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Portable Stereo Wooden Boom Box -Battery Powered Digital TV Weather station for harsh weather related power outages; Portable TV & Satellite Radio Dock With High End Audio Amplifier, and World's Best Speakers = Tang Band

Wooden Boom Box and Dock for a Sirius Satellite Radio, and an Envizen DVD/TV combo, with 7 inch screen in a "laptop" configuration.

African Padouk - a wonderful, and gorgeous mahogany like wood.

This is an ultra high end audio amplifier, with full range Tang Band speakers, capable of 40Hz to 20K Hz.

It is the only one of its kind in the entire world...I know I designed it from scratch. I envisioned this project while in agony recovering from a kidney cancer operation, and forced to lie flat on my back for 5 weeks - during the horrible winter of 2009-2010.

This project has required over $1,000 in materials and components...and , so far, 4 months of work day and night. Price...approx. $5700. Price will go up over time.

This will be entered in an Art Show, and will fetch serious offers. If interested , contact me soon.

P.S. added Nov 2010...I won 2nd place with this entry. It is an extraordinary example of both precision woodworking with exotic woods, and also an "Invention" , requiring electronic know how to assemble a permanent docking station for both the TV/DVD player, and the Satellite Radio. Only two switches ( quadruple pole, triple throw ) operates the system...either household 115VAC, or internal Lead Acid Battery, 7 amp hour, gel mat, non spillable rechargeable battery, custom made battery charger included, also in African Padouk.

There is a switch to disable internal audio sources, and apply audio from another device you maight have, like you iPod, etc. There is also a switch to enable Headphone operation.

Portable Home Entertainment Center

African Padouk - Danish Oil Rub - natural color

Control Panel for the Radio and TV

7 inch TV screen

These are photos of final assembly - not yet fully assembled

View of Back - There are compartments for the two antennas for Radio and TV-and one for the power cord also

Sample Photo 7

working out the problem of the 'Break Front" which will fold down and lock into position, and hold the TV/DVD/CD player

Very complex interconnections. Switches allow selection of either AC or DC; or Radio or TV, or speakers, or headphones

View of finished back - showing compartment doors for antennas and power cord. A custom designed battery charger is finsished, and will need a box in the same wood made...more photos when that is done.

Peonies from my yard, spring 2010