UK Boombox Meet London 22nd July

So last weekend saw the UK boombox meet hosted by Hisrudeness is London.

This was a very special event and marked a lot of effort from all sides to make this memorable. Rudey kindly hosted at an awesome venue with plenty of space for boxes to be heard, touched and admired. There was even an in house Boombox surgery room courtesy of Docs and wife.

From the USA via Italy and finally the UK came Chris aka Lasonic TRC-920, then from far and wide in England came everyone else.


The quality of boxes in attendance was unbelievable, from Doc's mint Toshiba S90 and JVC M90, to Stereomads C100 (everything he bought was mint) to Si's SuperJUmbo to Geoffs silver JVC RC-550, there was so much quality.

 

The morning started off with boxes being put through their paces on the table one by one with everyone picking ones they needed to hear, had never saw or had on their wishlist. The was a lot of fun and I got to hear a lot of boxes i had never heard before at full chat.

Also in attendance was a large red Bumpboxx courtesy of Robb. CEO of Bumpboxx who fed-ex'd it over for a giveaway! Yes thats right a giveaway... what other modern company gives two f's about its customers? Very impressive. Now the Bumpboxx is insane by the way, power to spare, very flexible on play medium (usb, memory card, bluetooth, line in) and very good sound. It was described as "a destroyer of worlds" and i have to concur.

So names were drawn, tears were shed and in the end Seb walked off with the prize:


He also then had to try to fit a Bumpboxx in its original box (see the pic of it next to the Aiwa 880 for reference on size) in a Porsche!! Its fair to say the Bumpboxx is freaking huge and the Porsche, well, it really is not....

 

By lunchtime we were in full swing, I can't tell you how cool it was by this point, all the people i have been chatting to for years all gathered talking boxes, life, cars, everything. Deals were being made, boxes being tried, the ever charismatic Rudey was in full on host mode and food was being prepared...


This pic doesn't even tell he full story as more was added and there was so much that it easily fed all the people and we all went back around 6ish for seconds!!

I don't know if it has been said but big thanks to Rudeys Mamma for cooking up some amazing food and to the lady who prepared more on the day, it was some great food and there were so many appreciative mmm's!

 

I finally scored a Sanyo MX-920 at the meet also, an exceedingly fair price from a great member, i owe you one Si. No sooner had i taken possession and Docs asked if i wanted him to take a "quick look" at the tape deck. Next thing i new came out this full on boombox toolkit with lamps, meters, a box of belts, sprays, and everything you could need and my patient was in for surgery. Now the 920 is not an easy box to work on, i have to admit i was pretty nervous. Docs, Charlotte and Geoff dived right in:


A couple of hours later and:


A gorgeous fully working 920. Docs and Charlotte thank you so much, Geoff, you too bud. They were legendary.

It has to be said i always knew Docs was a genius but it seems Charlotte can hold her own to, she was in there up to her elbows rebelting this thing !! Docs you are a lucky man and i can see why you are smitten.

Look at her now shes a peach.

 

So many more deals were done on the day, i was just a bit heady from grabbing my 920 at last. I actually took 4 boxes but came home with 8 plus about 15 more added to my wishlist! I snagged a Rising 2020 (which im in love with, thanks Rudey) and Panny, a Goldstarr parts box (work in prog).

 

Yeah it's much appreciated Si, I don't see me ever parting with it. And as you say, it went towards a monster

 

Damn thats a nice box to!!