I'm doing the deep dive with Van Halen, it's no secret they loved boomboxes, see the Boombox Archaeology Thread. I thought I'd check out some new...
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The shoes were as important as the brand of cassette player you had! "KICKS" is American Slang for athletic shoes. Nike Air from 1988 [ATTACH]
I couldn't find any other ads on here, I thought there were a few? From 1983 Germany, two look like Pioneer, and the big one looks like a Sanyo, I...
I picked up some Sansui Swag awhile back, if you look around the internet, Sansui loved having branded stuff. Who knows, salesman's gifts?...
Just started diving into Twitter, I have no idea what this women is doing but check out the cool stuff framed on the walls!...
Just saw this on Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/amazon-alexa-voice-assistant-big-tech-1849830596 I hate all the gadgets that constantly listen or TVs...
These are very rare but looky-looky from 1981 [ATTACH]
Telefunken HiFi-Studio 1M from 1981 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The world famous Waltz in Ebisu Japan has made the www.Gucci.com Website. If you've been there chime in! The Waltz has an amazing selection of...
Just picked up this plastic fantastic AIWA CA-DW95 from 1987 thinking it might be their first CD boombox. I'm not finding the right catalog pages...
Holy cow did this go for silly money, beautiful model but is is worth $370 USD + shipping? https://www.ebay.com/itm/304648323448? [ATTACH]
We have a few from Sony around but no others? Koss from 1989 [ATTACH]
I run across repair books over on archive.org every once in a while, I'll try to post them here. Some require a sign up but it's painless and...
From 1985, the ultimate portable, did it ever make it to production? [ATTACH]
An article from our local paper https://www.startribune.com/millions-of-miles-of-tape-3m-hutchinson-factory-turns-75/600203595/ From the 80's...
My buddy just saw these on a trip to the Philippines, this looks like an interesting set up. Anybody know what model speakers these are? [ATTACH]
I used to build my own boomers when I was a delivery truck driver and the radio sucked. Mostly car tape decks and lots of speakers and an EQ to...
We have a ton of members that might know the history of all these companies but I don't. Sometimes it's fun to go down the rabbit hole and dig up...
Skateboarding started growing like crazy in the late 70's with the birth of the urethane wheel, me and my buddies were part of the wave lasting...
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