Digest for sci.electronics.repair@googlegroups.com - 11 updates in 2 topics

thekmanrocks@gmail.com: Sep 11 10:35AM -0700

Thanks. Looked at photos from several years' meets. Did not see any.
 
Looking for era 1980-85: JVC, Toshiba, LaSonic etc. blasters.
"pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: Sep 11 11:30AM -0700

> Thanks. Looked at photos from several years' meets. Did not see any.
 
> Looking for era 1980-85: JVC, Toshiba, LaSonic etc. blasters.
 
There are always some. One guy specializes in post 1980 'decline of stereo' equipment, another specializes in "everything else", and brings 2-3 each year.
 
Then, one of the buskers at the dinner uses one for his background music.
 
Not to put too fine a point on it, John tends to focus on more vintage items and more presentable tables than maintained by each of the above.
 
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
John Robertson <spam@flippers.com>: Sep 11 12:11PM -0700

> Vintage 'boom boxes'?
 
I have a RCA RADIOLA 24 portable suitcase battery radio from 1925 that
has a built in speaker..
 
Vintage enough?
 
John ;-#)#
 
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thekmanrocks@gmail.com: Sep 11 01:10PM -0700

"Vintage enough?"
 
With all due respect, these *are* my "cathedrals":
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/spanier/2345916780/sizes/z/
 
They sound better than their equivalents today, and most
have shortwave in addition to FM/AM, cassette, and provisions
to play sound from a smart phone or iPod, all in a portable
package with a handle.
John-Del <ohger1s@gmail.com>: Sep 11 01:31PM -0700

> have shortwave in addition to FM/AM, cassette, and provisions
> to play sound from a smart phone or iPod, all in a portable
> package with a handle.
 
 
 
Not my speed but some of those are pretty good radios. I couldn't count the number of them I serviced over the years. The cassettes were always the weak points, but the tuners, amps, and speakers are pretty stout.
thekmanrocks@gmail.com: Sep 11 02:23PM -0700

John-Del:
 
Too bad so many of them back in the day got
slammed between school-bus doors, if you
know what I mean. Plus, boxes of that era
are at least twenty years past the end of their
yard sale circuit. I do not see the justification
of charging 2-3x original 1980s retail to sell
one on e-bay.
John-Del <ohger1s@gmail.com>: Sep 12 06:28AM -0700

> John-Del:
 
I do not see the justification
> of charging 2-3x original 1980s retail to sell
> one on e-bay.
 
 
You can "charge" what you want. No one is being forced to buy. What someone is willing to pay is another thing altogether. If people are paying 2X or more than 80s retail, then that's what they're worth.
thekmanrocks@gmail.com: Sep 12 07:41AM -0700

The thing is, ghetto-blasters are not current
technology. 99% of folks under 30 do not
find carrying around such an item all that
appealing.
"pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: Sep 12 08:48AM -0700

> technology. 99% of folks under 30 do not
> find carrying around such an item all that
> appealing.
 
De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum.
 
With that in mind, there is an entire generation that believes that good sound may be had with 1" speaker attached to a laptop computer and/or earbuds. So a Ghetto Blaster may not be current technology, in a similar way that an AR3a speaker may not be current technology. The GB bears the same basic relationship to the 3a as earbuds bear to the GB. Enjoy, in any case.
 
And if you are able to get to Kuztown (Friday all day or Saturday before 10 am are the best times) do so! There may not be a huge variety of GBs, but there will be many other things as may catch your eye.
 
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
John Robertson <spam@flippers.com>: Sep 12 08:49AM -0700

> technology. 99% of folks under 30 do not
> find carrying around such an item all that
> appealing.
 
If you aren't into it why not go and create something useful instead of
trying to annoy people with trollish behaviour? That is a boring way to
live and not much use to your fellow humans or other creatures who share
this planet.
 
Are you personally offended that people are still willing to pay money
for these?
 
You appear to have no clue as to what it takes to be either a collector,
or a supplier of product to collectors and their technical support. I
deal in amusement game products going back to the 1800s, all of which
sells for more than it originally did, but in adjusted dollars is
probably still worth about the same. The collector is usually happy to
be able to find the item, and every now and then one finds a bargain -
which only sweetens the game!
 
John :-#)#
 
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MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
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www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
97mins@gmail.com: Sep 12 06:17AM -0700

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