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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:16:44 PM EDT
This guy who just walked past my place is bringing them back! Definitely less bulky than the stereos of the past.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:23:13 PM EDT
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There was a point in my life the only thing I wanted was a duel cassette deck boom box. Never could save the $45 lawn mowing money to buy one.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:24:43 PM EDT
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I saw one yesterday. Guy was walking out by the lake carrying up on his shoulder.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:24:52 PM EDT
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Yep. Class of '84 here. From the boombox generation.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:25:53 PM EDT
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Saw one on the curb waiting for the trash man. Freaked out about it for a moment.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:26:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I saw one yesterday. Guy was walking out by the lake carrying up on his shoulder.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:26:51 PM EDT
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I still have one in my reloading room.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:27:36 PM EDT
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Good way to stash a gun.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:27:46 PM EDT
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Who still has one in the basement?
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:29:24 PM EDT
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I'm not gonna lie, I'm kind of curious what he had. I'm guessing it's some modern bluetooth streaming speaker or something like that.
I could actually use something portable size like that when I go stay at my buddies place and dog sit. |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:30:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good way to stash a gun. The sling style fanny pack method is the go to around here for those who don't use a proper belt and holster. |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:31:05 PM EDT
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There’s an exhibit in the American History Museum that details the history of the boom box. It’s pretty interesting.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:31:36 PM EDT
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I brought one back from the electronics store held onto the sissy bar of my motorcycle with bungee straps in 1986. I had that thing for maybe a decade. It had two tale cassette decks but I don't think it could play CDs. It had little bars like an equalizer on it. I moved them around some times, not sure they were hooked to anything
Edit I saw a guy walk out of a Burger King a few years ago with a Blue tooth speaker on his belt blasting music, along with a k bar. What a badass. |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:33:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There’s an exhibit in the American History Museum that details the history of the boom box. It’s pretty interesting. I'd like to see that. |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:33:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:34:37 PM EDT
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They make terrible armor.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:35:15 PM EDT
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Still have mine - it still plays (1984 vintage).
That said, times have changed and I bet an Amazon Echo dot sounds better. Been researching a radio sound system. Lots of effort to sound better than an Echo dot. Echo dot on sale was $30. New sound system is going to be about $1200. It really hope it sounds better. Tired of hearing a neighbors karaoke machine. |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:38:00 PM EDT
[#17]
 Do the Right Thing (7/10) Movie CLIP - 20 "D" Batteries (1989) HD |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:38:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good way to stash a gun. Not anymore! The classics in good condition are worth $$ so that and the gun would get jacked. Also the blacks guys in the hood have replaced them with a cell phon on speaker or a Bluetooth speaker on full blast. |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:38:38 PM EDT
[#19]
i member
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:40:28 PM EDT
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 Boombox (ft. Julian Casablancas) |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:40:58 PM EDT
[#21]
They were the shit back in the day.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:41:09 PM EDT
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Still have mine from 40 years ago. Detachable speakers, dual cassette, EQ, Carry handle.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:41:31 PM EDT
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Hell yah I remember them. But these days, why? Who wants to pay the "D" cell tax, when you could get a smaller, more powerful rechargeable B.T. noisemaker?
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:41:37 PM EDT
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Wish I could find a new one for my garage. Unfortunately, if anyone sold one these days it’d probably be Chinese junk.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:41:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good way to stash a gun. |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:42:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep. Class of '84 here. From the boombox generation.  I never had one of the ginormous ones but several of the single cassette ones and still have a CD one on the garage
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:44:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hell yah I remember them. But these days, why? Who wants to pay the "D" cell tax, when you could get a smaller, more powerful rechargeable B.T. noisemaker? No kidding, 13lbs and $37 later... |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:44:54 PM EDT
[#28]
 Robin Williams wes says from survivors |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:45:42 PM EDT
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Boom box? Hell I’ve owned eight tracks. My first car only had an AM radio. God damn kids.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:46:51 PM EDT
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Quoted: This guy who just walked past my place is bringing them back! Definitely less bulky than the stereos of the past. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/726274751512707156/1120521987127779350/20230619_201351.jpg?width=330&height=586 That looks like the G-Boom Bluetooth speaker boom box i have. Good sounding unit. Was a clearance deal at Walmart.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:48:18 PM EDT
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 I made a small fortune repairing them on the USS Midway while it was home ported in Japan and visited Asia, Australia, and the Persian Gulf. The 1980s was pre-universal 110-240V 50/60 Hz power supplies.  Many a guy from the ship brought his boombox out into town and plugged them in - sometimes even stripping the wires bare because they didn't fit the (zappp!) outlet. The better ones had a protection circuit that would pop, some had fuses, but it was all profit to me. I went to Akiharba in Tokyo and and I'd find the places that sold the chips in bins for less than a $1. Fifteen minutes with a screw driver, $1 worth of parts, and solder pencil was $20 for me. Some of the guys had the monster ones with 8" woofers and horn tweeters, lots of lights, and dual decks. We called those ethic projection devices because you could tell who was coming a block before they got there by the type of music that preceded them! 
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:48:54 PM EDT
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They are back in fashion the kids next door have one with blue tooth, sd card with rechargeable battery.
retro boom box |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:49:55 PM EDT
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I have one on the porch right now.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:50:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Still have mine - it still plays (1984 vintage). That said, times have changed and I bet an Amazon Echo dot sounds better. Been researching a radio sound system. Lots of effort to sound better than an Echo dot. Echo dot on sale was $30. New sound system is going to be about $1200. It really hope it sounds better. Tired of hearing a neighbors karaoke machine. I had a pair of the Studio speakers that rocked. They were $600 and could listen in on you.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:50:49 PM EDT
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The hot ones were the ones that had RCA jacks. You could jack your Discman in
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:50:53 PM EDT
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Quoted: This guy who just walked past my place is bringing them back! Definitely less bulky than the stereos of the past. Atleast 1/4 the size... |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:51:23 PM EDT
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I had been begging for one in grade school.
My birthday was coming up and my parents said ok. They took me to Hills, and bought some crappy single speaker cheap thing that I couldn't show anyone. Couple years later, by older neighbor is joining the Navy and getting rid of stuff and sold me his for something like $80. It was huge and amazingly loud. I think it took 8 or 12 D batteries. That may have been the only time I was "cool". Probably not even then.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:51:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good way to stash a gun. You just elevated to super genius on my arf_rating_list. |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:51:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That looks like the G-Boom Bluetooth speaker boom box i have. Good sounding unit. Was a clearance deal at Walmart. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/382442/81st_FqKAyL__AC_UF894_1000_QL80__jpg-2857528.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/382442/c0ae3d14a1a364742ce2d76a8bfffaf9--php_jp-2857535.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: This guy who just walked past my place is bringing them back! Definitely less bulky than the stereos of the past. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/726274751512707156/1120521987127779350/20230619_201351.jpg?width=330&height=586 That looks like the G-Boom Bluetooth speaker boom box i have. Good sounding unit. Was a clearance deal at Walmart. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/382442/81st_FqKAyL__AC_UF894_1000_QL80__jpg-2857528.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/382442/c0ae3d14a1a364742ce2d76a8bfffaf9--php_jp-2857535.JPG Holy shit, that looks about right. |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:52:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do they have eyelash makeup on?... |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:52:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:53:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:54:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's an exhibit in the American History Museum that details the history of the boom box. It's pretty interesting. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/548369/IMG_0289_jpeg-2857503.JPG |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:56:10 PM EDT
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Everybody had a dual cassette, equalizer and max bass button one in the 80s,
shit I've got a Bluetooth boom box now |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:56:19 PM EDT
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Yup. Got it in 1981-ish.
Panasonic RX-5150 
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:57:06 PM EDT
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I'm sorry, that you don't understand, but I need a radio inside my hand!
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:57:49 PM EDT
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Absolutely!
 Yeah chick flick from 80's but funny none the less. We had a asian friend named Eric. We called him Donger.... |
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Posted: 6/19/2023 9:59:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/19/2023 10:00:01 PM EDT
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Skating down the street with a boombox blasting Paul's Boutique circa 1993.. ya, I 'member.
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Posted: 6/19/2023 10:04:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistorySaw the thread and came here to post this. |
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