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Any boom box fans?

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Posted on September 18, 2016 at 20:59:54

Kingshead
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A recent purchase got me to wondering what portable radios others here might be listening to. So I started this thread for afficianatos to post pictures of their pride and joys.

My recent boom box purchase, a Panasonic RX-5080, and my holy grail National RX-7000

Martin

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Thank Heaven for earphones...

Smelly_Socks

11:22:31 09/19/16

RE: Thank Heaven for earphones...

Kingshead

11:25:12 09/19/16

I had a boom box with eight inch drivers

Awe-d-o-file

09:21:31 09/19/16

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Thank Heaven for earphones...

Smelly_Socks

11:22:31 09/19/16

RE: Thank Heaven for earphones...

Kingshead

11:25:12 09/19/16

I had a boom box with eight inch drivers

Awe-d-o-file

09:21:31 09/19/16

AbeCollins

08:34:35 09/19/16

supersonic BOOM box? nt

Smelly_Socks

11:24:49 09/19/16

RE: Any boom box fans?

Kingshead

02:58:29 09/19/16

I knew there were some good ones...

genungo

04:44:18 09/19/16

RE: I knew there were some good ones...

Kingshead

05:02:34 09/19/16

Dynasty DiscoLite........ [yt]

Todd Krieger

23:52:55 09/18/16

They were great for playing music while you got laid out in the woods

J.Mac

23:17:43 09/18/16

Either reminiscing, or the twisted plans of someone who must inform neighbors

Chip647

05:41:05 09/19/16

Some of the old "ghetto blasters" were pretty amazing

genungo

22:19:09 09/18/16

kavakidd

23:13:52 09/18/16

Some of the old "ghetto blasters" were pretty amazing, posted on September 18, 2016 at 22:19:09
genungo	I don't know about sound quality but by the early 1980's they surely reached their pinnacle of size and power. Some were so big that kids took to carting them around in stolen grocery carts.

And then, posted on September 18, 2016 at 23:13:52
kavakidd Audiophile Posts: 20316 Location: Upstate NY Joined: April 15, 2004	they sat next to them playing full blast on such places as bank steps. Just to piss everyone off. "Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain

They were great for playing music while you got laid out in the woods, posted on September 18, 2016 at 23:17:43
J.Mac Audiophile Posts: 3553 Location: Colorado Joined: November 6, 2002	What more could you ask for? You want to hear the utmost in detail while you're getting your knob gobbled by a babbling brook? Want to hear true piano and string tones while you're plowing a cutie in the shade of an oak tree on the banks of lake?

Dynasty DiscoLite........ [yt], posted on September 18, 2016 at 23:52:55

Todd Krieger
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If they only sounded better.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELXGolOnlJ0

RE: Any boom box fans?, posted on September 19, 2016 at 02:58:29
Kingshead Audiophile Posts: 574 Location: Florida Joined: September 14, 2016	Not all were created equally. Once feeling the weighted tuning knob on the RX-7000 this becomes clear. Martin

I knew there were some good ones..., posted on September 19, 2016 at 04:44:18

genungo

... but the few "good" ones were rare as hen's teeth.

My first real "stereo" was a medium-sized Sony boombox. It had good tone for a boombox (or so I thought), and so got me interested in listening to the real and better stuff later on in life. I suspect that many of us started out with table radios of one sort or another.

I suspect that boomboxes like the upscale RX-7000 were not "ghetto blasters". Probably used in sporting boats and fancy vacation cabins? So it's nice to hear that you're into the collectibles.

BTW, what did the RX-7000 cost back in the day?

RE: I knew there were some good ones..., posted on September 19, 2016 at 05:02:34

Kingshead
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Location: Florida
Joined: September 14, 2016

Didn't purchase it new, and as its Panasonic's Asian branch I'm not sure if it ever sold here. But from the info I've been able to obtain it was anywhere from $495 - $849, and pristine units now sell for $$$$$$$$. Mine is not pristine, needed a bit of work, but is fully functional now. The picture I posted was from the internet, not mine. It has inputs on the back for phono, aux, and a line out for a power amp, it's not your typical boom box, and why I'm reluctant to use it as a job site radio lol, hence my recent purchase of its smaller sibling, the RX-5080.

Martin

Either reminiscing, or the twisted plans of someone who must inform neighbors, posted on September 19, 2016 at 05:41:05
Chip647 Audiophile Posts: 2653 Location: The South Joined: December 24, 2012	if you are over 17, yikes.

Boom box fan, posted on September 19, 2016 at 08:34:35
AbeCollins Audiophile Posts: 46306 Location: USA Joined: June 22, 2001 Contributor Since: February 2, 2002

I had a boom box with eight inch drivers, posted on September 19, 2016 at 09:21:31

Awe-d-o-file
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In the 80's. The National is very cool. I am going to build one from one inch soild cherry, very excellent six in driver with soft dome and third order w/Zoebel crossover. I plan to power it with a class d with built in Bluetooth receiver and aux in, no tuner.

ET

"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

Thank Heaven for earphones... , posted on September 19, 2016 at 11:22:31
Smelly_Socks	I think there are far fewer murders due to earphone use than boomboxes. Just my opinion. LOL

supersonic BOOM box? nt, posted on September 19, 2016 at 11:24:49
Smelly_Socks	.

RE: Thank Heaven for earphones... , posted on September 19, 2016 at 11:25:12
Kingshead Audiophile Posts: 574 Location: Florida Joined: September 14, 2016	BWAAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Although, I have to say the sound of most ear buds make me want to kill something.

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