"Do they really go for 2-3k?" For two or three grand, American? For a "mint condition" JVC RC-M90, "King Of Classic Boomboxes" contender that it is? Uh, yah.
(And then some LOL) A minute or two on eBay will dauntingly prove that point. 
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I’ve got the slightly de featured Wilco but I’d love a Clairtone 7979.Lasonic TRC-920 said:
That Fisher is near perfect in design, with just a hint of blue to pull it all in. I'm sure these spent most of their lives in doors, since they weigh as much as a small moon!mellymelsr said:Had to dust off this heavy hitter. Deep bass and beautiful sound on the Crown 980. Crown's flagship 1 piece.
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Letting the Big Fisher 492 get some sun. Found this one locally. Very happy with this heavy beast.
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"As much as a small moon"? What weighty beauties, eh?Lasonic TRC-920 said:That Fisher is near perfect in design, with just a hint of blue to pull it all in. I'm sure these spent most of their lives in doors, since they weigh as much as a small moon!Had to dust off this heavy hitter. Deep bass and beautiful sound on the Crown 980. Crown's flagship 1 piece.
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Letting the Big Fisher 492 get some sun. Found this one locally. Very happy with this heavy beast.
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As others have been telling you, mellymelsr, those are fine-looking stereos you've got there. You say it was the single-piece "flagship" model by Crown back in the day? Maybe I can believe it -- especially after seeing one owned by Jensis Welt demoed on YouTube. (Er, you wouldn't know the gentleman, would you? Peppers his German with some English words...mellymelsr said:Had to dust off this heavy hitter. Deep bass and beautiful sound on the Crown 980. Crown's flagship 1 piece.
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Letting the Big Fisher 492 get some sun. Found this one locally. Very happy with this heavy beast.
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) One of the VU meters was probably kaputt (yeah, had to do the "German words" thing), but it sounded loud and clear, especially in radio tuner mode (playing "Alejandro" by the dubious Lady Gaga and then "Rock Me Amadeus" by the late Falco). Rewatching parts of the video clip confirms that, sadly, the cassette playback did not sound splendid. The music isn't bad; it sounds a bit like a cross between Jeffrey Osborne's vocals and those of another good early- or mid-'80s balladeer (maybe Ricky Astley, though he started "charting" in 1987 or so ...) No, methinks it's the WOW and flutter that's either hobbling that '980's deck or it's an imperfect tape deck of some other sound system with which the song was recorded. (Can't be the video quality of the upload, though it's not great .) All my talk of a flawed '980 doesn't sneeze at your fine-looking find. You Crown CSC 980 is indeed a beauty. 
. .) Those reassuringly responsive graphic equalizers! (Yes, one's rewatching the video to recall it all LOL) And that performance of that symphonic piece on audiocasette sounded respectable, too, whoever the composer was. The LINE IN mode also piped audio in loud and clear. (Music from the rock band Genesis and from R&B singer Shannon; wonder what that tablet thing was that Mr Boettcher briefly DJ'd with?)
Hopefully without being “Go awayâ€-ed (shrug): say it ain’t so! A “Golden Age,†shortwave-tuning Sanyo without fine-tuning? Did Rudey 1999 (noticed his postings count, of course) just happen upon an example of Sanyo’s occasional experimentation with “no fine-tuning†boomboxes in the Eighties? Or did the owner insist on such a find? (I watched this clear clip twice. Yep: no noticeable fine-tuning control seen. Puts it right next to my Helix HX-4633N, which I fired up today.)Hisrudeness said:
Would that it tuned shortwave, like the JVC-branded model does (in four bands, if it’s the “-C†or the “-JW†version). But that shade of blue (is it azure?) makes it eye-catching and memorable. (As does the good audio, one hopes.)mellymelsr said:This will always be one of my favorite boomboxes...the Victor M70 in JVC Blue. Stunning...
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Looks good, skippy1969. Uh, you mean the Panasonic RX-DT690, right? There's this gentleman on YouTube who mislabelled his RX-CT980 as an RX-DT980. So I told him: not sure Panasonic turned out a model badged as an RX-DT980. (Not with those minisystem-like looks, at any rate. Anyway, he promptly corrected the video's title after I sent him a message. He also reassured me that a JVC PC-V88, that was in a faceoff with the Panasonic, is indeed a three-piece stereo.)skippy1969 said:
That Fisher is near perfect in design, with just a hint of blue to pull it all in. I'm sure these spent most of their lives in doors, since they weigh as much as a small moon!] [QUOTE] Had to dust off this heavy hitter. Deep bass and beautiful sound on the Crown 980. Crown's flagship 1 piece.[IMG]http://boomboxery.com/forum/public/style_images/boomboxery/attachicon.gif[/IMG][URL="http://boomboxery.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=46819 said:20190625_191849~2.jpg[/URL]
Letting the Big Fisher 492 get some sun. Found this one locally. Very happy with this heavy beast.20190520_111141_HDR~2.jpg
As others have been telling you, mellymelsr, those are fine-looking stereos you've got there. You say it was the single-piece "flagship" model by Crown back in the day? Maybe I can believe it -- especially after seeing one owned by Jensis Welt demoed on YouTube. (Er, you wouldn't know the gentleman, would you? Peppers his German with some English words...mellymelsr said:Had to dust off this heavy hitter. Deep bass and beautiful sound on the Crown 980. Crown's flagship 1 piece.20190625_191849~2.jpg
Letting the Big Fisher 492 get some sun. Found this one locally. Very happy with this heavy beast.20190520_111141_HDR~2.jpg
) One of the VU meters was probably kaputt (yeah, had to do the "German words" thing), but it sounded loud and clear, especially in radio tuner mode (playing "Alejandro" by the dubious Lady Gaga and then "Rock Me Amadeus" by the late Falco). Rewatching parts of the video clip confirms that, sadly, the cassette playback did not sound splendid. The music isn't bad; it sounds a bit like a cross between Jeffrey Osborne's vocals and those of another good early- or mid-'80s balladeer (maybe Ricky Astley, though he started "charting" in 1987 or so ...) No, methinks it's the WOW and flutter that's either hobbling that '980's deck or it's an imperfect tape deck of some other sound system with which the song was recorded. (Can't be the video quality of the upload, though it's not great .) All my talk of an flawed '980 doesn't sneeze at your fine-looking find. You Crown CSC 980 is indeed a beauty. . .) Those reassuringly responsive graphic equalizers! (Yes, one's rewatching the video to recall it all LOL) And that performance of that symphonic piece on audiocasette sounded respectable, too, whoever the composer was. The LINE IN mode also piped audio in loud and clear. (Music from the rock band Genesis and from R&B singer Shannon; wonder what that tablet thing was that Mr Boettcher briefly DJ'd with?) 
