Today at the boot sale.

[Hisrudeness]

Nothing particularly sexy to buy. A few tapes new and used and a boxed Hitachi mono. The rest was a sea of egg style boxes.
Here are some pics anyway

 

[Hisrudeness]

A few more

 

[Northerner]

More radios knocking about down south than up north it seems. I still like doing these virtual car boot sales…a lot easier than doing it myself and I come away with exactly the same number of boomboxes lol

 

[Brutus442]

Very nice Si!

Outside of the boomboxes, that Bigtrak brought up some fond memories

 

[goodman]

Thank you for pictures. Sometimes you can find interesting stuffs.

 

[AE_Stereo]

That 'NIB' Hitachi should have been given a chance

 

[Hisrudeness]

That 'NIB' Hitachi should have been given a chance

All good, I took the Hitachi. Still in my car boot! Not checked it yet.

 

[hopey]

Grab that Giberto tape

 

[Hisrudeness]

 

[Hisrudeness]

Some pics from the bootfair

 

[samovar]

Your last fleamarket adventure is very interesting. Some units are worth noting : a "Digital Sound" Amstrad with CD is definitely better than some nondescript eggs; the black Sharp QT mini is lovely and even the transparent miniradio is intriguing... but of course it's the JVC 9475 that steals the scene. You bagged it, didn't you?

Incidentally, the picture of a stranded TDK Life on Record makes me think of the speed by which modern technology tends to obsolescence. It was not many years ago that these units were all the rage in our discussions concerning modern equipment vis a vis classical ones. Now it too has entered the realm of modern antiques...

 

[Hisrudeness]

Your last fleamarket adventure is very interesting. Some units are worth noting : a "Digital Sound" Amstrad with CD is definitely better than some nondescript eggs; the black Sharp QT mini is lovely and even the transparent miniradio is intriguing... but of course it's the JVC 9475 that steals the scene. You bagged it, didn't you?

Incidentally, the picture of a stranded TDK Life on Record makes me think of the speed by which modern technology tends to obsolescence. It was not many years ago that these units were all the rage in our discussions concerning modern equipment vis a vis classical ones. Now it too has entered the realm of modern antiques...

The JVC 9475 did indeed come home with me. The QT-27 didn’t however. It was expensive and missing a battery cover. Looking at the Sharp up close made me realise the difference in quality between Sanyo and other mini’s of the era. As for the TDK, well the seller wanted £40 for it as is. No way of powering up, no guarantee of anything really. I’ve always read how tricky these are if they go wrong. I would of paid £10 or £15 but no more than that.
Nevertheless, it’s always good to see boxes in a wild setting.

 

[lupogtiboy]

I'm hoping to get to more boot sales this year, didn't go to many last year and never saw anything like what you have found! Quite a few there I would have snapped up, but I do find some people want ridiculous money for stuff now, they seem to forget the whole point of a boot sale!

 

[lupogtiboy]

Very nice Si!

Outside of the boomboxes, that Bigtrak brought up some fond memories

I do love Bigtraks, have a few myself! I also have the tipper trailer that's not shown in this picture....

 

[Radio raheem]

like stated those tdk are not worth having....it's a shame the tdk 3 speaker was the last decent boombox worth having but the technology behind it wasn't worth a carrot....nothing modern is worth having imho ,,,,the 3 speaker sounded as good as the m90 imho just not as loud

 

[Radio raheem]

I would have also only paid £15 for the tdk if only to put the speakers in another boombox

 

[Hisrudeness]

A few recent pics

 

[Brutus442]

Great pics Rudey. Is that a B&O turntable in the second last pic? I would have snapped that up if it was

 

[Radio raheem]

I would have also bought that green model car posted further up, sod the boomboxes lol

 

[lupogtiboy]

I would have also bought that green model car posted further up, sod the boomboxes lol

The VW Beetle model, yeah I'd have bought that too!