How much are they asking? Shouldn't be any more than $150. Or you could do it yourself. Those speaker surrounds are just generic foam rings that can be purchased from many places. Same with the belts on the tape deck. if you join the Boomboxery forum, they can explain how to do it.

Well, I've only had a very rough cost emailed to me and that is before the unit has been seen and examined. I live in the UK (London) and the sum quoted was about £620.00p (presumably minus VAT at 20%), so nearer £750.00p. But it could be a whole heap less if the work doesn't entail a complete rebuild of the tape deck. Some of the electronics weren't working as far as I can remember.

Hmm well I'm in the US, but there are plenty of UK members on Boomboxery who could help you if needed.

Thank you very much indeed for the advice. I'll certainly check that out. I am a little short of cash these days, so if I could get it repaired at a better price, then I would be very pleased. The CS-880 is a superb piece of kit which deserves to be used and enjoyed. Thanks again for your advice and interest. With all good wishes. Peter A

Affect the repairs yourself, That quote issued is preposterous and possible worked on how vain a person you are. Like 80s boombox said, there are forums who would be happy to share their knowledge. AH, just looked at date time stamp, hope you got it sorted sir.

That was a good radio for a kid. Whatever you paid for it would cost more than 3 times as much today, after inflation.

And if it was still in good shape, you could get $500+ for it on Ebay

The cassette decks in these earlier boomboxes were so much more superior to the later 90's ones due to them having dolby nr, manual record levels and multiple tape type compatibilies.

jojomascalero Already been sold, sorry!!

Oh no! profound sadness.

Same for me, my Sister mixed with some dodgy people....I loved my Aiwa unit with record player attached, it even had a laser that read the tracks

can i buy one from you?

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Especially since most of them are limited to lossy formats

@@80s_Boombox_Collector Yeah theres something wonderful about analogue cassette. The fun making up your own cassettes. Of ONLY the songs you REALLY like. And then slotting it into a great boombox with hands on features. And watching it go round. MOVING PARTS. And warmth. All thats been lost with BLUETOOTH. And mono speakers. Everything is throwaway today.

I'd say there's a lot more better sounding options in much smaller packages these days. Also this boombox is considerably better sounding than most 80's ghetto blasters. Though you still have to spend a good bit to get something good today as there is a huge sea of cheap small bluetooth speakers. A good portable speaker this size today would be superior as would be some smaller units. dsp and driver design in anything that isn't cheap junk has come a long way since then.

@@basslover352 Dude. Have you heard about that company in California called diamondboxx? Their new generation L3 is coming out in a few weeks! Nothing on earth comes close to the build quality, power bass and clear detailed sound. Why doesn't anyone mention this boombox company?

+Pcorf Creations Yes that's correct, the speaker compartment is sealed, no vents on the back.

Les TPR's étaient de la plus haute qualité. Ce CS-880 a plus de basses, mais ça ne sonne pas aussi clair qu'un TPRs.

..oui c'est vrai, le passif central du 880 reste un peu flottant à volume élevé, mal tenu, mais c'était une bonne idée quand même et à volume raisonnable c'est très agréable. Le TPR 990 est un peu plus accompli dans l'ensemble avec surtout une qualité de tuner remarquable et une bande passante avec cassette métal approchant celle des meilleures platines cassettes de la marque. le seul tout petit reproche, le ronronnement du transfo perceptible à bas volume. Le 930 reste 'mon 'chouchou pour un détail': l'éclairage possible de la partie radio!

Un vrai passif aurait une suspension derrière elle. Comme l'araignée/printemps derrière un haut-parleur actif.

Yeah I was surprised too, but the service manual is dated 5/81.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector , I was 14 in 1981...got my first ghetto blaster in 82 just in time for the Break Dancin craze. ;p

@@rcfanaticdublin That's cool, I missed out on that stuff

@@80s_Boombox_Collector , Aww thank's...actualy it was more sad and painfull looking back. I lost count of the time's i smacked my face trying to do the worm or gave my self an injury while flailing about like an injured insect. Haaa...I just realised the reason we used the flattend cardboard...and don't get me started on the whole pop and lock thing.

***** You mean the POS whose battery only lasts an hour? LOL

anditslikethat exactly where a third-party battery comes in. Mine has a third party one that rates itself at 1300mAh (probably impossible for the size) but it's been holding just fine over the past 4 years I've had it. my second 3rd-gen recently gave up and quit on me totally, so there's that battery... which only lasts an hour. so yeah, I guess so. (reminds me that I have to see if Rockbox's battery meter has gotten any better since 4 years ago... it's been a while.) but the battery replacement in those is extremely straightforward. if you ever deem it worth doing, a replacement is less than 10 bucks... in fact, I think it's like 6 bucks for a cheapo battery with an at least 1100mAh rating.

***** Yeah, I know, I just like to make fun of Apple for their battery issues....and how they deliberately try to make replacement difficult

anditslikethat which in this case, is not the issue. no soldering needed, the battery has a proper connector... it's beautiful and exactly how it should be done in all electronics.

Thrift store? You will lucky to find this ANYWHERE. In this kind of condition. Its a great BOX. But hard to find all working. For under £800

+Plumberman Jones Nope it's gone, sorry!

Ha ha it was only 2 seconds

LOL, I was selling it at the time, so I wanted to show that everything worked.

Unfortunately I forgot. Some rap instrumental from the 90s or 00s.

Has no style

No style? The aiwa exos 9 is awesome.

Sounds awesome, yes. Looks awesome, no.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector Not unless you take the grille off.

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