It's a good thing I work on multiple boomboxes at once......

[redbenjoe]

you forgot to mention one more awesome 955 feature -

its sits/fits perfectly in the bucket seats of both you truck
AND YOUR VETTE !!!



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and btw -- i was sorta kidding about the ramon thingy
has has fixed MANY of this model -
but the fact always is that ME and ALL of my 100 repairs
are an enormous PITA for him !! :'-(

 

[Superduper]

Now how in the world did I miss that one. Especially since these old muscle vettes didn't have any audio worth mentioning. The only question that remains is whether the Aiwa is loud enough to overcome the deafening cacophony of the vette when it's running.

 

[redbenjoe]

the old big blocks are THE SUBS its quite the concert !!!

 

[Superduper]

I don't care about the bassy bellows of the exhaust. To my ears, the unnatural lope of the cam is far more interesting and melodic. People hear loud exhausts all the time. But when they hear the uneven rattatat of the huge cam, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE stops to gawk from blocks away. I've never pulled into a gas station without at least 20 pairs of eyes fixed on the car. To me, it's a sweet tune. To the untrained ear, it's like "what's wrong with that car."

 

[monchito]

ira everything is pita
The 955 I got from you Ira has a tuning dial lamp .. i put one in for you skippy it was iras idea.. he said he needed one that way he did not have to use the main light when he got up to use the restroom

 

[Superduper]

Nice work Norm, very pretty box.

Hey Melvin... did you ever buy that Aiwa 950 (or was it a 955?) that I suggested to you?

 

[Reli]

Very nice, I have a 950 that I got from Ira 3-4 years ago. I think it's identical to the 955 except for the metal trim and the music search feature. Probably has the same amps & speakers. It's not the loudest box, because the woofers are flexible which makes it sound nice and warm at low volume but forces you to turn down the bass at high volumes. But it's definitely one of the sweestest. The Wide setting is fantastic.

What did you do to make it sound a lot better? I know you cleaned the controls, but did you re-cap or anything like that?

 

[redbenjoe]

hey reli - i know that ramon cleaned and tested that one --
but none our ours were ever re-capped --
each one i have heard or kept or sold has sounded marvelous -

and - until norm posted this good thread -
i could not ever imagine these small boxes could possibly
sound any better

but now --he says the re-capping has made his 955 sound MUCH better-

so - i guess that your 950 -
and ramons and skippys and my fleet --
are not at their peak performance

which PISSES US OFF !!! :'-( :annoyed: :annoyed:

 

[Superduper]

Aggressive cleaning. No recapping.

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TPR-950 vs TPR-955....

950 has dial light, 955 does not
955 adds music search feature
955 adds programable timer feature
955 plays metal Fe-CrO2 tapes; 950 plays CrO2.
955 has slightly more output power than 950
955 has slightly lower distorion in tape playback section
955 recording bias frequency is slightly higher than 950
950 has slightly better FM stereo separation
955 has slightly better tape stereo separation

Semiconductors:
950: 4-IC's, 1-FET, 46 Transistors, 17 diodes and 3-LED's
955: 11-IC's, 1-FET, 54 Transistors, 34 Diodes, 5-LED's.

 

[redbenjoe]

thanks alot for the careful comparo, norm -
i would have just thought they were mostly identical twins

 

[Superduper]

thanks alot for the careful comparo, norm -
i would have just thought they were mostly identical twins

Check out the section above re semiconductors and you can tell that there are more differences than you would think.

 

[mellymelsr]

Nice work Norm, very pretty box.

Hey Melvin... did you ever buy that Aiwa 950 (or was it a 955?) that I suggested to you?

I missed out on that one. It's been several months since I bought a boomer and I am over-due. I still need to drop off your M80 one of these days...

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Looking Good Super////I've always liked the looks of that model

 

[sonicteambronx]

Well done! Looks so legit!

 

[hemiguy2006]

Bringing classics back to life!!!
Great Job Norm.

 

[BMoney]

Awesome before & after project Norm.
Love the gunmetal color you chose over that original chalky gray.

 

[sony_apm_fan]

Superb work Norm, great stuff.

Agree that this is one difficult box to strip down, I tried and gave up on rebelting this beast, let alone capping etc.

Geat work, that colour looks amazing.

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