Sorry if I step on anyone's toes, and apologize if this is in the wrong area. I am trying to find a specific model of boombox. It was an GE model towards their higher end, it was styled like the General Electric Blockbuster but was a bit larger and had dual cassette, Line out, and could take an external stereo mic. The cassettes could record from line in, internal mic, radio, and external mic. You could also record from one cassette to the other at high-speed. It had cord storage and used either 6 or 8 D cell batteries, not sure which of those. It was manufactured sometime between 1979 and 1982. Radio was a PLL digital tuner for AM and FM. Not sure if it was produced World wide or just for the States (Which is where I got mine back in 83'.) If anyone could help me find/remember the model it will be greatly appreciated.
I searched and couldn't find a dual cassette GE with digital. Are you positive it was GE, it almost sounds like a Radio Shack Model. I feel like a lot of dual cassette boxes were a little lower end and, at the time, digital was higher end since it was new and not everywhere. It would have been a special box to have both at that time.
I spotted this Toshiba that meets the other criteria while browsing Ebay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...c:g:8gQAAOSwEwNcYBeL:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true A Digital tuner and twin cassettes would both have been high end features in 1983, although they were around. Do you remember if it had presets on the tuner ? They came a couple of years after simple digital displays that still used a tuning knob. We never got GE's audio gear in the U.K. probably because of the similarly named but unrelated General Electric Company, who in the 1980s were one of the U.K's largest companies.
May be wrong on the dual cassette, but not on it being GE. Like I mentioned previously it was styled just like the GE "BlockBuster" but had digital tuning and did not have the sloped section. It was also a bit larger than the blockbuster. It had the toggle switches like the blockbuster and a VU meter (LED type rather than meter.) I remember as much as I do because it was so good that when it was stolen I searched for a year to try to replace it, which I did. I found the second one at the then newish Rent-to-own place in Norfolk VA where I was stationed in the Navy. They actually had it in a catalogue that they ordered from and ordered it for me (of course I ended up paying over 300 for it, when regular price was I think around 180.)
perhaps is this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-GE...M-Radio-Cassette-Player-Boombox-/283420915277 or this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-El...175671?hash=item4439c7dcf7:g:LicAAOSw~lRcnotI also this one http://www.wikiboombox.com/tiki-index.php?page=GE+3-5295A as far as I know those are the only ones with digital tuner that came out in the early 80's. hope this helps!.
