I'm currently looking at a few larger at home boomboxes to play with and maintain, and the three that I'm between right now are the Panasonic 5500, the 5350, and the National 5700.
Out of the three boxes, the 5500 feels like a weird middle child between the 5700 and 5350 in terms of how much info I can find on it. It mostly seems like people complimenting it, along with a decent amount of photos of its guts. I'm hoping to learn a little more about it though, and hopefully in doing so, I can figure out if this is the right one for me compared to the other two. What are some common faults, what can I expect from buying it, what does the boombox expect of me to keep it running, etc. I'm hoping to find something nice that'll last a some years with care and attention, but I'm sure with all old electronics, they're bound to irreparably die at some point.
I'm pretty good with a solder, but I still generally favor simpler mechanical boxes, hence why I avoid boomboxes with soft touch or anything other features that'll end up confusing me when I open it up to fix something. Mo wires mo problems. I'm pretty good with a solder, but I'm not really equipped or skilled enough to do any electrical maintenance besides replacing components on the PCB, the less time I have to spend identifying which parts to replace the better.
I'm hoping to find a box that's big, nice, durable, and I can mostly maintain with my skills and hopefully only needing to send to a professional or replace the box in a few years.
Out of the three boxes, the 5500 feels like a weird middle child between the 5700 and 5350 in terms of how much info I can find on it. It mostly seems like people complimenting it, along with a decent amount of photos of its guts. I'm hoping to learn a little more about it though, and hopefully in doing so, I can figure out if this is the right one for me compared to the other two. What are some common faults, what can I expect from buying it, what does the boombox expect of me to keep it running, etc. I'm hoping to find something nice that'll last a some years with care and attention, but I'm sure with all old electronics, they're bound to irreparably die at some point.
I'm pretty good with a solder, but I still generally favor simpler mechanical boxes, hence why I avoid boomboxes with soft touch or anything other features that'll end up confusing me when I open it up to fix something. Mo wires mo problems. I'm pretty good with a solder, but I'm not really equipped or skilled enough to do any electrical maintenance besides replacing components on the PCB, the less time I have to spend identifying which parts to replace the better.
I'm hoping to find a box that's big, nice, durable, and I can mostly maintain with my skills and hopefully only needing to send to a professional or replace the box in a few years.
