akai AJ-500FS

[nz boom]

what a box this is real clean power switch is fulty and needs belts thats why the play button is on to give it power.and it sounds very good to

 

[Superduper]

Nice. Always wanted one of those.

 

[nz boom]

Nice. Always wanted one of those.

me to if i find another one its yours mate

 

[floyd]

awesome radio! ,. love the quality looks . seems about the size of the rc 838.

 

[nz boom]

yep spot on floyd

 

[Superduper]

Isn't there a higher model too? 525 or something like that?

 

[-GZ-]

I like it. But is this a new find for you or did you just pull this out of your infinite collection randomly?

 

[nz boom]

I like it. But is this a new find for you or did you just pull this out of your infinite collection randomly?

no got it today

 

[goodman]

Congrats for this classic boombox!!!

 

[Reli]

Isn't there a higher model too? 525 or something like that?

That is a totally different model, and more rare. Not sure if it's any better though.

 

[mancardo]

yep spot on floyd

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that's a beautiful picture

 

[Retro Addict]

Lovely looking box, very high quality. Congrats!

On a side note, I wonder who copied who, with the upside-down look? Was Akai first to build its boxes, or was Panasonic first with its RX-7200 and RX-5350 style boxes?

 

[jimmyjimmy19702010]

Lovely looking box, very high quality. Congrats!
On a side note, I wonder who copied who, with the upside-down look? Was Akai first to build its boxes, or was Panasonic first with its RX-7200 and RX-5350 style boxes?

Pretty sure Akai was first.

 

[Hisrudeness]

Lovely box. Best looker of the range. There seems to be a few of these found in that part of the world. On my list.

 

[Reli]

On a side note, I wonder who copied who, with the upside-down look? Was Akai first to build its boxes, or was Panasonic first with its RX-7200 and RX-5350 style boxes?

Its service manual was printed in Sep 79

 

[BoomboxLover48]

Here is mine....

AJ500
AJ525
AJ505

 

[Superduper]

Looks like the 500 is the one I want.

 

[MyOhMy]

When I see BB's like the ones shown in this thread I'm not only impressed but somewhat feel like I can only dream of such things, they're so aspirational and certainly in a league of their own.

One day, perhaps.........................

 

[BoomboxLover48]

Isn't there a higher model too? 525 or something like that?

AJ 500 was followed by 505, 520, 525 & 530

 

[oldskool69]