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National Panasonic RX-5030 from 1981

 

Sankei TCR-800 from 1977, check out the awesome coil cover.

 

National Panasonic RX-C45F from 1983

 

National Panasonic RQ-337 from 1980

 

National Panasonic RX-F6F from 1983

 

National Panasonic RF-032 and RF-066 from 1981, amazingly small radios

 

National Panasonic RQ-R1 Way from 1983

 

National Panasonic RX-1820 from 1981, these are very nice, heavy mini's, they were really pushing them in 81.

 

National Panasonic SG-J500 from 1983

 

National Panasonic RX-5700F from 1981

 

National R-530B from 1971. A very early boombox, this one looks like they put a lot of effort into the design, anybody have one of these gems?

 

National Panasonic RQ-2725 from 1981

 

National RX-C45F from 1984, they've dropped the Panasonic from the name.

 

National RX-C100F from 1983

 

Wow, one of the first radio's to look like a real boombox, the National Panasonic R-355 from 1966!

 

National Panasonic RX-SA255 from 1988

 

Sony Walkman WM-F107 from 1986, the Solar Model....Nice!

 

Sony TC-158SD from 1978, I love the field recorders, beefy goodness. The Sony's have escaped me but they sure look nice, some of the buttons are really similar to Marantz Superscope, I wonder how close the relationship was, Superscope had Sony Tape USA Distribution Rights until 1979.

 

A classic, the Sony Boodo Khan DD-100 from 1986. Check out the bonus Walkman Classics Tapes, 76 available!

 

Some more cool Walkmans from 1986, the Sony WM-F102 and Sony WM-104. I've never seen these before, the WM-104 with EQ must be amazing.