Greetings Everyone,
Way back in 1982, this was my first Boomer. It was good for me at that time, until I realised it would be nice to have a Phono In, that was available on TRK - 8190 / 8290E, the nearest models in the Hitachi range. I loved those big VUs and it would play to a good level of volume, real punchy. It was annoying when you'd tune to a weak radio station playing great music, as the tapes didn't record that great, swamped by too much tape hiss. No manual record level. Booooooooo
I forgot about boomboxes once the 90s set in, I was really getting into Hi-Fi and my unit fell into disrepair. I re-discovered it (the Hitachi) on ebay and captured it and my memories for a small fee
My love affair only began again last year.
I like a little treble, and this unit can sound a little lacking sometimes. Feed it a good signal from an iPod (e.g Wav), and it's a bit of a cracker. Use Line In and it's fantastic. I still see this unit go for cheap in the UK, like Rodney Dangerfield it gets no respect. Shame really, worthy to be in a collection I think. Hope the pictures are ok, I'm learning
Cheers
Brownlow
PS: The GF-9494 is just included for size comparison. The TRK-8200E is definitely a mid-sized unit weighing about 7.5kg without batteries (10 D sized).
Way back in 1982, this was my first Boomer. It was good for me at that time, until I realised it would be nice to have a Phono In, that was available on TRK - 8190 / 8290E, the nearest models in the Hitachi range. I loved those big VUs and it would play to a good level of volume, real punchy. It was annoying when you'd tune to a weak radio station playing great music, as the tapes didn't record that great, swamped by too much tape hiss. No manual record level. Booooooooo
I forgot about boomboxes once the 90s set in, I was really getting into Hi-Fi and my unit fell into disrepair. I re-discovered it (the Hitachi) on ebay and captured it and my memories for a small fee
My love affair only began again last year.I like a little treble, and this unit can sound a little lacking sometimes. Feed it a good signal from an iPod (e.g Wav), and it's a bit of a cracker. Use Line In and it's fantastic. I still see this unit go for cheap in the UK, like Rodney Dangerfield it gets no respect. Shame really, worthy to be in a collection I think. Hope the pictures are ok, I'm learning
Cheers
Brownlow
PS: The GF-9494 is just included for size comparison. The TRK-8200E is definitely a mid-sized unit weighing about 7.5kg without batteries (10 D sized).
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