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Topics => Science, Technology, & Medicine => Topic started by: Pandora on January 15, 2014, 10:01:10 AM

Title: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
Post by: Pandora 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 (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:

(http://americandigest.org/real_boomboxes_of_richard_culbertson.jpg)

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.
Title: Re: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
Post by: Libertas 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::
Title: Re: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
Post by: Alphabet Soup on January 15, 2014, 11:44:59 AM
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Third world briefcase.

 ::laughonfloor::
Title: Re: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
Post by: IronDioPriest 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.
Title: Re: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
Post by: Glock32 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.
Title: Re: How Boomboxes Got So Badass
Post by: Pablo de Fleurs on January 15, 2014, 08:38:50 PM
I have this one in my basement gym

(http://ak1.ostkcdn.com/images/products/P401640.jpg)

& 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)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzAwWDMwMA==/z/a7kAAOxyOlhSskFf/$_35.JPG)

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

(http://www.mybatteryplace.com/26319-thickbox/goal-zero-rockout-speakers-choose-color.jpg)