Boomboxes

[DecentMan4you]

Originally Posted by Quadra63

Doesn't anyone collect boomboxes?

I do

[ke4mcl]

i had a kickass jvc from the 80's that sounded amazing for a boombox. it had 20w per channel, am/fm/sw cassette, and a phono preamp. used it to provide music at my restop on a charity bikeride and then ebayed it.

later on a picked up a sony apm series (square speakers) and a sanyo thats decently made. still have some of the components from a jvc mini compo i carried in junior high. those where damn cool. take two speakers, bolt mounting plates to them, stack the components, clamp the handle and you have a jvc mini compo. it was a component system that "could" be portable.

"as my jvc vibrates the concrete!"

[ianj]

Ive still got mine from 1981; its a PYE (Philips) with Dolby B, soft touch electronic tape controls, led rec/playback meters, bass and treble, and , I suppose, about 7-8 watts a channel. I never use it.................................cost me a bloody fortune when it was new! ... ianj

[markdi]

oops

[PacificStereo]

Like everyone here, I've had a number of portables. The most notable are/were:

Pioneer RK-888 (still own this. I even have the tape displayed in the picture!)- Amazing cassette section, great sound and awesome tuner. One of the first portables with Type II recording ability.



Pioneer SK-71 (or 72, might have been a Pacific derivative product, I forget)- Awesome sounding, soft-touch control. These had a defect where playing source material with a fair amount of bass would get into the transport and cause audible intermodulation distortion. But still a sweet-sounding piece. Don't own this anymore.



Aiwa CS-880- Massive, was 400 bucks back in 1980! Passive radiator, amazing, deep bass, unbelievable sound. Soft-touch controls, one of the first metal-capable portables. Still own this.




Sony CFD-5- The first portable CD player boombox. APM speakers, great sound, nice full-logic deck. One of my all-time favorite portables. Still own this.



Oh, those were the days!

[markdi]

I have a very very minty sony cfd 5

2 sony cfs d7 boomboxes

my first boombox was one of those pioneer sk 71 boxes

if i remember right the pioneer had powered short piano keys for the tape transport controls

[DecentMan4you]

I Like carrying my JVC RC-550 on my shoulder

here is a pic of me and my JVC RC-550
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...=199417&page=2

[zenithfan1]

I just picked up a Sony CFD-5 the other day. I haven't decided what to do with it yet. I'll post a pic later.

[koseltri]

I've got a suggestion...

[ke4mcl]

Originally Posted by zenithfan1

I just picked up a Sony CFD-5 the other day. I haven't decided what to do with it yet. I'll post a pic later.

i have its lonely cassette only sibling sitting here...

arent those square speakers soooo 80's?

[zenithfan1]

Here's the pics, I haven't cleaned it yet.

[koseltri]

That looks like a decent Transoceanic behind it...oh, yeah, the Sony looks good too.

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by koseltri

That looks like a decent Transoceanic behind it...oh, yeah, the Sony looks good too.

It is, It's a 1947 8G005Y with a mint case and nothing is missing. I need to recap it, one went boom and took out a resistor. After the restore, it will be like new. I paid $28.00 on ebay! Most go way higher, must have been the exploded cap scaring off buyers.

[anden]

A boombox with incredible build quality is the Sony CF-580 from 1976. It's smaller then most of the units from the 1978-85 period at 16 inches wide by 12 tall, but it's built like a tank - with batteries it is 18 lbs. ! Everything about it says quality - all the materials are top shelf, brushed or polished aluminum trim, die- cast chromed or aluminum toggle switches. The design is conservative, no glitz or gimmicks here.

All of the early Sony's seem like they were designed to last forever.

[RobRoy]

Some boomboxes are better than others.


I call 'em Ghettoblasters but that name really would not apply here.