in the store before purchasing.. Everything works on the JVC including the nice decks, it was just missing a speaker wire on the back.. The Hitachi has a replacement antenna and one of the tabs is broken off the battery door.. The deck did play for a bit, but started eating the tape.. I also think the left woofer is not working but tweeter is..
Both units need deoxing and cleaned up, but it's not every day I find boxes locally!
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[nz boom]

cool finds

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Those are VERY salvageable! Oh yeah, I would be all smiles from across the building if I saw those! NICE SCORES!

 

[SLO]

Cant beat it for only $50!

 

[systemaddict]

Score....both nice boxes but the jvc looks the best

 

[Beosystem10]

Wow! Nice PC-W300. I need one of those to continue building my collection of JVC P-Compo systems but the ones I see on eBay here are invariably broken or have been abused. Yours looks amazing!
That was a great bit of hunting, these boxes are a seriously good buy.

 

[floyd]

awesome jvc!.
i bet that sumbitch weighs a ton. jvc actually made a red version of this box that's sick looking.

 

[blu_fuz]

Not bad bro, i would have bought them too.

 

[Reli]

So Home Depot has a recycle room or something?

 

[skippy1969]

WOW! Great finds!
I would have snagged them too.
Congrats!!!
I had one of those PC-W300's once.
It's a very nice unit.
The Hitachi is very nice too.
I like the look of it.

 

[JustCruisin]

awesome jvc!.
i bet that sumbitch weighs a ton. jvc actually made a red version of this box that's sick looking.

Yes it does! It's inconveniently heavy.. I assume the only reason it has a handle on top is to lift it up to the shelf where it will stay.. It's not a carry around box!
I found it on the steps in the very back of the antique store and lugged it up front to test it out..
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[JustCruisin]

So Home Depot has a recycle room or something?

Ha, the antique store down the road from Home Depot.. Which I'm 99.99% sure my VZ-2000 came from last year.. The ladies I bought the Sharp from said they got it at an antique store in that town.. It was clean too! Member Patron has it now..
Last time I was there they had a Sanyo M9935k and Sears SR2100, but passed on em.. I always gotta check when I'm in that town!

 

[JustCruisin]

Oh! and when I was at Home Depot I was testing out their jobsite Boomboxes/ battery chargers and they sound really good!View attachment 12890View attachment 12891View attachment 12892

This is the song that came on the radio while testing.. Sounded great!
http://youtu.be/WtfHk2hSlqA

 

[Beosystem10]

Yes it does! It's inconveniently heavy.. I assume the only reason it has a handle on top is to lift it up to the shelf where it will stay.. It's not a carry around box......

It could be, assuming that JVC also made one of their useful carrying bags for it, complete with a strap that can either be attached to the brackets the handle attaches to, or fitted with the bag, like so:

OK, so it's going to be heavier than one of those common lightweight one-piece JVCs, but these straps are actually not all that uncomfortable and it would probably take a good half hour for the weight of the box to pull your shoulder out of joint!

 

[Ken]

WOW! Great finds!
I would have snagged them too.
Congrats!!!
I had one of those PC-W300's once.
It's a very nice unit.
The Hitachi is very nice too.
I like the look of it.

with everything Scott says, cause I really like mine. I have two sets of speakers for it, one black and one grey.

Heavy beast!

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Yes it does! It's inconveniently heavy.. I assume the only reason it has a handle on top is to lift it up to the shelf where it will stay.. It's not a carry around box!
I found it on the steps in the very back of the antique store and lugged it up front to test it out..
The red one is sweet!

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There is something about red JVC's

 

[hemiguy2006]

Great scores!!!
Money well spent right there

 

[JustCruisin]

with everything Scott says, cause I really like mine. I have two sets of speakers for it, one black and one grey.

Heavy beast!

I really like the build and sound of this JVC! I'm probably going to do a speaker swap like milosancho, because I have a set of AIWA speakers the same ohms.. Got em hooked up right now and they sound awesome! Warm sound filling up the entire shop!
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[metalhandbag]

good scores for 50 bucks

 

[JustCruisin]

good scores for 50 bucks

I'd say so too considering a JVC like mine just sold on ebay for $465!