Is this the $10,000 Sony?

[fujifrontier]

grrrrr

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by jpdylon

h o l y __ s h i t

that could be the one. Where's Charles? He could sure nuf shed some light on inquiring minds.

YES! That is the KV-3000R, which is the $10K set from 1981. I cannot believe it's free, and I pray that someone gets it who knows what it is. I just don't have space & time, or I'd go up and get it (if still there). It weighs 510 pounds! The cabinet is actually Tamo Ash wood, and that one looks very nice. There should also be a matching cabinet for VCR and stereo. Not in photo, but should ask.

The eBay one last year went to Tom Ryan in San Diego.

Charles

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by rca2000

But one or 2 people could probably "teeter totter" one end of it into a minivan or truck, couldn't they, and then shove it the rest of the way in?

While it's a big job, you can pull the chassis out complete with CRT. It's on roller bearings, and rolls into the cabinet from the back. 6 12mm nuts hold the front of the chassis to the cabinet, and a few more large bolts hold the bottom rear. You have to cut and resolder the wires that go to the motorized door safety sensors.

One more moving tip: The veneer on the base is very easy to rip off. So much so, that there's a spare piece of Tamo veneer in a bag on the back of the set.

Charles

[colorfixer]

Do you think that Scotty at Hawkeye could rebuild the tube from one of these monsters?

[kx250rider]

It's an 820DB22 if anyone wants to call & ask about rebuilding. I have one that's fair-OK in a CVM3000 monitor. I've seen one that was very weak, but most of them are OK. Last time I checked, Andrews had it in stock for $1,672...

I've been eMailing the owner of this set, and it's REALLY tempting to run up there and get it. I've done that drive roundtrip in one day on a few occasions. It's about 380 miles.

Isn't anyone else down here interested??? PLEASE end my temptation!!!!!!!!The seller says he'll deliver it to LA after Christmas for the cost of a rental truck and gas/Diesel.

Charles

[Sandy G]

I'd about give my eyeteeth for it, but getting it to NE Tennessee in anything resembling intact would be a miracle on the order of the loaves 'n' fishes, & could bankrupt Jay Gould besides...

[andy]

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[fujifrontier]

apparently not

[kx250rider]

I got the ad printed, but I don't want to post the # out of respect for the owner. The owner's name is Chimere, eMail is [email protected] . Evidently the set was still up for grabs as of Tuesday morning, but an eMail I sent last night is still out.

Charles

[kx250rider]

What the heck is all the weird blue gobblety-gook text with HTML code that showed up below my last post??? Hope it isn't another hijack of the AK site!

Charles

[captainmoody]

I found this picture of my Sony that never made it into the house, it stayed in my van until it sold on ebay a month later!

[kx250rider]

Still no reply to last week's eMail... Guess it's gone. Hopefully not to the dump!

Charles