My trip to visit Mike, the former Sanyo dealer.

[Old school Scott]

I was in a record store looking at some Funkadelic when I over heard a guy mention that he was getting an amp fixed by this guy in SilverSpring MD. He said that this guy specializes in repairing Boomboxes.
My ears perked up like a german shepard's! I asked if he had gotten a phone number from this Boombox repair man and he said yes.
I had been looking for someone who could do the more tricky repairs for my boxes. I had just been to a repair shop where the specialist was surly after seeing my oldschool technology. I was told things like: You cant get those parts anymore.", and "Theres no reason to hold on to that old boombox."
I dug up one of my Boxes that needed repair and drove out to SilverSpring which is only 40 minutes from my house. Thats where I met Mike.
Mike is a cool dude that used to be a Sanyo Dealer. He has had Boomboxes since the 80s and he takes one out every day.
His basement is filled with vintage electronics. In a corner was a stack of boxes filled with vintage tubes for amps. He has a rare radio that never went into production. A prototype. Boombox parts in plastic containers.
Here are some pics.

 

[Old school Scott]

 

[floyd]

superb ! . does he still do repairs ? i would love to send him some work of he does.

 

[Old school Scott]

 

[Old school Scott]

I can't remember when I've been so excited.
I have never been able to make it to a Boombox meet sadly.
But now I know what all the fuss is about.
You can look at pictures of a Vela Discolite all day, but until you actually see it in person and hold it in your hand, you're missing something.
For instance, I didn't know there were doors in the back that you could open and change the bulbs with.
After he fixed my box and we talked for an hour or two about radios,
Mike took a Conion from the flock and we went out to his neighborhood and he blasted it.
As I said goodbye and walked to my car, the music sounded like someone was having a party with a full PA system. The thing is loud.







Cheers OSS

 

[Old school Scott]

superb ! . does he still do repairs ? i would love to send him some work of he does.

He is not on line. He doesn't own a computer. And he also doesn't belive in sending these precious radios through the mail, so you have to visit him in person.
I will send you his number and address if you are interested.

Cheers OSS

 

[Reli]

Wow.....so you said he used to be a Sanyo dealer? Are those drawers full of parts Sanyo parts?

 

[blu_fuz]

Now that is awesome!

 

[k2j]

Holy Damn. I didn't expect to scroll down and see such heavy hitters. That's a true sign right there.

Way cool man. Which radio did you take in for repair?

 

[Old school Scott]

Holy Damn. I didn't expect to scroll down and see such heavy hitters. That's a true sign right there.

Way cool man. Which radio did you take in for repair?

He worked on my customized Panasonic 5150 .

Wow.....so you said he used to be a Sanyo dealer? Are those drawers full of parts Sanyo parts?

He had all kinds of parts in them. in his hand was a function switch to a Conion.

Cheers OSS

 

[TMR]

very cool.. very cool indeed..

 

[floyd]

He is not on line. He doesn't own a computer. And he also doesn't belive in sending these precious radios through the mail, so you have to visit him in person.
I will send you his number and address if you are interested.

Cheers OSS

yes i would like to meet him and see if he can fix sum stuff for me ,silver spring md is local to me so coming to him is no problem .

 

[redbenjoe]

great find for OSS

 

[jimmyjimmy19702010]

Wow, that guy is cool! Around here, most techs roll their eyes when you bring in an 80's box.

I thought I recognised the pulled out guts of a 5150! I like your custom tweeter grills and control lever tips and the rear case repainted black looks great. Are those factory drivers? Anything else custom on that box?

Here's my aussie spec fully working RX-5150 with factory metal speaker grills: I had her out just today in the backyard annoying the neighbors
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James....

 

[Gluecifer]

Man that is amazing!!! Incredible alignment of the planets to get the hook up rockin!!

Well done, OSS, all that blasterkarma you've been making up has come back tenfold!



Rock On.

 

[char]

whatt.....no OHNE SANYO..........

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

WOOOOOW!

What a MASSIVE resource, even if it's just a local one!

DUDE!...DUDE!!! D-U-D-E ! ! ! !.....ROAD TRIP!

​I got to make the pilgrimage to Mikes place...load all my busted ass boxes in the car and finally get some LOVE for these machines!

(Scott, getting together with other collectors is totally electrifying! Glad you got to experience that)

 

[jimmyjimmy19702010]

I want to see this old master recap a Sanyo M9998K !!

 

[Northerner]

Wow! Awesome finding this fella!!!! If only we all had a dude like him around the corner!

 

[skippy1969]

What a awesome day! Mike seems super cool and it's a big bonus he fixes vintage stuff especially boomboxes.


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