I found a source for the belts I need for my sony cfd 5

you could almost build a whole radio

http://www.partstore.com/Model/Sony/Sony/CFD5.aspx

my cfd 5 says 48 watts on the back and it has a 1.6 amp fuse on the 120 volt input.


I also have 2 sony cfs d7 boomboxes

one of my cfs d7s is mint.

partstore.com has tons of parts for them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GViVsyNbNCI

yes I do
see here
http://www.youtube.com/user/DecentMan4you

yes i do

JVC RC-M90
well i have 2 of these
Panasonic RX-5350
1 of this one
Sharp 9696
2 96's and 1 9494-recently
Sharp GF-777Z
2 of these
Toshiba - RT-S953
not familiar with this one - is this the one with the remote?
Toshiba - RT-S983
2 of these

I have one of these and a national version as well

Yes
 

I do

here is my JVC RC-M75W
 

its similar to yours I think

100_2779 17screen
JVC RC M75 W on the fence outside
http://i33.tinypic.com/2lntsfp.jpg
JVC RC M75 W
100_3405 in th grass front
http://i36.tinypic.com/11l3rb8.jpg

i had a kickass jvc from the 80's that sounded amazing for a boombox. it had 20w per channel, am/fm/sw cassette, and a phono preamp. used it to provide music at my restop on a charity bikeride and then ebayed it.

later on a picked up a sony apm series (square speakers) and a sanyo thats decently made. still have some of the components from a jvc mini compo i carried in junior high. those where damn cool. take two speakers, bolt mounting plates to them, stack the components, clamp the handle and you have a jvc mini compo. it was a component system that "could" be portable.

"as my jvc vibrates the concrete!"

Ive still got mine from 1981; its a PYE (Philips) with Dolby B, soft touch electronic tape controls, led rec/playback meters, bass and treble, and , I suppose, about 7-8 watts a channel. I never use it.................................cost me a bloody fortune when it was new! ... ianj

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I have a Panasonic RX-5500, my only boombox. It was a mess when I got it and I did not expect much in terms of fidelity but I was very surprised by how good it sounds. Was going to link to a picture of it but found this instead -

RX-5500 T-shirt

:D I was shocked a while back when I searched Lasonic on eBay and saw what they were selling for!

I bought one back around 1987-88 from Silo, paid about $79 for it (it was a TRC-9-something.) The salesman tried to get me to buy a JVC for $10 more, rightfully claiming it was a better machine (it had dual cassettes that loaded into a single door iirc,) but I really wanted the phono inputs and shortwave.

I can't complain really - used the thing for over ten years. The antenna broke off by 1994, the top cassette deck never did sound great, and after a few years the buttons for the bottom cassette started snapping out of their carrier (they simply laid in a track - held in by the cabinet. You never could turn it *really* loud without distortion. When I moved back home, I gave it to a friend of mine as I didn't have room in the car. If I still had it, it would probably reside in my shed/workshop.

Panasonic RX-S5400 boombox
 

Here is my Panasonic RX-S5400 boombox, a trash find behind my apartment last year. The cassette deck was working, but I think a belt must have snapped, as the take-up hub spindle does not move when the deck is in playback mode. The radio, however, works well and sounds excellent. The only things I could see wrong with this unit as found were, one, the FM antenna was broken, two, the former owner had left the batteries in it for goodness only knows how long (the originals were still there), as several of them had leaked onto the battery contacts, and three, the battery compartment cover is missing. However, the AC power cord was still attached to the unit when I found it, so it was easy to test it when I brought it inside; worked as soon as I threw the switch.

This unit is a keeper, as Panasonic probably doesn't make big, hefty boom boxes like this one anymore, having switched to building and marketing CD/mp3/satellite radio players; the latter, of course, are much, much smaller than any boombox ever was--witness the very small "stick" mp3 players now available these days at Big Lots, et al. for $10 or less.

The price of SanDisk's "Sansa" mp3 player is coming down in a big way as well; the large-capacity players (with 2+ gigabyte storage capacity before formatting) can be had for about $30, with the original 512mb Sansa now selling almost dirt-cheap. I'd have one by now, but I just found out two days ago that the iTunes mp3 player does not support any other operating systems except Windows XP and Vista (I run Win98SE on a nine-year-old IBM Aptiva 595 computer, 128mb RAM and 600-MHz AMD "K7" processor). The only other way I am aware of right now to download to a portable mp3 player the music now on my computer would be to use my Winamp 5.3 media player, which is capable of downloading mp3 files to portable devices.

BTW, I took the attached picture of my Pana boombox in something of a hurry and in less-than-optimum lighting, so it will be dark (at least it looks that way on my old HP Pavilion mx70 monitor). If you supersize the image and increase the brightness of your monitor, however, it should show just fine.

Sold my Sharp VZ-2000. Was a beast, with its 'both-sides-play' turntable system. Yikes...!

Got a pretty penny for it though.....:yes:

ke4mcl are you sure your jvc had 20 watts per channel ?

Probably not 20 w rms.

It would need a 80/100 watt ac power supply

or more than 15 alkaline d batterys.


maybe 20 watts per channel pmpo.

If ke4mcl is talking about the JVC PC-55, he's not exaggerating. It is rated at 27 wpc, the sticker lists power consumption as 93w, so this sounds like RMS power to me. If you heard my PC-55 driving my Monitor 10s, you'd believe it. I also own two of those APM-equipped Sonys he mentioned, and they are rated at 22w RMS per channel. Got one right here driving a pair of old Mission 700s (currently listening to the "Hatari!" soundtrack on the B & O 4002). Come to the get-together in Kelso, I'll have it there.

with a 93 watt supply 20w per channel that jvc must have sounded pretty good.

I have a sony fh110wx sony mini system

apm speakers with active motion feedback.

I need to fix the foam on the woofers - to make it sing again.

I still need to order 1 more belt for the cassette deck
in my sony cfd 5 boombox.

the ac supplly in my cfd 5 has a 1.6 amp medium blow
fuse but the back pannel says 48 watts and the fuse has never been replaced so maybe it has a bit more power than 48 watts.

the power transformer is located up near an air vent in the top of the case.

I need to buy a digital camera.

the only reason I am awake right now is some one slashed all 4 of my car tires a few hours ago.

The Sonys I have are much earlier, The FH-7 Mk. II, one in black (US), and one in silver (Canada). From what I've seen, the later FH's became rather watered down, with twin cassette decks, and only Dolby B (though the wireless remote is nice). The FH-7 Mk II has dolby C, rare among portables. The surrounds in these speakers are cloth, no rot here.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/att...6&d=1218686579

My fh110wx is anything but watered down.

It is the same size as yours but sony packed
more hardware into mine.

3 way super wide apm speakers.

Twin autoreverse cassette with dolby b and c.

each deck has 2 or maybe 3 motors.

Quick reverse with music search and blank skip
and auto tape type sensor.

digital tuner

5 band eq with spectrum analizer.

Amfb - active motion feedback control of the woofers.

There is a motion sensor built into each woofer.

Each speaker has 4 wires connecting the speakers to the amp.

Amfb = killer tight bass.

It is a portable system but to me it is not a boombox.

boomboxes must be able to run on batterys.

Like everyone here, I've had a number of portables. The most notable are/were:

Pioneer RK-888 (still own this. I even have the tape displayed in the picture!)- Amazing cassette section, great sound and awesome tuner. One of the first portables with Type II recording ability.

http://pacificstereo.net/audiokarma/pioneer-rk888.jpg

Pioneer SK-71 (or 72, might have been a Pacific derivative product, I forget)- Awesome sounding, soft-touch control. These had a defect where playing source material with a fair amount of bass would get into the transport and cause audible intermodulation distortion. But still a sweet-sounding piece. Don't own this anymore.

http://pacificstereo.net/audiokarma/pioneer_sk-71_1.jpg

Aiwa CS-880- Massive, was 400 bucks back in 1980! Passive radiator, amazing, deep bass, unbelievable sound. Soft-touch controls, one of the first metal-capable portables. Still own this.

http://pacificstereo.net/audiokarma/aiwa_cs-880_1.jpg
http://pacificstereo.net/audiokarma/...-j88bl_h_1.jpg

Sony CFD-5- The first portable CD player boombox. APM speakers, great sound, nice full-logic deck. One of my all-time favorite portables. Still own this.

http://pacificstereo.net/audiokarma/sony-cfd-5.jpg

Oh, those were the days!

I have a very very minty sony cfd 5

2 sony cfs d7 boomboxes

my first boombox was one of those pioneer sk 71 boxes

if i remember right the pioneer had powered short piano keys for the tape transport controls

I thought the later models eschewed Dolby C. My mistake. I'd like to see your CFD-5 at Kelso.
My Pioneer representative is an SK-700.

I would post pictures of the cfd 5 - If I remembered how

The only camera I have is built into my cell phone.

I am waiting for 1 more belt for the cfd 5 cassette deck

The deck looks like a real challenge to replace the belts
very complicated deck

you must mean some sort of meet in kelso washington

my life is the pits and some one slashed
all 4 of my car tires.

I hope to get tires on friday.

I have two of these Hitachi TRK-9900 boomboxes (one as a backup). Always liked Hitachi's boomboxes from the early eighties, and this was one of their largest models. Very heavy, over 20 Pounds if i remember correctly! Needs ten D cell batteries, which doesn't make it very portable... Only use it for FM radio these days, but the sound is very good!

Marantz 500 that looks like a neat boombox.



Most big boomboxes run on 8 d batterys so 10 must be better.

Yup, when it comes to boomboxes, more and bigger is better, right? The early boomboxes were the nicest, I think, before the manufacturers started making the boomboxes lightweight. More practical of course, but the TRK9900 is really well-made and feels more like a real hifi product. I checked the manual, it actually weights close to 29 pounds. Try carrying that around on your shoulder all day!

I Like carrying my JVC RC-550 on my shoulder

here is a pic of me and my JVC RC-550
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...=199417&page=2

I just picked up a Sony CFD-5 the other day. I haven't decided what to do with it yet. I'll post a pic later.

I've got a suggestion...:D

Here's the pics, I haven't cleaned it yet.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...1/000_0222.jpg
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...1/000_0223.jpg
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...1/000_0224.jpg

That looks like a decent Transoceanic behind it...oh, yeah, the Sony looks good too.:D

It is, It's a 1947 8G005Y with a mint case and nothing is missing. I need to recap it, one went boom and took out a resistor. After the restore, it will be like new. I paid $28.00 on ebay! Most go way higher, must have been the exploded cap scaring off buyers.:D

A boombox with incredible build quality is the Sony CF-580 from 1976. It's smaller then most of the units from the 1978-85 period at 16 inches wide by 12 tall, but it's built like a tank - with batteries it is 18 lbs. ! Everything about it says quality - all the materials are top shelf, brushed or polished aluminum trim, die- cast chromed or aluminum toggle switches. The design is conservative, no glitz or gimmicks here.

All of the early Sony's seem like they were designed to last forever.

i have its lonely cassette only sibling sitting here... :D

arent those square speakers soooo 80's?

i believe thats what the power meters indicated. it was a very highend unit bought by my best friends cocaine cowboy father in the 80's. a set of batteries lasted long enough to get the girls attention poolside. the amp is still around here somewhere....

Some boomboxes are better than others.
http://www.freshwatercatfish.org/wor...SKDUBSGold.jpg

I call 'em Ghettoblasters but that name really would not apply here.

Its a Panasonic my dad bought some time ago. I think it retailed for something like $400-600.

It has a CD in the front and two tape decks on top. The top panel is motorized and goes up and down. It takes 10 D batteries + 4 AA baterries. (we plug it in I don't think it's ever seen a battery) And the main reason I wanted to show you guys this radio is because it sounds THE BEST(boom box I've heard).

Its just crystal clear. It has lotsa deep sounding low end and very very good mids and highs. Its very very good sounding. So keep an eye out for one :thmbsp:


Rudy

It may sound great, but to my eyes it sure LOOKS ugly. Like something out of a bad 1950's sci-fi movie. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/att...3&d=1243528254

I think that panasonic looks kool

nice radio

what is the model number ?

Gee i had forgotten about these pictures I took back when JVC RC-M75 RC-M75W M75
 

Jvc rc-m75 rc-m75w m75
jvc rc-m75 rc-m75w m75