Well, I bought into the hype...literally

[JustCruisin]

After hearing how nice these units are for a long time, I finally picked one up.. I like it!
Its really clean cosmetically and everything works: VU's, tuner light, Tape functions, Radio, Line-in..
I'm guessing it came from an Estate sale because it looks like it was taken care of and has a slight pipe tobacco smell.. Gonna give er' a good detailing!
Kinda bummed it isn't in bad shape, would've given me a reason to paint it!
But, fortunately/ unfortunately it only has a slight scratch to the right of the right woofer..
I am officially riding on the bandwagon! Sound is awesome, tape plays as good as radio!
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[redbenjoe]

its about time !!!!

glad you are now a believer

 

[blu_fuz]

Belieber?

Nice box!

 

[autobot84]

no hype about the m70, just in your face raw power and one of the best boxes you can get for its size.

 

[Ken]

 

[JustCruisin]

I liked the build quality and sound of my JVC 828 which I sold, and been loving my 550.. so, I figured the M70 can't be bad at all.. especially since everyone raves about em!

You won't see me getting a Kaboom or Altec Lansing any time soon though...

 

[hardmen]

How NOT love the M70??

Cheers.

 

[chevyman-uy]

Like a Big Chevys ,have lot of power ,sound like a good small block ,and looks like a Impala SS!
congrats looks very clean !!! welcome ,to the club

 

[JustCruisin]

Thanks guys, been listening to both sides of the mixtape that Fresh Produce made a while back.. I gotta get used to the tape buttons, they seem backwards to me..?
Very good BASS and crisp HIGHS!

 

[oldskool69]

Belieber?

Nice box!

No....he's so impressed with it he's even playing some Justin Bieb...beib...whatever or whoever the hell it is on it.

Congrats man! I was happy when I got mine....at four bucks the sound to value ratio made it sound even sweeter.

 

[Northerner]

Nice and minty...just the way they should be! And with this one at least the hype is right

 

[THAFUZZ]

Congratulations! And, welcome to the M70 club.

 

[devol-toni]

Congratulations! And, welcome to the M70 club.

With the M70 looks and sound there is no mistake

 

[bklyn sound]

Congrats ...m70 is a great all around box

 

[superlew]

Yeah, I bought into the hype a few weeks ago too.
- Only to find out it wasn't all hype - It was true!
Looks super-clean. Very nice.

 

[monchito]

they are a nice box to add to the collection, next one the m71

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

After hearing how nice these units are for a long time, I finally picked one up.. I like it!
Its really clean cosmetically and everything works: VU's, tuner light, Tape functions, Radio, Line-in..
I'm guessing it came from an Estate sale because it looks like it was taken care of and has a slight pipe tobacco smell.. Gonna give er' a good detailing!
Kinda bummed it isn't in bad shape, would've given me a reason to paint it!
But, fortunately/ unfortunately it only has a slight scratch to the right of the right woofer..
I am officially riding on the bandwagon! Sound is awesome, tape plays as good as radio!

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Just like you I bought it because so many people raved over it. It was never on my "Must Have" list...but I sure was happy to get it. These are amazing units. Was listening to mine last night. These things rock!

Your's looks sweet too

 

[kraftmatic]

Uh oh. Does this make me the last of the hold outs?

 

[Beosystem10]

Uh oh. Does this make me the last of the hold outs?

No. I'm still looking too and will take my time to find the best I can get rather than doing my usual: Diving in wide-eyed and finding that loads of work is needed to get it running properly.
Annoyingly, I travelled all the way across to a village by Dumfries a few days ago (80 miles) because someone from one of the car clubs I'm associated with had told me that there was a good M70 about to be sold at a village roup.
I then learned that the desirability of these things is spreading far beyond the www as I bid it up to £180 and was unopposed in the room. Turned out that the seller had placed a reserve on the set and they weren't interested in having a private deal with me.
It was a nice looking box too, only really needing one of its FM/SW aerials fixing to make it somewhere close to showroom fresh. :evilmad:

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Uh oh. Does this make me the last of the hold outs?

No. I'm still looking too and will take my time to find the best I can get rather than doing my usual: Diving in wide-eyed and finding that loads of work is needed to get it running properly.
Annoyingly, I travelled all the way across to a village by Dumfries a few days ago (80 miles) because someone from one of the car clubs I'm associated with had told me that there was a good M70 about to be sold at a village roup.
I then learned that the desirability of these things is spreading far beyond the www as I bid it up to £180 and was unopposed in the room. Turned out that the seller had placed a reserve on the set and they weren't interested in having a private deal with me.
It was a nice looking box too, only really needing one of its FM/SW aerials fixing to make it somewhere close to showroom fresh. :evilmad:

I'm not a big FLAG WAVER for the M70, but you won't be let down. This thing SHREDS 80% of all radios hands down.