JVC & Victor Ads

Alex Chernyak recently uploaded this classic brochure to archive.org, this is one of my favorite years, I'm embarassed to say how many of these I own. This doesn't have a lot but it does show some cool accessories I'll have to keep an eye out for.
https://archive.org/details/@alex_chernyak

 

Victor JVC-CX7 from 1986

 

JVC Victor CCR-620R from 1969

 

The early days of Japanese Consumer Products were flooded with this kind of stuff, cheap, colorful but high fun portable audio. In the late 60's they got away from square tiny portable transistor radios and big rectangle table radios and came up with these cool gadgets. Portable transistor radios were usually carried around by grandpa with the earphone plugged in, it seemed back then that AM radio had baseball 24 hours a day.

I've got a handful of audio like this including a JVC Portable TT/Cassette/Radio that even though it was built to a low price-point, today it's all still there and working fine. Of course most of the colorful stuff is highly collectable just for industrial design decoration alone.

I've also got a larger AIWA Portable TT, everything in that looks hand built, even the circuit boards. These manufacturers were trying new things and embracing new construction materials, sure there's some duds but some of it is cutting edge for the time.

 

I've seen that big JVC, it's been floating around the internet for a while now, I've got a similar Hitachi Lo-D but now that I have another tape deck, I have two .

 

JVC from 2001, Kaboom!!!!

 

Found over on the Buck Tick Zone Fan Website. Buck Tick heavily endorsed Victor Boomboxes in the mid-80's in Japan.
https://www.bucktickzone.com/
Victor RC-X70 from 1988

 

Victor RC-717

 

JVC S1 and S5, the handle looks bent! It's looks like a "hot" set? These little guys were big money and beautiful little machines, strangely the stereo S5 seemed to be sold more with the corded battery pack and you had to pay extra to get the battery compartment, it was a very odd set-up for power.

 

JVC from 1980, taking over the world!

 

Victor RC-X770

 

Victor RC-X90, this looks like a cool egg but big money. Anybody heard this one singing?