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Boombox Archaeology

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    Mister X, we don't deserve you. This was a marvelous read.
     
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    Thanks AO, that means a lot, feel free to post anything that might be relevant.

    For those younger members AO used to head up the Walkman Section going back to the very early 2000's and his knowledge and wisdom pushed me into really getting into and researching this audio equipment. He seemed to know every model made and used to pull out ultra rare beautiful units and share them once in a while. Unfortunately with several server changes over the years, a lot of the very early (and incredibly informative) threads have been lost but there's still a ton of good stuff on the forum reader.
     
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    There are some so familiar drafts here - Fascinating to see the early stages & many were actually produced & became well loved machines!!
     
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    Machaneus's Thread in the Walkman Section does a great job of going into more detail showing the finished models. I can identify some of the models but I'm just a student compared to some of you guys that know a ton of these right off the bat. Maybe in the future we can merge the drawings with production photos or I can always edit the post to include more information. I'm hoping this helps get more information out on these wonderful electronics so they don't meet the recycler, in the early days of the internet, this site and AudioKarma were just about the only places to go for audio related equipment and it was so limited.
     
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    Nice! :thumbsup:
     
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    A good search there.

    The original source was probably here:

    http://likepunkneverhappened.blogspot.com/

    Smash Hits was very much aimed at the "I'm going to marry George Michael" female teen audience
    Whenever Mr X posts a flyer for a coloured boombox with a cute girl holding it I think it was aimed at the same audience.

    I don't know how familiar people around the world are with The Pet Shop Boys, but before forming them Neil Tennant was the assistant editor of Smash Hits.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_Hits
     
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