The Ultimate Marantz, Superscope, UNIX Boombox Thread

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    While looking I found this cutsheet over on ebay, I really should buy it, hopefully he'll offer a discount. It look like the box came out in 1977. The front speaker panel can be removed if you want a cool speaker look, there's also a tuning knob under it.
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/295471477895?


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    From 1988, unfortunately I can't read it but I think it talks about marantz and YAESU merging and reforming Standard.


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    Found an ad from 1982 for one of the cool little Marantz Boomboxes. I like Marantz Boomboxes from this era but the stereo equipment mostly stunk. Check out the Mitsubishi Verticle, big money!


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    Lime green? Never seen that one before.



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    For sale over on Yahoo.jp now!


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    Another one for sale on yahoo.jp, big money for this one. Dated 1983


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    Not how the new spamming works but this image had another site's link but it showed up on this forum's picture folder? Can't remember if this was posted already?


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    A Standard Car Radio Cassette Player, this look early 70's, probably from just before Superscope bought them. This looks like a heavy duty player, I wonder how it stacked up against a Sony at the time.


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    From Popular Mechanics 1979, a Marantz CAR Stereo. Audio dealers loved "discounting" equipment so the 30% off sounds right, you'd go in and the more stuff you bought, the better the discount from the salesguy.


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    I thought this was a neat ad for a normal recorder from 1975


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    Another from 1975


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    An early Standard SR-T186F from 1972, price is AUS Dollars.


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    Found over on X with the following description, I think Haruko is the young lady (singer) that's in the photos. Anybody have both the CS-J21 and the UNIX or Sansui Version of this boomer to confirm?
    "The base of Haruko's radio cassette player is AIWA CS-J21. Maybe it's because Aiwa Iwate was located in Yahaba-cho? In any case, the unix radio cassette player manufactured by Miyako Audio would have been more like Kita-Sanriku"


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    Sansui FX-300r is the model number in my container of little tiny boomboxes.
     
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    Do you have the AIWA CS-J1, do they look the same? I can only find internet photos to compare. I have the Sansui, I don't think they sold the Bustang in the USA.
     
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    No but I found this one for sale and I put the pictures here from the listing
    AIWA CS-J1S Cassette Boy
    https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/k1163946896
    15,000 yen US$ 103.20
    Closing Time (JST) 14 Dec 2024 21:56:52
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    An interesting comparison video. No subtitles unfortunately

     
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    Where is the English version?
     

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