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How Boomboxes Got So Badass
« on: January 15, 2014, 10:01:10 AM »
Interesting piece here ...

http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/culture_civilization/i_need_a_radio_inside_my.php

My Dad still has one that looks like this, although he never carried it 'round on his shoulder:



I still have one similar to the next shown, in black, a Sony, and it still works fine.

The last pic elicited a chuckle from me.
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Re: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2014, 11:15:03 AM »
I had a Hitachi like that JVC back in my squid days...it liked pumping out R&R!   ::bustamove::
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Re: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2014, 11:44:59 AM »
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Re: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2014, 01:07:58 PM »
Used to call 'em "Ghetto Blasters" when I was a kid. I had a few that were every bit as large-and-in-charge as the ones pictured.

My best one was black and sleek, and stylized futuristically with all kinds of angles and curves, giving a sort of Darth-Vaderish impression.
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Re: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2014, 07:42:10 PM »
As a kid I had a Panasonic that had a slide-out turntable made into it.  It wasn't really a boombox per se, but more of an early attempt at the compact all-in-one home stereo.  This was in the mid-80s.  I still have it somewhere.
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Re: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2014, 08:38:50 PM »
I have this one in my basement gym



& picked a few of these up @ Best Buy last year (not much in "design" - but plays ANY CD/CD-R & you can jack in your iPhone or iPad in the back to amplify sound)


These are nice, too (Goal Zero stereo w/ iPad/Smartphone jack speaker in wooden box)


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