New Ebay box just arrived - guess what I bought!

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mancardo

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jimmyjimmy19702010 said:
Ok, here we go.

Last week I spotted an Ebay box down in South Australia. What caught my eye was that the guy was willing to ship so in went my bid. There was only a brief 'fully working' description and one single photo to go on but it really did look clean in the pic.

I messaged the seller to check that everything actually did work - 'yep', he said, 'works and looks like new'.

I really wanted one of these so I broke my usual price limit and bid $155 AUD! - that's a lot for me!

I saw bidding start to go crazy with 10 seconds to go and just when I thought my max bid was going to be too low, it stopped at $130.00 AUD!! - a 4:00 PM Monday auction end time probably helped to keep the price within my budget.

I paid the seller immediately and the next day, the box is on it's way to Brissie. Friday morning, I get a call from the wife telling me there is a meter long box on our front stairs. :-)

I had to wait until I got home from work at 8:20 pm before I could tear into that box! :-)

Out of the box, I noticed the right speaker grill was pushed in. Otherwise it looked in great shape. Plugged her in and everything seems to work except the FM stereo lock on required you to go off channel and back on to get the stereo light to work.

All pots are scratchy free and the deck works fine - the tape head and pinch roller show no wear at all!
I left it until this morning to pull her down:
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Inside, the big Sanyo was virtually spotless. I could see that the tuner function switch had been cleaned. The deck belts look like new. I assumed that due to it's fully working status,the unit had recently been serviced which I don't mind as I've had enough lately working on neglected boxes! :-)

I sprayed the top switches and pots. I then cleaned the semi adjustable resistors on the tuner board.

The battery compartment looks like it's never been used.

The FM stereo issue is now resolved. AM, SW1 and SW2 work fine. I then pulled the chassis and pulled the speakers. A quick push here and there straightened the grill. Speakers now cleaned up, the chassis is now back in. These boxes are so great to work on.

The chrome on this box is spotless. Both antennas are nice and straight and now slide in and out nicely after a little lube.

So here she is in the sunshine: Typical great sound out of this unit - nice bass and clear highs. The 'expand' mode sounds pretty good too:

Let me introduce my Sanyo M-X720K - easily my best box!

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I'm missing 1 rear case screw - let me know of you can help me out!

Have a great weekend guys,

James.... :-)
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very nice.... :thumbsup:
 
MyOhMy

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My, Oh My, that really is a stylish BB with nice, smooth, classic lines. :thumbsup: This is the first time I've ever seen one of these, it's elegant and unpretentious, it simply oozes charm and sophistication yet remains discrete and timeless in a manner that belies it's uncompromising strengths - I LOVE IT!!!

I couldn't help but notice the careful positioning on the soft matting for the photo shoot, appropriate & respectful treatment deserving of it's status - so unlike the Hitachi TRK-7620 (3D7) you posted on and photographed here!!! :-)
 
Lasonic TRC-920

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the 720 is so elegant looking and they sound like real quality :drool: :drool:

one of the few - ' whats not to like ' collector boxes

I agree, this design is so classy and up scale. One of the most attractive designs ever. Glad to hear is sounds as good as it looks.

So glad you found such a pure unmolested version of it.
 
The Box of Boom

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I tried running a turntable into the phono auxillary input (with the switch switched to phono) the other day ... I was getting no sound ... does yours work ?
 
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jimmyjimmy19702010

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The Box of Boom said:
I tried running a turntable into the phono auxillary input (with the switch switched to phono) the other day ... I was getting no sound ... does yours work ?
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I don't have a record player to test it with. The line in works fine and you get that usual distorted sound if you switch it to phono with an MP3 player connected so I assume it would sound ok with a proper phono input.

Does yours have that distorted sound if you switch it to phono with an MP3 player connected?
 
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** Tech Update **

My tape deck started to play fast all of a sudden.

I had an idea of what would be the cause so out came the chassis again! :-(

I sprayed the motor pot with switch cleaner and readjusted the speed. All was well for a couple of minutes and then the speed jumped up again!

I sprayed the pot again and adjusted the pot back and forth 20 times to thoroughly clean the contact surfaces.

Adjusted the speed again and it's been fine for the past 10 hrs of playback so I think it's fixed!

That's old electronics for you! :-)
 
MyOhMy

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Well, it looked like a three foot radio to me!





I'll get my coat..................................
 
oldskool69

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Diggin the Sanyo! :thumbsup: And those three feet of yours...I knew there were some strange creatures down under but...does that mean you have three testi... :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
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