Boombox Archaeology

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  1. Radio Raheem

    Radio Raheem Well-Known Member

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    had all of these, great times:wink: the cd70 sounded shit mr x looked great in the flesh tho
     
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    Victor RC-X70, heavily promoted by the mega-group Buck Tick! from 1988.


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    Not to be outdone, Sharp was really pushing the QT Line including this rad looking QT- 73CD from 1988 with 33 blistering watts. I'd love to see one of these up close.


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    It's really hard to tell how good they are but some of these are over 50,000 yen which should be a premium audio product.
     
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    it was down to the speakers as i investigated my friend they are afd but mounted in a strange way and there was nothing i could do......the speakers in some of you're minis would most likely be better lad:wink:
     
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    From Lui Magazine 1983, he died a few years after this was taken, is that a Russian Boomer?


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    ITT RC 520 from 1978, ELO Magazine.


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    I think her name is Szucs Judit but I can't read the article from Videotechnika 1986


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    Yep, same here, looks much like an RC model from 70s, thier style but couldn't identify the exact model yet.

    PS. Haya, mates, I am kinda back, hope you are all all right! :)
    Cheers!
     
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    Yep, looks like a PC-5.

    Thank you! :) A lot of very cool stuff as always. :)
     

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    Found it - Victor.
     

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    Yep, it's nice!! :) A colour one.
     

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    Just a photo out of Sports Illustrated with a Sony Sports Boombox, from 1993


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    The lovely Brook Burke from 2005, not sure what the boomer is, it looks like the magazine scan messed up.


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    It looks like a very interesting article from Japan (found on Twitter), from 1980 this reviews a ton of gems from the golden age. There's some great models shown, I need to download a translator for all this great information, check out a very early showing of the UNIX CRS-6000, not to be confused with the Marantz PMS-6000. The factory photos are priceless.


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    More gems including the Marantz/UNIX 2800. Check out the National RX-5180, the speaker trim has holes in it, the USA Version is just standard chrome trim and not 1/2 as cool as this version. The AIWA CS-M1 also makes a very early showing for a stereo microcassette!


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