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Howard_Casto:
Too many rappers are "dog" "ice" or "littl"

Pretty sure I turned two shades whiter with that comment.

nitrogen_widget:

--- Quote from: pbj on October 16, 2020, 10:21:56 pm ---I had one with a front loading CD player waaaaaaay before anyone else I knew had a CD player. 1990? My dad got it as some prize from work. If you didn’t load the cd carefully, it would slide behind a metal hinge and get scratched. He was still using that thing until fairly recently. Cannot find anything remotely similar on google.

It was during that short period of time when Walmart still sold uncensored rap cds to children.

I used to horrify people with this track all the time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQH5vmbp8w0

--- End quote ---

my dad won a front loader at company thing early 90's and yeah I remember the cd falling down when trying to load it.

I had a huge 80's boombox on my back porch for yrs.
i let it get snowed on too many seasons and the right volume stopped working.
it had separate sliders.
I went through a few crappy big lots BT speakers before buying an oonze speaker and now an amazon dot for the outside.

pbj:
If your dad was in oil they probably worked at the same place.

:dunno

javeryh:
I've been really interested in building a "record player" with an RFID reader so that you can place little cardboard albums on top of the speaker casing and the album will begin playing from Spotify. I'm pretty sure it's been done before but it seems like it would be a neat project... if I ever had time.

knave:
So the first of the three Boomboxes I ordered has arrived. It was dirty, has some battle scars but I did a quick clean and plugged it in.
Radio works, it sounds how I would imagine. Pretty good mid and high sound with not so much bass.
AM and FM both seem fine, Surprising reception considering the missing antenna.

Tape deck spins in all the proper directions. I have new belts for it, but I have to go diving in my garage for a cassette before I test any further.
I pulled the back cover off and it looks ok, Battery compartment had some corrosion from some old leakage. I cleaned all that up.
all the caps that were easily visible looked good. All-in-all I'm pretty pleased

Next I have to test the cassette, the input and if it runs on batteries. Then pull it apart and clean the pots. (to get rid of the volume knob crackle)
I'll probably order a replacement antenna. and verify its DC voltage while plugged in to the wall. Hopefully it runs on 12v and not 9 while on AC. In either case I will build a battery to suit.

I couldn't resist negotiating for a Sears 2100 series for $14. So now I have three to work on. I will probably pick up one more because I suffer from project addiction. Once I test them all for audio quality with various Bluetooth modules I can sell, gift or hoard them.

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