Boomboxes

[Olorin67]

I still have a 1982 vintage Sharp GF 5252, that I bought with $ from my first ever paid job... I was 14..

[Robb]

Here's my rare 1981 Realistic SCR-4 Boombox or model 14-774
Retail price was $159 USD
Made in Taiwan for Tandy, Radio Shack
Nice heavy well built unit
Measures 7x14x2

Video: http://youtu.be/k3_iYUCktyE

[Username1]

Robb has a time machine.........

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[Olorin67]

my first "stereo" was a 1982 vintage Sharp GF-5252. Still have it but its a bit battered, it went through a lot, including falling 6 feet onto concrete cracking the circuit board in half. had to put in a lot of jumper wires...it was $135, but I wished I had had $20 more for the GF-5454 with shortwave. Used money from my first ever job, helping my dad extract honey for his beekeeping sideline.

[radiodayz]

Nice photos, Robb. Saw one of those (I think) yesterday in Goodwill, sounded great but I have no room for any more gear right now

[Marco-nix]

hello..Normally I don't collect boomboxes but a friend of mine given to me this thing and I need a schematic for it.. it works but not completely....here is the picture.

Panasonic ,model : SG-J500 - 120V - 60HZ

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Marco-nix

hello..Normally I don't collect boomboxes but a friend of mine given to me this thing and I need a schematic for it.. it works but not completely....here is the picture.

Panasonic ,model : SG-J500 - 120V - 60HZ

I've got the same box, but I don't have the schematic either.

[Marco-nix]

okay ..well I changed the belt for the turn-table...it runs but the radio itself does not work properly, probably some caps to change...

[Electronic M]

Thanks for that link to the service manual you sent to me, Marco. Mine has not needed service so far (knock on wood), but it is always good to have the manual in case it breaks in the future.

They are cool little boxes that perform decently when they are working correctly.

[Marco-nix]

No proble ElectronicM..

[radiodayz]

Very nice, Robb. 80s-early 90s JVC boxes always sound great (to my ears, anyway) and usually have above average radio reception.

[slatton86]

I love how the old boomboxes had lots of inputs and outputs. My fist was an early 80's GE that my dad bought in the Navy (probably on the ship) and retired it to me in the early 90's with a Technics turntable. When that died (4th grade)I upgraded to the famous Sony from the 90's with the CD inputs on the front, got a Discman that Christmas, and had a preamp for the Technics.

[Trance88]

Just picked up this guy from a local thrift store last friday. Not bad sounding and everything works! It's a JVC PC-W47 from 1987.

[Marco-nix]

Hi Trance, How do you know it's a 1987 and how do you read the S/N ?

[Trance88]

Originally Posted by Marco-nix

Hi Trance, How do you know it's a 1987 and how do you read the S/N ?

I had to open it up to access the back of the volume and function sliders. They were extremely oxidized and had to squirt a little deoxit in there. The back of the cassette motor said 1987. Uses a Matsushita motor. The next thing I have to do to it is re-align the cassette head azimuth. Both decks sound a little out of wack.