Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Unfortunately no! I should make a point of mentioning how well this unit does record, it will record on type I cassettes and above and it has an AC erase circuit (no rumble in your recordings). At 01:56 PM 11/7/2004, you wrote: Does it have a microphone jack? Thanks, Nick - - Original Message - From: "Sun Sparkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 8:43 PM Subject: Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes please tell us more about this unit can it play mp3 cds ? what is the price of this unit? where can you get this unit? - - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 4:07 AM Subject: Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello! May I suggest that you take a look at the Panasonic RX-ED50. Now firstly, it doesnt' have an analog tuner but its very sensitive and every easy to operate, perfectly accessible for blind people. The sound is excellent as the units speakers are inclosed in their own cabinets, (by that I don't mean that the speakers are detachible). The unit is wider than it is high. The power of the unit is very good! at around 20 watts RMS per channel. I can give further details of this unit if you're interested. Its the best boom box (or "POWER BLASTER" as Panasonic prefers to call it) that I've ever seen and it consists of twin cassette decks, radio and CD player. At 04:39 PM 11/6/2004, you wrote: Hello everyone, Recently, my boombox took a fall, and in the fall the door to my CD player came off. And I can't get the tape deck to record from the radio anymore, though all other functions of the tape deck still work. So I am now trying to find a new one. I've looked at some at Wal-mart and Target, and I'm really not that happy with how most of them look, or how they are set up. I hate that everything is so digital now. I bought a Sony one, but I'm not that pleased with it and I'm planning to take it back. The cd player and tape deck are nice, though the tape deck is set up backward. But my main dislike with it, is that it's not the easiest thing to figure out. But also, the stations don't seem to come in that well. On my old analog boombox, which I got about 1997, or 1998, was wonderful. It picked up stations well, and it had good base to it. Although, over the years, it seemed to lose a bit of sound quality, and I noticed that the tape deck was starting to make a bit more noise than it used to. But other than that, it was great. I believe it was either made by Philips, or Magnavox. But I'm not real sure. I'd like a boombox that will work just as well. But I don't want one that uses menus, if possible. Nor do I want it to have a clock, as that's just useless. I'm looking for one that will have a good quality tape deck in it. One that will sound good, whether you are recording from the radio, or a cd. I want one that has good sound quality, and that can pick up FM stations well. I want it to have a nice and simple cd player, not one that can do 100 things. Although, if I could be able to record from cd, to tape, then that would be nice. I'm not looking for something that's going to be real expensive, as I just couldn't afford that. But something around $100, on down, won't be too bad. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not looking to buy one online, because I want to be able to go and look at it, and listen to it if possible. Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated. Thank you, Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 8.1 Comment: A Member Of The TFT BBS Digital Security Initiative iQA/AwUBQYyieClBPqY64aUBEQIohwCg4VRIVoRMEsGJ5gmcrNr2Z6DB/4kAnRok 06RwDegtxDclcR5nZCJQUwqE =UQMv - -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 8.1 Comment: A Member Of The TFT BBS Digital Security Initiative iQA/AwUBQY9vsClBPqY64aU
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Right! well first things first, this unit will not! play MP3 audio. Panasonic do however make a Boom-Box which does play MP3 audio but it sounds nowhere near as good as this one, has a quarter of the power etc. The RX-ED50 has a 3.5 aux jack on the back so you can connect it easily! to a MP3 CD player, output of a computer sound card etc. I've listed below some of the features of this quite remarkable (in my view) boom-box. CD PLAYER various play modes including shuffle, 2 repeat modes and programme play (up to 32 tracks) motorised CD draw TUNER 24 presets (12 Medium wave and 12 FM) Seek/scan facilities CASSETTE DECKS dual cassette decks (1 play and 1 record) both decks having full auto-reverse facilities feather-touch controls TPS (tape Programme Sensor) CD auto-edit Auto tape-type selector This unit can be operated (fully) from the remote control as well as from the buttons on the front and its very accessible. I know! that this unit is available in the U.K. nad in Australia so I would assume that its available in the U.S. and other countries, its one of the most popular models of Boom-Box in Australia and has been for the last 3 years. At 12:43 PM 11/7/2004, you wrote: please tell us more about this unit can it play mp3 cds ? what is the price of this unit? where can you get this unit? - - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 4:07 AM Subject: Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello! > > May I suggest that you take a look at the Panasonic RX-ED50. > > Now firstly, it doesnt' have an analog tuner but its very sensitive and every > easy to operate, perfectly accessible for blind people. > > The sound is excellent as the units speakers are inclosed in their own > cabinets, (by that I don't mean that the speakers are detachible). > > The unit is wider than it is high. > > The power of the unit is very good! at around 20 watts RMS per channel. > > I can give further details of this unit if you're interested. > > Its the best boom box (or "POWER BLASTER" as Panasonic prefers to call it) that > I've ever seen and it consists of twin cassette decks, radio and CD player. > > At 04:39 PM 11/6/2004, you wrote: > Hello everyone, > Recently, my boombox took a fall, and in the fall the door to my CD player > came off. And I can't get the tape deck to record from the radio anymore, > though all other functions of the tape deck still work. > So I am now trying to find a new one. > I've looked at some at Wal-mart and Target, and I'm really not that happy > with how most of them look, or how they are set up. I hate that everything > is so digital now. > I bought a Sony one, but I'm not that pleased with it and I'm planning to > take it back. > The cd player and tape deck are nice, though the tape deck is set up > backward. > But my main dislike with it, is that it's not the easiest thing to figure > out. > But also, the stations don't seem to come in that well. > On my old analog boombox, which I got about 1997, or 1998, was wonderful. > It picked up stations well, and it had good base to it. > Although, over the years, it seemed to lose a bit of sound quality, and I > noticed that the tape deck was starting to make a bit more noise than it > used to. > But other than that, it was great. > I believe it was either made by Philips, or Magnavox. But I'm not real > sure. > I'd like a boombox that will work just as well. But I don't want one that > uses menus, if possible. Nor do I want it to have a clock, as that's just > useless. > I'm looking for one that will have a good quality tape deck in it. One that > will sound good, whether you are recording from the radio, or a cd. > I want one that has good sound quality, and that can pick up FM stations > well. > I want it to have a nice and simple cd player, not one that can do 100 > things. Although, if I could be able to record from cd, to tape, then that > would be nice. > I'm not looking for something that's going to be real expensive, as I just > couldn't afford that. > But something around $100, on down, won't be too bad. > Does anyone have any suggestions? > I'm not looking to buy one online, because I want to be able to go and look > at it, and listen to it if possible. > Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated. > Thank you, > Terri > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives a
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
Well... I would have agreed with you not all that long ago but circuits for digital radio designs have changed dramatically over the last few years, again! you usually get what you pay for. The symptoms described in the original description of the boom-box which was at the centre of this discussion would indicate to me that the digital radio circuit was cheaply made and just... well... just included in the unit as an afterthought. The digital tuner in the Panasonic RX-ED50 boom-box which I referred to a few days ago (which I have one of) has as good a sensitivity as any! analog radio, its the most sensitive digital tuner I've yet found in a boom-box and the band is farely wide too, Panasonic have really done their homework on this little beauty. Yeah! the RX-ED50 ain't the cheapest boom-box around, costing $329.00 RRP (Australian) but (once again!) you get what you pay for. Now if anyone still doubts the sensitivity of digital radios, then take a look at the Ccrane or Outback radio and be prepared to be blown away. At 12:14 PM 11/7/2004, you wrote: Dear Terri, I can't help much when it comes to brand names, but it seems to me that analogue tuning is superior to digital, particularly when it comes to a.m. radio. I found a cassette deck, radio combination at a junk shop. It was made in the early 70s, and it doesn't record properly, but it picks up a.m. radio like you wouldn't believe. It cost $10, Canadian, and was worth it just for that. My sony stereo - digital - can't pick up an a.m. station to save its life. Cris Hall At 08:08 AM 06/11/2004, you wrote: Hello everyone, First of all, I'd like to say thank you for your thoughts so far, on this situation. Now I have a couple more questions. If I purchase a different boombox, than the Sony I bought, is it likely that I'll run into the same problem I have with this one? I want to be able to pick up NPR without getting that Christian station bleeding in. Like I said, I never had this problem with my analog boombox. Also, how exactly does digital tuning work? And how is it different from analog tuning? I was able to find two boomboxes on the Circuit City website, that use analog tuning. However, they are made by brands that I'm not familiar with. I don't want to buy one of them, to just have to replace it a few months later, because it wasn't that good. One was made by Nexxtech. And I believe the other one was made by ESA, but I'm not sure if I'm remembering that exactly right or not. Has anyone ever heard of either of these brands? If so, do you know how good their stuff is, or isn't? Thank you, Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
the boombox you mentioned earlier. How is the bass response? Doc Wright http://wrightplaceinc.net If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning start? - Original Message - From: "TerriStimmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 4:33 AM Subject: Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes Hello Jerry and list, That's neat that you can listen to your NPR station online. But unfortunately, mine doesn't stream over the internet. I'm really hoping that it will one of these days. Thank you for that suggestion though. Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello Jerry and list, That's neat that you can listen to your NPR station online. But unfortunately, mine doesn't stream over the internet. I'm really hoping that it will one of these days. Thank you for that suggestion though. Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
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'Will do. Tom Kaufman ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
Hi Kevin, Thank you for your input on this. I appreciate it. Yes, I believe that this Christian station is stronger than our NPR station. I know this NPR station is in one city, but it has towers in other cities as well. I can actually pick up two of the stations, but the one near the Christian station comes in much better than the other one. What I don't understand is how I got it on my analog boombox without any problems, but why I have the bleed in with this Sony. This Christian station almost has too much power in my opinion. I say this, because a friend of mine can sometimes hear it faintly threw her computer speakers, and she won't even have a radio on. Who knows how this happens, but it does. I've witnessed it for myself, when I've been over there. I can get the NPR station in some, and I can get the Christian station to fade out some. I did this by moving the antenna around. However, I can still hear it faintly, especially if I record the station. Which is what I do a lot with NPR. There's always something on there that I want to record. Yes, I think you're right, I definitely need to see how some other boomboxes will work, when I go to the store. I hadn't even thought to check that out when I was there getting the Sony. I think I'm also going to test out the tape decks, because I want one with a really good tape deck also. I've heard of the GE radio you mentioned, and of the C Crane radios as well. I'm not very familiar with either, but I have always been interested in owning one of those C Crane radios. However, I can't really afford them. I want something with a good tape deck in it. A decent CD player in it, that can play mp3 CD's, and CDR's, and that's about it. I want it to get really good FM reception, the best possible. And AM reception would be nice as well, though that's not as big a concern, because we don't have a lot of AM stations around here. I don't know if I'll find a boombox that I'm absolutely pleased with, as I really did like my analog one. But I'll be happy with one that is almost close to what I'm looking for. By the way, do those GE radios still exist? I was thinking that they had been discontinued. I had thought that I've seen discussion about those, on this list before, but maybe not. Thanks again for your thoughts, and help. Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Terry, Could it be that your NPR station is weaker than the Christian station next to it? Most Walkmans and boom boxes have very lose front ends. What I mean by that is, that they don't reject multipath interference that well. So stronger stations almost always blead over in to the weaker ones. For example, here In Colorado Springs, Colorado where I live, I work for an NPR station that for all intense and purposes has a weaker signal than stations around it. Our power output is only 2300 watts off the top of Cheyenne mountain. That's just west of Colorado Springs, and it's where all the FM TV and other UHF VHF communications transmitters are located. And of course a radioor tuner with a loosefront end will pick up all that interference coming off the mountain. I have a walkman, it's a Sony, one of their sportsman models. TheA.M. isn't too bad for a radio that small. But the FM has a local distance switch, and it's tuned with a nob. But in order to get KRCC in most sections of town, I have to use the local setting. If I use the distance setting on F.M. I can't even find the signal. So in order to get KRCC, I have to have a real good radio like the CC radio by C Crane or the GE super radio 3. My ICF 2010 by Sony will get it. And my tuner on my stereo will get it. So what I'd do is to test out the boom boxes before you buy one, and make sure it will receive the station you want to listen too. If I can help you any further, please let me know. Take care, Kevin On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 02:23:43 +1100 Dane Trethowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ah! well I think from your message you're referring to selectivity > of the tuner > when you talk about stations bleeding. > > Well... (speaking of the Panasonic RX-ED50 which I mentioned in my > post), I can > tell you that you won't! get this problem, that Sony Boom-Box you're > referring > to sounds a very cheap and nasty product to me if its doing that. > > The difference between digital tuning and analog? Well... digital > tuning is far > more accurate that is to say, if you wish to tune to a frequency of > 1080KHZ, > then that's exactly what the set or tuner is tuned to with no drift > etc. > > Digital tuned radios have had a problem of not being very sensitive > though this > is changing now with better designs, better sheelding etc. > > An analog radio is tuned by a knob whereas digital tuned radios are > tuned with > buttons. To go back to the Panasonic set I have, to tune in a > station, you use > the up/down tuning buttons, these go up/down in 9KHZ steps (that's > the standard > frequency step for all Medium-Wave radio receivers outside the > U.S.). When you > hold down either up or down, the set goes into "SEEK" mode (that is, > the set > looks for a strong signal and locks onto it). > > Once you've tuned a signal, you can assign the frequency to a memory > or preset, > the Panasonic boom-box I have has 24 presets and they can be > recalled by either > turning a dial (which clicks) on the top of the unit or by typing in > the preset > number on the remote control keypad. > > Hope this answers some of your questions. > > At 02:08 AM 11/7/2004, you wrote: > Hello everyone, > First of all, I'd like to say thank you for your thoughts so far, on > this > situation. > Now I have a couple more questions. > If I purchase a different boombox, than the Sony I bought, is it > likely that > I'll run into the same problem I have with this one? > I want to be able to pick up NPR without getting that Christian > station > bleeding in. Like I said, I never had this problem with my analog > boombox. > Also, how exactly does digital tuning work? And how is it different > from > analog tuning? > > I was able to find two boomboxes on the Circuit City website, that > use > analog tuning. However, they are made by brands that I'm not > familiar with. > I don't want to buy one of them, to just have to replace it a few > months > later, because it wasn't that good. > One was made by Nexxtech. > And I believe the other one was made by ESA, but I'm not sure if I'm > remembering that exactly right or not. > Has anyone ever heard of either of these brands? If so, do you know > how > good their stuff is, or isn't? > Thank you, > Terri > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: PGP 8.1 > Comment: A Member Of The TFT BBS Digital Security Initiative > > iQA/AwUBQYzsfSlBPqY64aUBEQIl8ACgpOnyU7QIwSWmnWMmg5QtWXFyycQAmwYB > GUeHA8/p6eBCh5GzgyONOXcZ > =tuYH > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank emai
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ah! well I think from your message you're referring to selectivity of the tuner when you talk about stations bleeding. Well... (speaking of the Panasonic RX-ED50 which I mentioned in my post), I can tell you that you won't! get this problem, that Sony Boom-Box you're referring to sounds a very cheap and nasty product to me if its doing that. The difference between digital tuning and analog? Well... digital tuning is far more accurate that is to say, if you wish to tune to a frequency of 1080KHZ, then that's exactly what the set or tuner is tuned to with no drift etc. Digital tuned radios have had a problem of not being very sensitive though this is changing now with better designs, better sheelding etc. An analog radio is tuned by a knob whereas digital tuned radios are tuned with buttons. To go back to the Panasonic set I have, to tune in a station, you use the up/down tuning buttons, these go up/down in 9KHZ steps (that's the standard frequency step for all Medium-Wave radio receivers outside the U.S.). When you hold down either up or down, the set goes into "SEEK" mode (that is, the set looks for a strong signal and locks onto it). Once you've tuned a signal, you can assign the frequency to a memory or preset, the Panasonic boom-box I have has 24 presets and they can be recalled by either turning a dial (which clicks) on the top of the unit or by typing in the preset number on the remote control keypad. Hope this answers some of your questions. At 02:08 AM 11/7/2004, you wrote: Hello everyone, First of all, I'd like to say thank you for your thoughts so far, on this situation. Now I have a couple more questions. If I purchase a different boombox, than the Sony I bought, is it likely that I'll run into the same problem I have with this one? I want to be able to pick up NPR without getting that Christian station bleeding in. Like I said, I never had this problem with my analog boombox. Also, how exactly does digital tuning work? And how is it different from analog tuning? I was able to find two boomboxes on the Circuit City website, that use analog tuning. However, they are made by brands that I'm not familiar with. I don't want to buy one of them, to just have to replace it a few months later, because it wasn't that good. One was made by Nexxtech. And I believe the other one was made by ESA, but I'm not sure if I'm remembering that exactly right or not. Has anyone ever heard of either of these brands? If so, do you know how good their stuff is, or isn't? Thank you, Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 8.1 Comment: A Member Of The TFT BBS Digital Security Initiative iQA/AwUBQYzsfSlBPqY64aUBEQIl8ACgpOnyU7QIwSWmnWMmg5QtWXFyycQAmwYB GUeHA8/p6eBCh5GzgyONOXcZ =tuYH -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Terry. I'm sorry that your good boombox was damaged. - Original Message - From: "TerriStimmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 12:39 AM Subject: Need reccomendations on boomboxes Hello everyone, Recently, my boombox took a fall, and in the fall the door to my CD player came off. And I can't get the tape deck to record from the radio anymore, though all other functions of the tape deck still work. So I am now trying to find a new one. I've looked at some at Wal-mart and Target, and I'm really not that happy with how most of them look, or how they are set up. I hate that everything is so digital now. I bought a Sony one, but I'm not that pleased with it and I'm planning to take it back. The cd player and tape deck are nice, though the tape deck is set up backward. But my main dislike with it, is that it's not the easiest thing to figure out. But also, the stations don't seem to come in that well. On my old analog boombox, which I got about 1997, or 1998, was wonderful. It picked up stations well, and it had good base to it. Although, over the years, it seemed to lose a bit of sound quality, and I noticed that the tape deck was starting to make a bit more noise than it used to. But other than that, it was great. I believe it was either made by Philips, or Magnavox. But I'm not real sure. I'd like a boombox that will work just as well. But I don't want one that uses menus, if possible. Nor do I want it to have a clock, as that's just useless. I'm looking for one that will have a good quality tape deck in it. One that will sound good, whether you are recording from the radio, or a cd. I want one that has good sound quality, and that can pick up FM stations well. I want it to have a nice and simple cd player, not one that can do 100 things. Although, if I could be able to record from cd, to tape, then that would be nice. I'm not looking for something that's going to be real expensive, as I just couldn't afford that. But something around $100, on down, won't be too bad. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not looking to buy one online, because I want to be able to go and look at it, and listen to it if possible. Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated. Thank you, Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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tom ask your friend what the model number is. We might find it on ebay. Thanks. Ray Slaton At 03:06 PM 11/6/04 -0500, you wrote: >Gotta tell you; one of the best sounding bomb boxes I ever heard is a >Panasonic; the guy I work with in the band I'm working with has one; don't >know the model number. But man..does it ever sound good! It has two >microphones..so you can get that good stereo sound; only thing is..it may be >a bit big..and I don't know just how good the radio works in it. But I do >know that it records really well! >Tom Kaufman P.S. I would doubt that they even would make that oparticular >model anymore; the one he has is a few years old. > > >___ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
I thought that this discussion would have been deemed off topic, but since it is not so, I have a related question. I would like to buy a Radio Tuner or a tuner amplifier that I can connect to my Hi Fi system. I find the same problem with these units. They are digital displays. I would like to have a unit that has multiple buttons for pre sets and a 1 to 9 telephone dial style pad for input of frequencies. Multiple bands would be good too. P. At 09:07 PM 6/11/2004 +1100, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello! May I suggest that you take a look at the Panasonic RX-ED50. Now firstly, it doesnt' have an analog tuner but its very sensitive and every easy to operate, perfectly accessible for blind people. The sound is excellent as the units speakers are inclosed in their own cabinets, (by that I don't mean that the speakers are detachible). The unit is wider than it is high. The power of the unit is very good! at around 20 watts RMS per channel. I can give further details of this unit if you're interested. Its the best boom box (or "POWER BLASTER" as Panasonic prefers to call it) that I've ever seen and it consists of twin cassette decks, radio and CD player. At 04:39 PM 11/6/2004, you wrote: Hello everyone, Recently, my boombox took a fall, and in the fall the door to my CD player came off. And I can't get the tape deck to record from the radio anymore, though all other functions of the tape deck still work. So I am now trying to find a new one. I've looked at some at Wal-mart and Target, and I'm really not that happy with how most of them look, or how they are set up. I hate that everything is so digital now. I bought a Sony one, but I'm not that pleased with it and I'm planning to take it back. The cd player and tape deck are nice, though the tape deck is set up backward. But my main dislike with it, is that it's not the easiest thing to figure out. But also, the stations don't seem to come in that well. On my old analog boombox, which I got about 1997, or 1998, was wonderful. It picked up stations well, and it had good base to it. Although, over the years, it seemed to lose a bit of sound quality, and I noticed that the tape deck was starting to make a bit more noise than it used to. But other than that, it was great. I believe it was either made by Philips, or Magnavox. But I'm not real sure. I'd like a boombox that will work just as well. But I don't want one that uses menus, if possible. Nor do I want it to have a clock, as that's just useless. I'm looking for one that will have a good quality tape deck in it. One that will sound good, whether you are recording from the radio, or a cd. I want one that has good sound quality, and that can pick up FM stations well. I want it to have a nice and simple cd player, not one that can do 100 things. Although, if I could be able to record from cd, to tape, then that would be nice. I'm not looking for something that's going to be real expensive, as I just couldn't afford that. But something around $100, on down, won't be too bad. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not looking to buy one online, because I want to be able to go and look at it, and listen to it if possible. Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated. Thank you, Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 8.1 Comment: A Member Of The TFT BBS Digital Security Initiative iQA/AwUBQYyieClBPqY64aUBEQIohwCg4VRIVoRMEsGJ5gmcrNr2Z6DB/4kAnRok 06RwDegtxDclcR5nZCJQUwqE =UQMv -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
Does it have a microphone jack? Thanks, Nick - Original Message - From: "Sun Sparkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 8:43 PM Subject: Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes please tell us more about this unit can it play mp3 cds ? what is the price of this unit? where can you get this unit? - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 4:07 AM Subject: Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello! May I suggest that you take a look at the Panasonic RX-ED50. Now firstly, it doesnt' have an analog tuner but its very sensitive and every easy to operate, perfectly accessible for blind people. The sound is excellent as the units speakers are inclosed in their own cabinets, (by that I don't mean that the speakers are detachible). The unit is wider than it is high. The power of the unit is very good! at around 20 watts RMS per channel. I can give further details of this unit if you're interested. Its the best boom box (or "POWER BLASTER" as Panasonic prefers to call it) that I've ever seen and it consists of twin cassette decks, radio and CD player. At 04:39 PM 11/6/2004, you wrote: Hello everyone, Recently, my boombox took a fall, and in the fall the door to my CD player came off. And I can't get the tape deck to record from the radio anymore, though all other functions of the tape deck still work. So I am now trying to find a new one. I've looked at some at Wal-mart and Target, and I'm really not that happy with how most of them look, or how they are set up. I hate that everything is so digital now. I bought a Sony one, but I'm not that pleased with it and I'm planning to take it back. The cd player and tape deck are nice, though the tape deck is set up backward. But my main dislike with it, is that it's not the easiest thing to figure out. But also, the stations don't seem to come in that well. On my old analog boombox, which I got about 1997, or 1998, was wonderful. It picked up stations well, and it had good base to it. Although, over the years, it seemed to lose a bit of sound quality, and I noticed that the tape deck was starting to make a bit more noise than it used to. But other than that, it was great. I believe it was either made by Philips, or Magnavox. But I'm not real sure. I'd like a boombox that will work just as well. But I don't want one that uses menus, if possible. Nor do I want it to have a clock, as that's just useless. I'm looking for one that will have a good quality tape deck in it. One that will sound good, whether you are recording from the radio, or a cd. I want one that has good sound quality, and that can pick up FM stations well. I want it to have a nice and simple cd player, not one that can do 100 things. Although, if I could be able to record from cd, to tape, then that would be nice. I'm not looking for something that's going to be real expensive, as I just couldn't afford that. But something around $100, on down, won't be too bad. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not looking to buy one online, because I want to be able to go and look at it, and listen to it if possible. Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated. Thank you, Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 8.1 Comment: A Member Of The TFT BBS Digital Security Initiative iQA/AwUBQYyieClBPqY64aUBEQIohwCg4VRIVoRMEsGJ5gmcrNr2Z6DB/4kAnRok 06RwDegtxDclcR5nZCJQUwqE =UQMv -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
please tell us more about this unit can it play mp3 cds ? what is the price of this unit? where can you get this unit? - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 4:07 AM Subject: Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello! > > May I suggest that you take a look at the Panasonic RX-ED50. > > Now firstly, it doesnt' have an analog tuner but its very sensitive and every > easy to operate, perfectly accessible for blind people. > > The sound is excellent as the units speakers are inclosed in their own > cabinets, (by that I don't mean that the speakers are detachible). > > The unit is wider than it is high. > > The power of the unit is very good! at around 20 watts RMS per channel. > > I can give further details of this unit if you're interested. > > Its the best boom box (or "POWER BLASTER" as Panasonic prefers to call it) that > I've ever seen and it consists of twin cassette decks, radio and CD player. > > At 04:39 PM 11/6/2004, you wrote: > Hello everyone, > Recently, my boombox took a fall, and in the fall the door to my CD player > came off. And I can't get the tape deck to record from the radio anymore, > though all other functions of the tape deck still work. > So I am now trying to find a new one. > I've looked at some at Wal-mart and Target, and I'm really not that happy > with how most of them look, or how they are set up. I hate that everything > is so digital now. > I bought a Sony one, but I'm not that pleased with it and I'm planning to > take it back. > The cd player and tape deck are nice, though the tape deck is set up > backward. > But my main dislike with it, is that it's not the easiest thing to figure > out. > But also, the stations don't seem to come in that well. > On my old analog boombox, which I got about 1997, or 1998, was wonderful. > It picked up stations well, and it had good base to it. > Although, over the years, it seemed to lose a bit of sound quality, and I > noticed that the tape deck was starting to make a bit more noise than it > used to. > But other than that, it was great. > I believe it was either made by Philips, or Magnavox. But I'm not real > sure. > I'd like a boombox that will work just as well. But I don't want one that > uses menus, if possible. Nor do I want it to have a clock, as that's just > useless. > I'm looking for one that will have a good quality tape deck in it. One that > will sound good, whether you are recording from the radio, or a cd. > I want one that has good sound quality, and that can pick up FM stations > well. > I want it to have a nice and simple cd player, not one that can do 100 > things. Although, if I could be able to record from cd, to tape, then that > would be nice. > I'm not looking for something that's going to be real expensive, as I just > couldn't afford that. > But something around $100, on down, won't be too bad. > Does anyone have any suggestions? > I'm not looking to buy one online, because I want to be able to go and look > at it, and listen to it if possible. > Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated. > Thank you, > Terri > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: PGP 8.1 > Comment: A Member Of The TFT BBS Digital Security Initiative > > iQA/AwUBQYyieClBPqY64aUBEQIohwCg4VRIVoRMEsGJ5gmcrNr2Z6DB/4kAnRok > 06RwDegtxDclcR5nZCJQUwqE > =UQMv > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
Dear Terri, I can't help much when it comes to brand names, but it seems to me that analogue tuning is superior to digital, particularly when it comes to a.m. radio. I found a cassette deck, radio combination at a junk shop. It was made in the early 70s, and it doesn't record properly, but it picks up a.m. radio like you wouldn't believe. It cost $10, Canadian, and was worth it just for that. My sony stereo - digital - can't pick up an a.m. station to save its life. Cris Hall At 08:08 AM 06/11/2004, you wrote: Hello everyone, First of all, I'd like to say thank you for your thoughts so far, on this situation. Now I have a couple more questions. If I purchase a different boombox, than the Sony I bought, is it likely that I'll run into the same problem I have with this one? I want to be able to pick up NPR without getting that Christian station bleeding in. Like I said, I never had this problem with my analog boombox. Also, how exactly does digital tuning work? And how is it different from analog tuning? I was able to find two boomboxes on the Circuit City website, that use analog tuning. However, they are made by brands that I'm not familiar with. I don't want to buy one of them, to just have to replace it a few months later, because it wasn't that good. One was made by Nexxtech. And I believe the other one was made by ESA, but I'm not sure if I'm remembering that exactly right or not. Has anyone ever heard of either of these brands? If so, do you know how good their stuff is, or isn't? Thank you, Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
have you tried at Radio Shack? they claim they will fix any make or model. Doc Wright http://wrightplaceinc.net If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning start? - Original Message - From: "TerriStimmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 10:46 AM Subject: Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes Hello Greg and others, Thank you for the recommendations. I have looked at Target online, but not at the store. We have one out here though, so that would be a good place to look. And I doubt I would have ever thought of Big Lots. That would definitely be a good place to look as well. We have one of those out here. My Philips has pretty good sound to it. Though I think over the years the quality has dwindled a bit. I don't really know if that's even possible. But if not, then something has happened, because I can tell a difference. However, it's not awful sounding by any mean. I really wish there was a way to get this one repaired. But I know I'd have to probably send it out of state, in order for that to happen, if I could even find a place. And I imagine getting it repaired would cost just as much as replacing it would. Thanks again for the ideas. Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello! May I suggest that you take a look at the Panasonic RX-ED50. Now firstly, it doesnt' have an analog tuner but its very sensitive and every easy to operate, perfectly accessible for blind people. The sound is excellent as the units speakers are inclosed in their own cabinets, (by that I don't mean that the speakers are detachible). The unit is wider than it is high. The power of the unit is very good! at around 20 watts RMS per channel. I can give further details of this unit if you're interested. Its the best boom box (or "POWER BLASTER" as Panasonic prefers to call it) that I've ever seen and it consists of twin cassette decks, radio and CD player. At 04:39 PM 11/6/2004, you wrote: Hello everyone, Recently, my boombox took a fall, and in the fall the door to my CD player came off. And I can't get the tape deck to record from the radio anymore, though all other functions of the tape deck still work. So I am now trying to find a new one. I've looked at some at Wal-mart and Target, and I'm really not that happy with how most of them look, or how they are set up. I hate that everything is so digital now. I bought a Sony one, but I'm not that pleased with it and I'm planning to take it back. The cd player and tape deck are nice, though the tape deck is set up backward. But my main dislike with it, is that it's not the easiest thing to figure out. But also, the stations don't seem to come in that well. On my old analog boombox, which I got about 1997, or 1998, was wonderful. It picked up stations well, and it had good base to it. Although, over the years, it seemed to lose a bit of sound quality, and I noticed that the tape deck was starting to make a bit more noise than it used to. But other than that, it was great. I believe it was either made by Philips, or Magnavox. But I'm not real sure. I'd like a boombox that will work just as well. But I don't want one that uses menus, if possible. Nor do I want it to have a clock, as that's just useless. I'm looking for one that will have a good quality tape deck in it. One that will sound good, whether you are recording from the radio, or a cd. I want one that has good sound quality, and that can pick up FM stations well. I want it to have a nice and simple cd player, not one that can do 100 things. Although, if I could be able to record from cd, to tape, then that would be nice. I'm not looking for something that's going to be real expensive, as I just couldn't afford that. But something around $100, on down, won't be too bad. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not looking to buy one online, because I want to be able to go and look at it, and listen to it if possible. Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated. Thank you, Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 8.1 Comment: A Member Of The TFT BBS Digital Security Initiative iQA/AwUBQYyieClBPqY64aUBEQIohwCg4VRIVoRMEsGJ5gmcrNr2Z6DB/4kAnRok 06RwDegtxDclcR5nZCJQUwqE =UQMv -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
Gotta tell you; one of the best sounding bomb boxes I ever heard is a Panasonic; the guy I work with in the band I'm working with has one; don't know the model number. But man..does it ever sound good! It has two microphones..so you can get that good stereo sound; only thing is..it may be a bit big..and I don't know just how good the radio works in it. But I do know that it records really well! Tom Kaufman P.S. I would doubt that they even would make that oparticular model anymore; the one he has is a few years old. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I would recomend either another philips or a panasonic boom box. Speaking of which I am looking for a boom box with a hard drive in it and philips says they make one but I can't find any info does iriver make a docking station for their players or do I need to purchase one of the xp or sirius boom boxes just to have the aux jack? ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello Greg and others, Thank you for the recommendations. I have looked at Target online, but not at the store. We have one out here though, so that would be a good place to look. And I doubt I would have ever thought of Big Lots. That would definitely be a good place to look as well. We have one of those out here. My Philips has pretty good sound to it. Though I think over the years the quality has dwindled a bit. I don't really know if that's even possible. But if not, then something has happened, because I can tell a difference. However, it's not awful sounding by any mean. I really wish there was a way to get this one repaired. But I know I'd have to probably send it out of state, in order for that to happen, if I could even find a place. And I imagine getting it repaired would cost just as much as replacing it would. Thanks again for the ideas. Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi, Terri, You also might have luck at Big Lots/Odd Lots; while I haven't bought a boom box from these stores, I have seen them on shelves. Since I am also blind, I have looked at some with analog tuning and volume knobs. Target stores might be another shopping place to look. I found one of the best-sounding analog boom boxes at a garage sale. I am definitely familiar with the problem of finding either good assistance in the store, or a helpful companion who will find and describe products of interest. The only tough thing about the Big Lots/Odd Lots stores is that if you find something you like, you must purchase it right then because it may not be there the next day. Happy shopping! Greg Daniel At 10:08 AM 11/6/04 -0500, you wrote: Hello everyone, First of all, I'd like to say thank you for your thoughts so far, on this situation. Now I have a couple more questions. If I purchase a different boombox, than the Sony I bought, is it likely that I'll run into the same problem I have with this one? I want to be able to pick up NPR without getting that Christian station bleeding in. Like I said, I never had this problem with my analog boombox. Also, how exactly does digital tuning work? And how is it different from analog tuning? I was able to find two boomboxes on the Circuit City website, that use analog tuning. However, they are made by brands that I'm not familiar with. I don't want to buy one of them, to just have to replace it a few months later, because it wasn't that good. One was made by Nexxtech. And I believe the other one was made by ESA, but I'm not sure if I'm remembering that exactly right or not. Has anyone ever heard of either of these brands? If so, do you know how good their stuff is, or isn't? Thank you, Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
To add to what Mimi is saying here..it's also probably next to impossible to find a bomb box with a microphone built into it! We have a Magnavox..which doesn't do bad. But even it only has the one mic built in. So, for instance, if we use it to record the band that I work in, you'll just get a "mono" signal! Tom Kaufman ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Tom and list, Well, this analog one I have, which I believe is a Philips, has a microphone jack on it. I know that now days you cant hardly find boomboxes with those on them. I was really surprised to still find them with tape decks. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to. Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Digital is thought to be better because it allows the user to lock in more closely to the stations frequency. Analog the dial is turn by a string that is looped around a cog and the tuning knob. Thus, you get as close as you can. - Original Message - From: "TerriStimmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 8:08 AM Subject: Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes > Hello everyone, > First of all, I'd like to say thank you for your thoughts so far, on this > situation. > Now I have a couple more questions. > If I purchase a different boombox, than the Sony I bought, is it likely that > I'll run into the same problem I have with this one? > I want to be able to pick up NPR without getting that Christian station > bleeding in. Like I said, I never had this problem with my analog boombox. > Also, how exactly does digital tuning work? And how is it different from > analog tuning? > > I was able to find two boomboxes on the Circuit City website, that use > analog tuning. However, they are made by brands that I'm not familiar with. > I don't want to buy one of them, to just have to replace it a few months > later, because it wasn't that good. > One was made by Nexxtech. > And I believe the other one was made by ESA, but I'm not sure if I'm > remembering that exactly right or not. > Has anyone ever heard of either of these brands? If so, do you know how > good their stuff is, or isn't? > Thank you, > Terri > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello everyone, First of all, I'd like to say thank you for your thoughts so far, on this situation. Now I have a couple more questions. If I purchase a different boombox, than the Sony I bought, is it likely that I'll run into the same problem I have with this one? I want to be able to pick up NPR without getting that Christian station bleeding in. Like I said, I never had this problem with my analog boombox. Also, how exactly does digital tuning work? And how is it different from analog tuning? I was able to find two boomboxes on the Circuit City website, that use analog tuning. However, they are made by brands that I'm not familiar with. I don't want to buy one of them, to just have to replace it a few months later, because it wasn't that good. One was made by Nexxtech. And I believe the other one was made by ESA, but I'm not sure if I'm remembering that exactly right or not. Has anyone ever heard of either of these brands? If so, do you know how good their stuff is, or isn't? Thank you, Terri ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I do however like the Aiwa CADw-Series. It sounds great. Yes, just as digital as the rest, but the set up is...logical on my older CADW-537/539S. Thanks, Nick - Original Message - From: "mimi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 1:03 AM Subject: Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes Well, unfortunately, and I hate to tell you, it's getting very digital and less and less cassettes are on the shelves and so on. Too many boomboxes have menus now, and you cannot get away from that anymore. It's getting harder for us blind folks to find what we can use without menus and sighted help. Every boombox I have seen has a clock which, naturally, is inaccessible to blind people, and the menus are also. I'm afraid you won't be able to find what you really want so easily anymore. I don't know what else to suggest. Mimi ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Well, unfortunately, and I hate to tell you, it's getting very digital and less and less cassettes are on the shelves and so on. Too many boomboxes have menus now, and you cannot get away from that anymore. It's getting harder for us blind folks to find what we can use without menus and sighted help. Every boombox I have seen has a clock which, naturally, is inaccessible to blind people, and the menus are also. I'm afraid you won't be able to find what you really want so easily anymore. I don't know what else to suggest. Mimi ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need reccomendations on boomboxes
You might want to check out some of the good pawn shops in your area. - Original Message - From: "TerriStimmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 10:39 PM Subject: Need reccomendations on boomboxes > Hello everyone, > Recently, my boombox took a fall, and in the fall the door to my CD player > came off. And I can't get the tape deck to record from the radio anymore, > though all other functions of the tape deck still work. > So I am now trying to find a new one. > I've looked at some at Wal-mart and Target, and I'm really not that happy > with how most of them look, or how they are set up. I hate that everything > is so digital now. > I bought a Sony one, but I'm not that pleased with it and I'm planning to > take it back. > The cd player and tape deck are nice, though the tape deck is set up > backward. > But my main dislike with it, is that it's not the easiest thing to figure > out. > But also, the stations don't seem to come in that well. > On my old analog boombox, which I got about 1997, or 1998, was wonderful. > It picked up stations well, and it had good base to it. > Although, over the years, it seemed to lose a bit of sound quality, and I > noticed that the tape deck was starting to make a bit more noise than it > used to. > But other than that, it was great. > I believe it was either made by Philips, or Magnavox. But I'm not real > sure. > I'd like a boombox that will work just as well. But I don't want one that > uses menus, if possible. Nor do I want it to have a clock, as that's just > useless. > I'm looking for one that will have a good quality tape deck in it. One that > will sound good, whether you are recording from the radio, or a cd. > I want one that has good sound quality, and that can pick up FM stations > well. > I want it to have a nice and simple cd player, not one that can do 100 > things. Although, if I could be able to record from cd, to tape, then that > would be nice. > I'm not looking for something that's going to be real expensive, as I just > couldn't afford that. > But something around $100, on down, won't be too bad. > Does anyone have any suggestions? > I'm not looking to buy one online, because I want to be able to go and look > at it, and listen to it if possible. > Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated. > Thank you, > Terri > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
