It only took 6 Days!
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I've only listened to the FM on battery power so far, but it's definitely an indoor box.. It doesn't have a loudness button on it, I would call it my "Classy" listening box for normal listening levels.. like background music if your playing cards or something..superlew said:
Tell us it sounds as good as it looks.
You can tell its built really good and the sound is very clear!
JVC Floyd said:
Good description! Yeah, maybe its the units with the round grilles that got it nicknamed the Elephant..?
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Got the manual for it back in April, hopefully I don't have to use it! (except changing belts)
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fresh produce
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Woah! You have a herd of elphants...Hurb said:
Member jameswp67 is selling a black one....
I had my eye on it til I scooped this one up for good price! 
I really haven't cranked it up, just a few minutes of listening at moderate volume for a few minutes here and there..Kenpat said:So, how does it sound?
Honestly, it has a real solid sound.. not hollow or tin canny.. I've never had any Philips/Magnavox to compare it to, and most my other boxes are Jumbos...I am very satisfied, and once I get a converter I will be using it all the time!
Thanks! I was psyched as soon as I won the auction, and super pumped the day it showed up! I just sit here and stare at it...fresh produce said:Damn that's a dope box so beautiful, congratulations on finding your grail
It is a great feeling finding the one box you lust after for so long...
I feel like building some kind of shrine around it, right now it's on a shelf sitting upon some black fur...
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kraftmatic
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Congrats James. I had my eye on that auction but I had picked up a D8703 (the version with the round grilles, which is the one your service manual is for) about a month ago so decided to let this one slide. Glad you got it.
I was just giving mine a quick cleaning today and noticed just how well it's built. Check out the knobs--when you pull them off you can see they are each made of 5 or 6 different parts, including the little flat disk on the bottom, real aluminum caps, metal tension clamps inside, etc. They would have been a lot more costly to manufacture than the simple one-piece plastic knobs on most machines. Only high-end audio gear could afford that kind of quality, so you can tell these units must have been pretty expensive back in the day.
I was just giving mine a quick cleaning today and noticed just how well it's built. Check out the knobs--when you pull them off you can see they are each made of 5 or 6 different parts, including the little flat disk on the bottom, real aluminum caps, metal tension clamps inside, etc. They would have been a lot more costly to manufacture than the simple one-piece plastic knobs on most machines. Only high-end audio gear could afford that kind of quality, so you can tell these units must have been pretty expensive back in the day.
systemaddict
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absolutely beautiful JC, always been a big fan of the high end Philips boxes and so here I present a pic of my grail, the Philips d8614.
sound on this one is absolutely mind blowing for amid size box I believe the 8614 was Philips top of the line box in 82 priced at a whopping $410. would love to do a sound compare with your beauty here's mine...
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sound on this one is absolutely mind blowing for amid size box
I believe the 8614 was Philips top of the line box in 82 priced at a whopping $410. would love to do a sound compare with your beauty here's mine...[sharedmedia=core:attachments:1095]
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