it was my first stereo system i was 12 years old my father bought in JAPAN IN 1977 , it was 1 or 2 piece in the country that time , it has 4 speakers and just eat the batteries very fast exactly 8 of them :) but i loved it as a little kid i i was so proud because nobody else has that foe a long time
OMG My dad bought one of these when I was a kid. It was handed down to me and I hooked up an old BSR Turntable. That was my system in high school. I recorded hundreds of hours of cassettes on that thing. LOL. Don't know what happened to it.
Wow! Imagine if you bought one of these in 1976 and you were perfectly satisfied with the sound: it could have served all that time as your primary stereo component. Over the years you'd just switch out a cd changer or maybe a disc-man, then an i-pod dock and then finally a blue-tooth receiving dongle into the line in, or maybe if you didn't mind all the RCA cables, get one of those 4 button multi-plexors and just keep all of them, and all the while keeping your turn table plugged in so you could go from hip to square and back to hip again without doing anything. And it fits on a shelf! And you could even connect better speakers!
Magnifico. Jordan, do you film yourself doing some repairs on this one? I have one, and need to work on it, but need some courage & advice! Greetings from ARG!
Ameeeeooo !! ( ... ) Tengo exactamente el mismo , en condición prístina ( se ve que se murió el nono y alguien lo llevó al punto verde ) . Sólo no funca la cassetera , pero después de 40 años supongo que es normal. Suerte con el tuyo !!!
Just picked one up. Happy as a little boy Christmas morn! My issue with mine is, it is always picking up what sounds like 2 stations at once. I can never get clarity on just one. No matter how clear the signal(s) are (ie background noise etc), it is always picking up at least 2 stations (even clearly). HELP!
@Jimk - Not sure where you live, my friend. But there is a cat here in *Toronto-Canada* who currently has one listed on *FB Marketplace* for $400.00 clams.
I have been hunting for one of these.. I was born in 1976 and my Dad brought this radio every where we went. I want to find one for him. Is there any chance you would sell it once it was fixed?
shoot... I know it;s asking a lot, but if you're talking to the owner, could you mention I would love to buy it from them if they wanted to part with it?
Mark D there's one on eBay right now. Time to get out your wallet rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F232807843425
Keep eyes open on eBay and reverb for a parts unit or the part itself. Find the service manual, locate the switch part number and Google it. Often one part was used in many machines. Good luck.
I never understood why the two biggest exporters of portable cassette radios into the U.S. left world band capability off the models they sold here! I mean come on, boomboxes from Sanyo, JVC, LaSonic and so on had the shortwave 1 + 2, and they got satisfactory pull-in for what they were
it was my first stereo system i was 12 years old my father bought in JAPAN IN 1977 , it was 1 or 2 piece in the country that time , it has 4 speakers and just eat the batteries very fast exactly 8 of them :) but i loved it as a little kid i i was so proud because nobody else has that foe a long time
OMG My dad bought one of these when I was a kid. It was handed down to me and I hooked up an old BSR Turntable. That was my system in high school. I recorded hundreds of hours of cassettes on that thing. LOL. Don't know what happened to it.
Wow! Imagine if you bought one of these in 1976 and you were perfectly satisfied with the sound: it could have served all that time as your primary stereo component. Over the years you'd just switch out a cd changer or maybe a disc-man, then an i-pod dock and then finally a blue-tooth receiving dongle into the line in, or maybe if you didn't mind all the RCA cables, get one of those 4 button multi-plexors and just keep all of them, and all the while keeping your turn table plugged in so you could go from hip to square and back to hip again without doing anything. And it fits on a shelf! And you could even connect better speakers!
It's a set nothing like this that is designed to work for a 100 years to Come..
From 1976, it retailed for a whopping $400.00, which is $1900 in 2020 bucks
@Untrepid One imagine spending 2k on a boom box
Sony the best
" Got a Japanese radio , Japanese radio , Japanese radio oooh oooh oooh !! "
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Magnifico. Jordan, do you film yourself doing some repairs on this one? I have one, and need to work on it, but need some courage & advice! Greetings from ARG!
I did not have an opportunity to film the repairs
@@JordanPier Gracias anyaway!
Ameeeeooo !! ( ... ) Tengo exactamente el mismo , en condición prístina ( se ve que se murió el nono y alguien lo llevó al punto verde ) . Sólo no funca la cassetera , pero después de 40 años supongo que es normal. Suerte con el tuyo !!!
I think it was made in 1976 from an article i read
Good to know. I'll update this, thanks.
Just picked one up. Happy as a little boy Christmas morn! My issue with mine is, it is always picking up what sounds like 2 stations at once. I can never get clarity on just one. No matter how clear the signal(s) are (ie background noise etc), it is always picking up at least 2 stations (even clearly). HELP!
That is just freakin awesome. Is that aluminum or stainless steel trim?
I believe it's aluminum
Aluminum. I'm looking at mine.
Hi do you still have this boombox? Would you consider selling it?
I serviced this for a customer. Where it is now,.I have no idea.
@Jimk - Not sure where you live, my friend. But there is a cat here in *Toronto-Canada* who currently has one listed on *FB Marketplace* for $400.00 clams.
Early 1970s
Hey Jordan! Do you still have this Sony?
Mark D nope. That's long gone. However someone left one for me to fix recently that's in way worse shape than this
I have been hunting for one of these.. I was born in 1976 and my Dad brought this radio every where we went. I want to find one for him. Is there any chance you would sell it once it was fixed?
Mark D it's not my machine to sell.
shoot... I know it;s asking a lot, but if you're talking to the owner, could you mention I would love to buy it from them if they wanted to part with it?
Mark D there's one on eBay right now. Time to get out your wallet
rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F232807843425
Which is better that one or the 575s? Thank u
I have one just like it. Need the ON and OFF switch. Where can I buy one. Please can You help me. I live and panorama city Los angeles ca.
Keep eyes open on eBay and reverb for a parts unit or the part itself. Find the service manual, locate the switch part number and Google it. Often one part was used in many machines. Good luck.
@@JordanPier were do You live? Do You do repair electronics stuff?
I work for a company that repairs vintage audio in San Diego, ca
@@JordanPier ok nice.
We need a place and LA too.
Do you know by any chance someone and LA?
Not off hand. I get plenty that drive down from LA to me.
I never understood why the two biggest exporters of portable cassette radios into the U.S. left world band capability off the models they sold here!
I mean come on, boomboxes from Sanyo, JVC, LaSonic and so on had the shortwave 1 + 2, and they got satisfactory pull-in for what they were