Beer and Boomboxes!

I just read an article on how Nutella wasn't the same in the old Eastern Bloc, they "watered" it down before shipping it. I like some of the old school German and outlying beers but sometimes when the get here they get a little skunky. Local beers are ok but I get sick of them and like to move on. Tap beers have always been my favorite but with my collecting hobby I can't go out as much as I would like, time to crank up the Clash, good thing I have a Marantz PMS 6000 to have a little fun!

 

I was just being facetious Boodokan about the spirit of the thread, I'm kind of bumming nobody noticed my Marantz PMS-6000, maybe everyone is just looking at the beers. And I have had several Corona's, I've just never seen Premier, I was enjoying Corona Light at the beach over the long weekend, it went down really good.

 

Great video Reli, that box sounds great even over YouTube. When it's this hot the lagers taste great and don't feel like a brick in your stomach when your done.

 

Reli, the Marantz PMS-6000 sounds great but like most Marantz Units it is a little under-powered, the radio is slightly more loud than the record player. Underpowered might be misleading, it can project fairly well and I can hear it across the yard, it's just not as loud as some boxes. The sacrifice in sound is made up in clarity, there's little to no distortion at high volume. The sound is Marantz Tight, everything sounds crisp and clean without being tinny and just enough bass to be acceptable but short of today's standard. I took Weltron, Clairtone Braun's Advice and really started searching more around the area and found it on our local CL. It's only one of a handful I've seen up for sale over the last 10 years since ARKAY started talking about finding Universal Branded Units in Hong Kong.

Stay tuned, I have a few more rarities showing up in a couple weeks.

 

Greetings to the West Coast from the Midwest! The air is so humid I can taste last weeks beer, or maybe that's the 1000's of mosquitos in the air. Adventure was in full swing last week and I took my 1986 conversion van out for a road trip to Michigan with the family. 100 degree weather and tons of beaches and beer including a really nice wheat honey ale from Cheboygan Brewing Company, a new upstart in a tiny town. I'd say Blue Moon with gratuitous amounts of orange mixed in but much better and not so heavy, I grabbed a bunch and ran them back over the county lines. A cool beer like this deserves an oldie but goodie and frankly I had forgot I owned. The Toshiba RT-SF5. Just a little guy but really cute and tastefully laid out. This one is heavy but takes the figure 8 cord and I only have one and it's a pain to find so no lights to show everyone.

It was behind a few monster boxes and I've been building cabinets in my shop so it's a little dusty and missing a button and antenna but otherwise it's a really beefy box, very heavy even without batteries. There's RCA inputs and two mic inputs on the top! It's so small though it's almost like a big walkman but this is a true gem.

 

Brilliant little Tosh, one of my favorite minis as it has everything...

 

Now I'm kicking myself, I completely missed "Boombox II" at our local brewery a couple months ago. I would have loved walking in with a big fat Marantz or JVC Boombox. I'll have to call these guys and find out the date for the next one, it would be great to have a S2G, for the first (in a very long time) Midwest Boombox/Walkman/Watchman Spectacular at this place!
http://millcitytimes.com/mill-city-...urday-boom-box-ii-at-boom-island-brewing.html

 

Wow, what a great looking box! I've never seen that one before. It's nice to see some oddballs coming out of the woodwork, hopefully I'll have some rare ones to show soon.