It's been a year since I have owned two Sanyo M 9994 boomboxes. not the K models. They both had the same basic symptoms of a 40 year old radio. Both cassette players needed full restoration with new belts, lube, etc. I took upon myself during my four month long foot surgery and recovery to do those decks. Quite an experience but very pleased with outcome. They sound great on cassette mode.
Now on with the FM tuner. they are crap!, Did Sanyo just cheese out on the tuners? All my Panasonics, even the little lower line models pick up stations locally much better than both Sanyo that I had "professionally repaired by a shop in Baltimore, MD, 60 miles south of me. I paid $160 each for both tuners to be restored, aligned, cleaned, whatever. they still are not 100%. So much tuner drift, hearing a stupid talk religious station that must be 900,000,000 watts of power! I hear it faintly all the way in quiet passages between more powerful stations in my area. does it make a difference if the shop is miles away, and they do a tuner alignment and use stations in their area to align it? Shouldn't make a difference. Stations and call numbers don't change. Radios adapt to changing localities of broadcast. I just purchased one of those Ion deluxe boomboxes from Best Buy for like 60 bucks, and it picks up stations way better than the Sanyo. I know the Sanyo is 40 years old, but geez come on! Anybody have any ideas? super duper maybe getting a radio to fix for good!
Now on with the FM tuner. they are crap!, Did Sanyo just cheese out on the tuners? All my Panasonics, even the little lower line models pick up stations locally much better than both Sanyo that I had "professionally repaired by a shop in Baltimore, MD, 60 miles south of me. I paid $160 each for both tuners to be restored, aligned, cleaned, whatever. they still are not 100%. So much tuner drift, hearing a stupid talk religious station that must be 900,000,000 watts of power! I hear it faintly all the way in quiet passages between more powerful stations in my area. does it make a difference if the shop is miles away, and they do a tuner alignment and use stations in their area to align it? Shouldn't make a difference. Stations and call numbers don't change. Radios adapt to changing localities of broadcast. I just purchased one of those Ion deluxe boomboxes from Best Buy for like 60 bucks, and it picks up stations way better than the Sanyo. I know the Sanyo is 40 years old, but geez come on! Anybody have any ideas? super duper maybe getting a radio to fix for good!
