These were built during the mid- to late 1990s, and sold for $550.00 . Featuring 60 watts RMS per channel, at 8 ohms from 20Hz to 20KHz , with .09% THD. Or L R and middle channels at 50 watts RMS .3% THD in surround mode.
Next, I bought a Harman Kardon FL 8350, a 5 Cd changer for $40 total. It was broken, did not read disks.
While looking at it, I found the deck would read CDs when a flashlight was shining on them. I rigged up a flashlight battery in the place of the sensor, and a wire out the back of the deck. there, I 'manually' hooked up a 9 volt battery when i wanted it to see/play a CD. sounds crazy, but it worked !
The FL 8350 was amazing - I had girls jumping up and down on the floor right next to it,and it never missed a beat!
Sound was incredible, too.
Not long after, I bought a Harman Kardon TD 420 tape deck on eBay for around $40.00 total.
Something was broken, like the auction said, Needs Serviced.The power light was yellow instead of green.
This is a drawer loading cassette deck, and it really cuts down on the 'wow' and 'flutter' of traditional decks.
I discovered that the mechanism would try to engage a tape. If no tape was in, it would jam. So, simple: leave a tape in it at all times. Problem solved ! Talk about lucky.
This is an actual picture from 2002, including my cable box, Optimus 10 band EQ, and a Technics SL-DD2 turntable.
You can plainly see the wire and battery for the CD deck ! After about 5 years, the CD player finally would not open. Never could get another one like it at a price that I wanted to pay.
Continue on to my sixth stereo .....HK 3380z
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