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Lloyd 1985 · 17th Apr 2021, 5:38 pm

I’ve got several old 80’s ghetto blasters, mostly the Sony FH series ones, and they get a fair bit of use! I certainly didn’t pay 100’s for any of them either, the highest price I think was about £60, and I have seen the current prices in the £100’s too! The closest thing towards modernising any of them has been to fit LED’s in place of the backlight bulbs on the displays when they fail, although I was tempted to try fitting a Bluetooth board in one, it’d have to be a buttonless one though, as I don’t want to make holes for it.

Regards
Lloyd

17th Apr 2021, 5:38 pm	#37
Lloyd 1985 Nonode Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coningsby, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 2,819	Re: Your thoughts on modernising old tech? I’ve got several old 80’s ghetto blasters, mostly the Sony FH series ones, and they get a fair bit of use! I certainly didn’t pay 100’s for any of them either, the highest price I think was about £60, and I have seen the current prices in the £100’s too! The closest thing towards modernising any of them has been to fit LED’s in place of the backlight bulbs on the displays when they fail, although I was tempted to try fitting a Bluetooth board in one, it’d have to be a buttonless one though, as I don’t want to make holes for it. Regards Lloyd