Big Ben in the house!

[skippy1969]

Well here is my newly acquired Sanyo M-X960K "Big Ben" I got on a recent trade with Vladi.
It is very very nice and sounds great.
More of an easy listening box than a cranker "imho".
But it can get loud,if needed.
Because it was sitting unused for a few years it needed to do some repairs after I got it on Tuesday.
The deck needed some service and the soft touch logic controls were gummed up a typical thing on Sanyo soft touch logic decks.
The switches and pots were scratchy so they were lubed.
I repaired the broken eject button.
I think it looks pretty nice for non original
The mode "stereo mono expand stereo"switch is still funky though.
I might need to disassemble the switch to see what is up wit that though.
Overall I'm quite pleased with the Big Ben.
And very happy with our trade.
I hope Vladi is enjoying the trade I sent him.
Thanks for the great trade Vladi!
Here is a few pics......

 

[floyd]

awesome! , i once saw a stack of about 30 of these brand new , of course i was too poor to do anything but look on in amazement.

 

[JustCruisin]

I was just playing mine last night!
But, mines the Japanese version.. So, I'm just twisting knobs trying to figure out what does what.. Ha

 

[gsbadbmr]

...damn that's a nice machine skippy!

I actually used my BigBen 2 nights ago I like the look of the BigBen without the woofer grill on in looks bad@zz !

 

[BoomboxLover48]

That is one model I crave for.....

I am happy for you Scott!

That is the only one in my list now.....

 

[vladi123456]

Hey Scott, it was a pleasure trading with you again - third time's the charm, right? My Telefunken is pretty awesome, thank you!!

 

[SLO]

That thing looks great! Congratulations Scott! I've never seen one in the flesh, are they gi-normous??? I like the woofer exposed in the middle too, looks boomy with that exposed speaker in the center. Cool Michael Jackson figure you have on the shelf, I have that exact same one from when I was a kid!

 

[jimmyjimmy19702010]

I love the unique look of the Big Ben - very nice sounding with proper bass available from the Super Woofer. Those VUs are super classy looking too!

You must be stoked on that trade!

Congrats,

James....

 

[redbenjoe]

nice one --
did you trade your studio to vladi ?

 

[riker1068]

To me it has the M90 aesthetics look. Always loved that look

 

[blu_fuz]

Mine!

 

[k2j]

Damn...sure wish I'd a bought sin's a few years back. Just didn't trust that he would ship it. ugh.

Nice one skippy!

 

[skippy1969]

nice one --
did you trade your studio to vladi ?

Yes Ira a Studio 1M.

 

[skippy1969]

That thing looks great! Congratulations Scott! I've never seen one in the flesh, are they gi-normous??? I like the woofer exposed in the middle too, looks boomy with that exposed speaker in the center. Cool Michael Jackson figure you have on the shelf, I have that exact same one from when I was a kid!

Thanks SLO!
Yeah its pretty big,more thick than anything though. Its 24" wide X 15" high X 7" thick. Not too heavy either,pretty nice size actually.
The Michael Jackson figure is my wife's from when she was a girl.
She's the original owner too,LOL!
Yeah I forgot to include some pics without the woofer grill on.

 

[skippy1969]

I love the unique look of the Big Ben - very nice sounding with proper bass available from the Super Woofer. Those VUs are super classy looking too!

You must be stoked on that trade!

Congrats,

James....

Thanks Jimmy,yes I was very happy to finally get a BigBen. I heard on a few years ago at Bill's house at a mini midwest meet. I had DIBS on Bill's,but here needed money fast and had to sell his so I lost out.
Heres a picture of that meet with Bill,Joe and me,I'm holding the Big Ben Bill used to have.

 

[floyd]

looks more like a little ben jr with skippy holding it . that's only a mid sizer for skippy.

i love that pic of you holding bills vz 2000 ,prolly the perfect pic with the vz because everybody else looks like midget holding the vz lol.

 

[skippy1969]

looks more like a little ben jr with skippy holding it . that's only a mid sizer for skippy.

i love that pic of you holding bills vz 2000 ,prolly the perfect pic with the vz because everybody else looks like midget holding the vz lol.

LOL! Yeah those two other guys are shrimps!

 

[SLO]

Lol, the size of the Big Ben fits you perfect skip! The exposed woofer looks sweet, thanks for the pics. That Big Ben would make me look like a shrimp too!

 

[Ken]

Damn...sure wish I'd a bought sin's a few years back. Just didn't trust that he would ship it. ugh.

Nice one skippy!

No, you don't wish you had bought Sin's. It's a POS from a POS in my basement that needs ALOT of work. :annoyed: Too much, because it only played for a week.

LOL! Yeah those two other guys are shrimps!

LOL!

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Great addition man, this is one radio I would really like to spend some time with.

Every time I have seen one I was at a mini meet where you get to look, listen, crank, NEXT!

I would like to hear it in the living room with some solid Jazz on and a beer.