Car Stereo from 80 to 00, my little collection and show your

[Spudgun]

I have this sat in a cupboard waiting for the day it goes in my SD1.



Judging by very little info on the web except for Japanese( I think) and the fact it has an FM convertor attached to it appears to be an import.

It will be taking the place of this to give a little more power etc. (Excuse the dust/webs it had been laid up for 20 years)

[thomfr]

Tested some of my old stuff tonight:
Sony is playing tapes perfectly (had no antenna on hand to fit)




Blaupunkt equilizer amplifier shows lights and response to buttons but I had no headunit available and a din cable to test it totally. (found out via the web that it cost over 500,- new...).



Always nice playing around with this old stuff. Must make a demo cabinet next winter sometime to show them all nicely and under power.

Thom

[fredje8v]

Unfortunately I'm selling this one because of the usa frequencies.
It is advertised in the for sale section

[droopsnoot]

May 22, 2020 22:12:39 GMT darrenh said:

yeeeeaaaaah budddy, in 1989 this is what you got in a base model astra, 4 pre-set AM only radio.

which is actually luxury, because before jan 1989 the base model just had a blanking plate in the hole...

We used to have two company vans with those stereos in them.

[HmmDK]

Spent ages looking for this Pioneer KEH-9300. Finally I got lucky on eBay.

[thomfr]

Although originally ridiculously expensive I also like old OEM radio's.
Like this Volvo one of a 240



Thom

[hoopsontoast]

My old TR7 and Acclaim came with this beast

[Ben Harris]

Aug 22, 2020 12:21:32 GMT HmmDK said:

Spent ages looking for this Pioneer KEH-9300. Finally I got lucky on eBay.

I picked one of these up from Facebook Marketplace a few weeks back. Not quite sure what I'm going to do with it yet - was thinking I'd put it '91 MX5 but I believe it's from 1983/84 so it might be better suited to something a bit older...

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

Jan 15, 2021 15:04:31 GMT Ben Harris said:

Aug 22, 2020 12:21:32 GMT HmmDK said:

Spent ages looking for this Pioneer KEH-9300. Finally I got lucky on eBay.

I picked one of these up from Facebook Marketplace a few weeks back. Not quite sure what I'm going to do with it yet - was thinking I'd put it '91 MX5 but I believe it's from 1983/84 so it might be better suited to something a bit older...

Just checked the Summer 1984 incar car Audio magazine that someone on here posted to me a few years ago and there’s a little review for you...

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

Aug 21, 2020 7:42:28 GMT fredje8v said:

Unfortunately I'm selling this one because of the usa frequencies.
It is advertised in the for sale section

Not sure if this sold last summer but could suit your Mazda needs rich ?

[Ben Harris]

Jan 15, 2021 15:25:08 GMT fr€$h&m1nt¥ said:

Just checked the Summer 1984 incar car Audio magazine that someone on here posted to me a few years ago and there’s a little review for you...

Very interesting to read - thanks! :-) The wiring on mine has been butchered (in that way that lots of pre-ISO connectors used to be) and it doesn't have the "black box" on the loom that is mentioned in that article any more. From the wiring diagram in the manual it looks like it didn't do much anyway and I'm hoping it was just a way of keeping the wires together, unless anyone else knows otherwise? I haven't hooked it up to any speakers yet though - just a 12v power supply to confirm that it powers on - which it does.

Random thought... I much prefer Pioneer's original logo to the one they use now.

[fredje8v]

Jan 15, 2021 15:26:09 GMT fr€$h&m1nt¥ said:

Aug 21, 2020 7:42:28 GMT fredje8v said:

Unfortunately I'm selling this one because of the usa frequencies.
It is advertised in the for sale section

Not sure if this sold last summer but could suit your Mazda needs rich ?

Yep, sorry, it is already s old

[ChasR]

I do have quite a collection of audio.

It's most 00s based mind you.

I'll have to dig some pics up.

Here is something I had a while back:

This might be late 90s. A Phase Linear Monoblock




Some Dynaudio 240GTs. If someone has 6.5" midbass drivers for these, let me know.







An Alpine 9887R, complete with the BT400 Bluetooth box. Here it is fitted into my now sold E36 323i and 944 Turbo.







I'll have to dig up shots of my Phase Linear Aliante sub and Genesis amps.

[Rich]

Jan 15, 2021 15:26:09 GMT fr€$h&m1nt¥ said:

Aug 21, 2020 7:42:28 GMT fredje8v said:

Unfortunately I'm selling this one because of the usa frequencies.
It is advertised in the for sale section

Not sure if this sold last summer but could suit your Mazda needs rich ?

Saw it, loved it, realised I'd missed out on it

[HmmDK]

Jan 15, 2021 15:04:31 GMT Ben Harris said:

Aug 22, 2020 12:21:32 GMT HmmDK said:

Spent ages looking for this Pioneer KEH-9300. Finally I got lucky on eBay.

I picked one of these up from Facebook Marketplace a few weeks back. Not quite sure what I'm going to do with it yet - was thinking I'd put it '91 MX5 but I believe it's from 1983/84 so it might be better suited to something a bit older...

That looks like quite the lucky find. is it new? These things cost a fortune these days. unfortunetly, my casette player didnt work...

[vulgalour]

Destined for the Lanchester is this Ekco CR32 from 1947.


You can remove the front plate to access the presets. MW/LW only, and 6 preset stations available.


Pre-transistor so it's valves inside instead.


It is substantial. I've not powered it up yet, it's in the project queue so has only received a clean so far and a cursory inspection which has revealed very little of concern besides a fair number of wax capacitors that need replacing. Best of all, it came from this very forum.

[generallee]

With the front off it wouldn't look out of place in a WW2 tank!

[vulgalour]

It's about the same size and weight.

[af1]

I bought these as a job lot at the beginning of the year.
Not done anything with them yet though

[pseudonymous]

Apr 3, 2021 20:05:33 GMT af1 said:

I worked in a car audio place in the 90s and we sold oodles of those Sony head unit/changer packages. Most people wanted the Alpine equivalent but couldn't justify the cost.