First time I have seen the case cover for this model Sony CF-1990 (CF-490 / CF-495). Have a pristine zero damage case cover for my CF-1980...
Feeling lucky now that my old 70's boxes all had good strong FM reception... Maybe it's more of an 80's boombox issue related to different (corner...
The auto repeat and auto rewind always get stuck because of the hardened orange grease. I cover that in my write up.
Unliked designs yup... almost as nasty as that new WeAreRewind boombox. But at a tiny fraction of the cost. For old non-audiophile geezers who...
Awesome :thumbsup: I really like mine. Read about repairs and see inside details here in this long thread: Sony CF-1990 JDM aka CF-490S or...
I say they can't have been like that from the factory. I'm thinking maybe oxidation where the telescoping antenna's brass base post is in a press...
Soft touch buttons means a solenoid does the work for your lazy finger. So there is a lot to go wrong. Get a can of DeOxit if you don't already...
In that case there is nothing much left to restore :scratch2:
True, it was by Fedex that I got those 3 boxes sent up from Cassette2go in Texas, not too bad a price. But those old Mono boxes were "really worth...
[ATTACH] Yeah this forum needs the classic old school popcorn icon!
Great idea, I like it :thumbsup: Cool boxes. I don't need any more right now though :scratch2: I have that Hitachi 3D5 to give away / trade. I...
I use the Discman players frequently! But how to store them? On a table or shelf and they get thick with dust in only 1 week. Just trying to keep...
Amazon has "Mooca natural wood Tempered glass top jewelry display case". They also have a smaller one suitable for one device. I tried one and...
Yup hair dryer... or touching each component works too (best to power on battery heh). And I also did that a few times to locate faulty...
I forgot to add that I would never actually buy this we-are-rewind boombox myself. And that's ok because this product is not aimed at retro loons...
Hey James are you back with us again?
Nice to see the effort of a new 2025 boombox. One has to give some respect and understanding for the tremendous gamble and effort of even trying...
Welcome back then! Unlike other forums, viewers / readers don't need to register to see pictures. At least that was true last year! So no need to...
Interesting concept. I wonder how many they have sold these last couple of years? I will go look up youtube vids of this now. Out of curiosity...
Nostalgia makes 99% of them special and the other 1% are special because they actually sound good and were well designed works of industrial art...
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