Most of the boomboxes I've seen or have owned are gray or black in color. What other color have you seen a boombox? I have a beautiful mint condition red Panasonic RX-C52L. I've seen other red boomboxes, a few yellow mini boxes, and one green Panasonic RX-C50. What ones have you seen?
Plus, I once scored a Victor PC-55, a white one, also JDM. Due to its age it's now rather ivory-coloured but very nice IMO..
i have a few red boomers including the 52, gx300 rx c52 rx c39 akai pj 35 there are quite a few but lots of them are mickey mouse would love a red pc55 and red sony fh have 2 white panasonic the one in my av
@Radio Raheem PLEASE post some photos!!!!!! Nothing beats "audio-porn" (not my term, just a thread I follow at Linn chatroom, the only "porn" I can relate to!) I follow my dad's wisdom that if you want to get it right, u have to DIY: my Sencor repainted in my fav Red is all over my posts here. Not repainting my Philips "Elephant", it looks so hi-end in Black:
I feel like the boxes that weren't black or gray were meant as a limited edition before that was popular. They seem to be much rarer and difficult to find. A lot of these came out when plastics were still finding their way and I wonder if they didn't hold up as well and faded and cracked easier over time.
I agree with the first point but disagree with the second (although will admit white has some long term problems). I think it was all down to fashion. In the early 1970s there were some really "groovy" colours used for plastic things like record players. I have one of these which went for the Transparent look twenty five years before the first Imac https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=philips+303+ufo+record+player&tbm=isch&imgil=1QkUm04IgaAPOM%3A%3BZw798FExFYzfQM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.retrotogo.com%252F2016%252F01%252Febay-watch-restored-1970s-patrice-dupont-designed-philips-303-ufo-record-player.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=1QkUm04IgaAPOM%3A%2CZw798FExFYzfQM%2C_&usg=__3Q88eePxkLK_zI2g0GlxktVlfio=&biw=1188&bih=565&dpr=1.15&ved=0ahUKEwiNrrrSsMzWAhXKKFAKHUovAJsQyjcIPA&ei=0EbPWY2GLcrRwALK3oDYCQ#imgrc=1QkUm04IgaAPOM:&spf=1506756734587 and there is no problem with the plastic Other examples of "funky" colours are the orange JVC videospheres https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/546...MI8YrLnLHM1gIVwzLTCh2CXghhEAQYAiABEgL03fD_BwE and Panasonic Panapets https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=panasonic+panapet&tbm=isch&imgil=sbOprCkXmVKpWM%3A%3Bjh1NnINljgPP5M%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fcommons.wikimedia.org%252Fwiki%252FFile%253AA_Shelf_Full_of_Vintage_Panasonic_Panapet_70_Ball%25252527n_Chain_Radios%252C_Model_R-70%252C_4-3-8_inches_in_Diameter%252C_Made_in_Japan_(9790976194).jpg&source=iu&pf=m&fir=sbOprCkXmVKpWM%3A%2Cjh1NnINljgPP5M%2C_&usg=__IEIP3k2gAO4y8Aun0eByKayn6dA=&biw=1188&bih=565&ved=0ahUKEwjw9cnOsczWAhXOa1AKHQ3zD6YQyjcISA&ei=1UfPWbC3As7XwQKN5r-wCg#imgrc=sbOprCkXmVKpWM:&spf=1506757001675 However, by the time Boomboxes were becoming popular I guess these products were looking like dated toys and the manufacturers wanted to make products that looked much more serious - hence silver or black. A manufacturer which sometimes went against that trend was Sharp with their QT range although I suspect they were marketed at girls. https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw...1859...0j0i67k1j0i30k1j0i5i30k1.0.Cw5Nm57vqFY My sister bought one as soon as they went on the market. Fashion for colours change as much as clothes. My first two cars were both Fords made in the 1970s. The first was in "Modena" best described as Pea Green. The second was "Tuscan Beige" which was the colour of plain corrugated cardboard. I doubt if any cars with colours close to those have been sold new this century (at least in the UK). Something I have wondered is if there was ever a Woodgrain finish boombox. Hugely popular in the 1970s (e.g. Atari 2600) that was another look that went out of fashion.
@Longman +1!!! 20 years ago, when I walked into ProMusica store in Chicago it was primarily because of me searching for Harman/Kardon CD player with a transparent lid! It was the looks, not SQ: I "knew" that digital is digital and it all sounds "perfect". Walked out with my first hi-end spinner (Naim CDX, still spinning!) plus amp, preamp, speakers... Maxing out all my CCs... As a "payback" had to take The Boss to a few places downtown where they sell hi-end jewelry, lesson learned: The Boss should never know the price of these toys But the original sin, sorry, the intent, which pushed me into hi-end was the looks, not SQ!!!
Philips went through a phase of making bright yellow boomboxes and stereos, supplied complete with trendy stickers in an attempt to appeal to the Youth market. Here is my Roller 2 I also have a Venturer CD Radio Cassette in Translucent Blue when everyone was copying the look of the first Imac. You don'y get much boom from either though. I remember the first time I saw one of these https://www.macrepaircentral.us/studio-display-17-crt-16-vis-adc/service-source.html complete with matching speakers. It was probably a good thing that it wouldn't plug into PC, otherwise I would have bought it on the spot. From more recent times here is my laptop Also available in Orange, Green and Purple I suppose it makes up for not having a Red boombox. I must not collect the full set
