Portable Cassette Newspaper Ads!

Really early Sharps from 1973

 

Pioneer had some really nice car stereos, this is the KP Series from 1982

 

Big Compos from 1983, price is in Singapore Dollars.

 

Sharp Optonica from 1977, they had at least one boombox branded Optonica, their upscale line that usually had a lot of buttons and early computerization.

 

Sharp The Searcher from 1979

 

Sharp The Searcher from 1978

 

Sharp GF-777Z from 1981

 

Sharp GF-555X from 1980

 

Sharp GF-9494X from 1979

 

The Sharp VZ Line from 1982

 

Some nice boomboxes from 1984 including the rare Rotel RPM-100 and Denon H-5

 

Some big boomboxes from 1981

 

More from 1981, You can see this equipment was not cheap, most homes had a TV, VCR and stereo, it was a few thousand USD just for the entertainment. It's no surprise that a lot of the big boomboxes are still mint, they mostly sat on shelves, they were worth too much to lug around town.

 

More Pioneer from 1980, the Soundtrek Line

 

JVC 1982

 

JVC 9475W from 1976! A very early siting for this model, it looks like most of these companies were setting up manufacturing in Singapore so maybe they had a pipeline for the newest equipment.

 

This is interesting, I don't think I've seen this model, the JVC CD-1635 U Field Recorder from 1976, it looks like a short-lived version of the CD-1636, which seems to be much more popular. Don't let the photo fool you, these are pretty big.

 

Some big Crown Boomboxes from 1981

 

National Panasonic Boomboxes from 1983, that little RX-F6F looks tasty but they rarely show up around here.

 

A really early Crown Boombox Ad from 1972