I just opened the door to my friendly local Parcelforce guy to find that the rather oddly styled JVC I just bought from an eBay seller had arrived already.
I'll post some pictures later but meanwhile, the original eBay listing is HERE.
The set came in its original box along with its polystyrene corner brackets, guarantee cards, instruction book and receipt from a shop down in Lincoln where it was purchased by its original owner back in 1989 for a shade under £60, a lot of cash then as I remember buying a similar sized Aiwa mini at John Lewis that year for a lot less.
Cosmetically, she's a 9.5/10. Only the replacement aerial mast gives away the set's age as it's been replaced at the knuckle with a mast section that is too long to go right inside the cabinet and of too small a diamter to fit snugly in the fixed outer tube. Easy to sort as the correct mast is the ubiquitous Roberts R600/606/737/800/900/727/RP26B, etc. type and I keep those in for Roberts sets that come by to be restored.
The sliding mechanism is tight and smooth, the set works in its closed position, even on tape and sound quality from its 2wpc amp is remarkable for something so small, it has JVC's "Biphonic" decoder for binaural recordings and worked well with the one tape I own that was made for the system and best of all is the build quality. It's made in Japan and has the same sort of weighty, solid feel as my PC11 and RC-656.
The cost of this odd wee box? £9.99 including delivery at £5! I'd watched it fail to sell on two previous outings at a £14.99 start so was quite surprised when I marked it early on with a bid that remained unchallenged this time at £4.99.
Battery is made up of 6 AA cells and it only uses around 40mA at an office-friendly listening level, somehow they managed to squeeze a mains PSU inside too and that, in typical JVC fashion, is quiet and smooth.
Lovin' it!
I'll post some pictures later but meanwhile, the original eBay listing is HERE.
The set came in its original box along with its polystyrene corner brackets, guarantee cards, instruction book and receipt from a shop down in Lincoln where it was purchased by its original owner back in 1989 for a shade under £60, a lot of cash then as I remember buying a similar sized Aiwa mini at John Lewis that year for a lot less.
Cosmetically, she's a 9.5/10. Only the replacement aerial mast gives away the set's age as it's been replaced at the knuckle with a mast section that is too long to go right inside the cabinet and of too small a diamter to fit snugly in the fixed outer tube. Easy to sort as the correct mast is the ubiquitous Roberts R600/606/737/800/900/727/RP26B, etc. type and I keep those in for Roberts sets that come by to be restored.
The sliding mechanism is tight and smooth, the set works in its closed position, even on tape and sound quality from its 2wpc amp is remarkable for something so small, it has JVC's "Biphonic" decoder for binaural recordings and worked well with the one tape I own that was made for the system and best of all is the build quality. It's made in Japan and has the same sort of weighty, solid feel as my PC11 and RC-656.
The cost of this odd wee box? £9.99 including delivery at £5! I'd watched it fail to sell on two previous outings at a £14.99 start so was quite surprised when I marked it early on with a bid that remained unchallenged this time at £4.99.
Battery is made up of 6 AA cells and it only uses around 40mA at an office-friendly listening level, somehow they managed to squeeze a mains PSU inside too and that, in typical JVC fashion, is quiet and smooth.
Lovin' it!
never saw one but is very cool 
