Check out my thread in the boombox section with the Marantz Micro System Junkerman. They are one of the most fascinating units of all time and...
There's a good recipe for penetrating oil that includes transmission fluid on the net somewhere. Guys say it's way better than WD-40, PB Blaster...
Nice work, I would have liked to have seen the listing. Any tricks for getting a BIC Turntable Platter loose? I've tried the internet tricks but...
Craigslist Photos are like the governments photos of UFOs, always blurry. Silvers are so rare I don't know if they have any value, it looks like...
This is up for sale locally for $50, I don't know anything about Silver but it looks big. It does look like they put a toggle switch replacement...
That is a cool find, super rare but the icing on the cake.
Very early Sony Mono Boombox https://patents.google.com/patent/US3899795A/en?oq=US3899795A [ATTACH]
TDK was also looking into the hinged cover but much earlier https://patents.google.com/patent/US4422599A/en?oq=US4740856A) [ATTACH]
It looks like Panasonic was researching a hinged tape cover for compact cassettes. https://patents.google.com/patent/US4740856A/en?oq=US4740856A)...
An early auto-reverse patent for Toshiba, 1981. https://patents.google.com/patent/EP0129918A2/en?oq=EP0129918A2 [ATTACH]
Thanks for looking! Some of these young designers must have thought they had a million-dollar idea. Even back then it wasn't cheap to get a...
Early Toshiba Portable Cassette Player with a built in speaker. Seiji Tomita Designer....
Another Toshiba Portable Tape Player Patent with a lot of drawings https://patents.google.com/patent/US4669006A/en?oq=US4649453A [ATTACH]
A patent on make a Portable Tape Player thinner. https://patents.google.com/patent/US5029033A/en?oq=US4649453A [ATTACH]
An early Toshiba Portable Cassette Player Patent https://patents.google.com/patent/US4593331A/en?oq=US4649453A [ATTACH]
The original Sony Walkman Patent? Probably not it looks like the first revision. https://patents.google.com/patent/US4453189A/en?oq=US4649453A...
Sony Sports Model Walkman Patent! https://patents.google.com/patent/US4649453A/en?oq=US4649453A [ATTACH]
A very early Panasonic Patent, check out the name "Jazz" and the button placement. https://patents.google.com/patent/US4580181A/en?oq=US5414573A...
Another Sony.... Cassette accommodating type electronic device having a plurality of windows for identifying the amount of remaining tape and the...
Panasonic's Patent for a smaller Magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus from 1977....
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