I blame this thread (and
this one) for giving me the impetus to buy this:
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Spotted it for sale in a booth at a local antiques mall a month or so back, priced at $49, and kinda chuckled at it. Then saw this thread, and started giving it more thought. Seeing the other thread intrigued me further, and when I saw that it'd been discounted by 30%, I finally threw up my hands and bought it after some testing. It seems to be intact, and even came with two L-shaped rubber shims still installed under the shipping screws. The volume control is scratchy, but the unit seems to work OK otherwise.
To the OP, what's the rating of the original wall-wart power supply which comes with the CR89? Mine came with a "KPTEC" brand wall-wart rated for 9VDC@1.1A, but the plate with the power connector says "DC 12V", which makes me wonder. Also, I get some hum in the audio, which I'm guessing is due to the switch-mode nature of this wall-wart, so I'm gonna look for a linear wall-wart to use instead, and want to make sure I get one which can supply enough current.
-Adam