Great to hear your "boombox origin" Jesse! I am so glad to know you and hang out!

In 1983 I remember going to the local department store with my best friend and his folks. It was there we first saw, "The Wall." You know what I'm talking about....A solid wall of sound, Boomboxes stacked as high as the eye could see. There was a GE section and at the top of the shelf was The "Block Buster" I looked up in admiration of this box, it seemed larger than life and I just had to have it...

My friend and I talked non-stop about it, what it would sound like, which tapes we would play first if we had it, how it would probably take both of us to carry it For 2 straight months every time we went into the store we ran to that section and just stared. It worked out well because our parents always knew where to find us.

Christmas of that year my sister and I both received what I believe to be the smallest GE Boombox ever made...It was the dark gray model with the one speaker on it. Of course I loved it with all my being and still have it to this day. I also received 3 tapes: Huey Lewis and the News Sports, Eddie Rabbit Greatest Hits, and Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA.

The day after Christmas my friend called me up in what seemed to be quite the panic...He said you HAVE to come over here right now!!! I asked him if he got a Boombox and he said, "Nope, I didn't." Kind of bummed out I headed over. As I stepped in the front door I saw it...Sitting there on the couch.... A BlockBuster. He was right, HE didn't get one...But his DAD did!!!! We could barely contain ourselves for the better part of 10 minutes, laughing, screaming, shouting, it was all a Blur.

Kevin was his dad's name and growing up he was our Cub Scout leader and Little League coach. After games the team would all head over to the house for a barbecue and the Blockbuster was always there. Since I lived right next door I was usually the last one to leave. I would wait until everyone was gone and listen to Born in the USA and the Heart of Rock and Roll Over and Over and Over again. Kevin never said a word, never protested, and would just sit there and listen with me while sipping on Coca-Cola.

The years passed, my friends parents got divorced and Kevin and the Blockbuster moved far far away. I grew up, joined the Air Force, served 8 years and then became a civilian once again. It wasn't until a few years ago that I stumbled upon this website and the Boom Box museum and had that great wave of Nostalgia hit me as most here can relate too.

At the time I couldn't remember the name of the box and then I saw it on TV one day. I scrambled about to find my camera, took a picture, posted on this forum and received an answer very shortly that it was indeed a BlockBuster. I didn't give it much thought for a while after that and then it happened...I received a phone call from Kevin's Ex Wife...he had passed away suddenly and without warning. Suddenly finding this box became very important to me and I resumed the search.


For the next couple of years I waited patiently for a prime specimen and finally tracked one down from a trusted member of the Forum (Thanks Brian). I dug through my old belongings in the basement and managed to find all 3 of the original tapes I received that faithful Christmas day over 25 years ago. As I placed Born in the USA into the deck for the first time and hit the soft touch play button it was like Kevin was right there with me. Suddenly the world faded away, my Little League Uniform was back on, and the smell of Hot Dogs and Coca-Cola filled the Air once more.

My 3 year old Daughter and 1 year old Son now listen to Daddy's music with him while sipping on OJ and chewing carrot sticks. For me the cycle has come full circle and while it took 25 years, I finally got my BlockBuster and for some strange...Crazy Reason...I think Kevin is up there smiling down in approval. Rock On.

Riddler, that story gave me chills--the good kind! Thanks so much for sharing! I know there are more stories like this out there! Its what makes us...

Some of you have heard my reason...much more cheesy than any of your stories!

I've always loved boomboxes and walkmen. I've had many, many different models, and liked them all for different reasons. However, there was a defining moment that sticks out in my mind as to what sparked my collecting years later after the golden ages of boomboxes had passed.

It was August of 1986. That was the year I met Tracy, who transferred to my high school from Madrid, Spain, was having a hard time adjusting to her new surroundings. We became fast friends...and then more. Over the next two years until graduation, we would be together through some fairly rough times - her parents divorce, her mother moving back to Spain, and some chronic problems that she had. We grew quite close during that time.

One day, when I was at her house, she brought down her boombox to play some music. It was a beautiful gray Panasonic, which I had never seen before. "It's broken," she told me. "One speaker won't come on. Do you think you can fix it?"

I took it home, gently took it apart, and did end up fixing it. I played it for days before I gave it back. After that, we would play music on it while we talked, often so that her father couldn't hear. She had a painful childhood, and I was her outlet. Madonna was her music of choice - for her, it was fun and uplifting.

On August 20, 1988, she left Ohio to go to school in Greensboro, NC. It was a beautiful sunny Saturday. I helped her pack up her little red Toyota Tercel, and sadly watched her drive away. Early the next morning, I received a phone call from her father that she fell asleep at the wheel on the way down, crossed the median, and flipped the car several times, and was killed instantly.

I still have scars on my heart from that day. I had always thought of that boombox she had me fix. I had no idea of what model it was, and knew I'd probably never find another one....or so I thought.

February, 2004. I had bought several boomboxes from eBay, and one night, found the stereo2go site. I registered, and on a whim, asked about that Panasonic boombox: gray, with triangle play buttons on the front, music search, front tuner dial. Jens told me right away: the Panasonic RX-C52.

A quick search revealed a picture. It took a while, but I found a mint red RX-C52. While I'll never have Tracy back, I can have this to forever remind me of that time. So, for old times' sake, I connected my iPod, and played some Madonna. There's nothing like hearing that music as it was played originally. All those memories come flooding back. I can hear her voice, and almost smell her perfume.

While the RX-C52 will always hold this special place in my heart, all of the boomboxes I have remind me of some time in my life. But I can say, without a doubt, THIS is the reason I started collecting.

I've done this before, but it looks like that post is long gone.

After getting interested in portable music with various cassette recorders & mono radio cassettes, one summer evening in the mid 80s, a couple of lads walking toward me had a stereo boombox blasting. It sounded so clear, I was instantly smitten.

As soon as funds allowed I bought my first stereo boombox a 3wpc Philips D8132 for £50 from BHS of all places. Man I loved it, especially as it only needed 4 D-cells (which I already had in my pushbike lights).
I wangled an upgrade to the more impressive looking D8134 with it's 5wpc (wooh) & a headphone socket for nighttime listening to Mike Allen on Capital Radio (I've still got loads of tapes I made of those shows).

As time wore on, my friends were getting bigger & better boomboxes... Philips D8438, Sharp GF450, Sharp QT37, etc. Nothing very expensive, but none of us were exactly rich. I needed an upgrade & countless hours fiddling with boomboxes in Dixons, Laskeys, etc. told me that the Hitachi with the 3D Super Woofer (the 3D7) gave me alot of boom for my money (big & loud Aiwas, JVCs, Pioneers etc. were all way too much).
By the time I'd save up enough, it was discontinued, so I chose it's replacement, the 3D8. I went into Boots, and they accidentally pulled an old 3D7 from stock. It was a discontinued model so they threw in a discount. I was over the moon!
At last I had the loudest boombox around. It actually had some bass & the batteries lasted for ages. I know at least two other people that sought out old stock of the exact same boombox having heard mine.

All of this happened 1984-87 while riding the roller-coaster that was adolescence, with the clothes, the girls, the parties, the alcohol, the music... aah, wonderful memories, and boomboxes are intertwined with so many of them.

The boombox was a part of the culture back then, as was the walkman too. I wonder if my kids will remember their iPods with such affection?

Where's Mirko's story? He said he was going to post one.

It was a dreary, cold October day that fall of 1999 in St. Johnsbury Vermont. Snow flurries were
starting to fall, as I whiled away some time in 'The Music Shop' browsing the wares. A unique store, having a range of merchandise from musical Instruments, to some portable Stereo Gear and an area one might be inclined to
think 'Head Shop' when scanning the shelves.

My interest was in the radio area and what should my wondering eyes fall upon but a Panasonic RX-Ed707 in all its dusty glory.
I was immediately in Love as I had no idea such boomboxes even existed. Within a few months I had found one online and for a few years I was content with
that Panasonic, though already a discontinued model and not easy to find.

Now I am the first to admit, I was very young when I was born and by the time the 80's rolled around I was really
not into boomboxes but rather a professional yuppie and my interest's lie more in the 3 G's. Girls,
Good bourbon and fast cars. (I know) But my friends knew me as the gadget man, (theres that 3rd G) always buying electronic gadgets,
stereo stuff, and of course I was a big time vinyl to Maxell Cassette man. Drew Kaplan (DAK Catalog) made thousands off me.

Jump to March 2003...I was perusing ebay for anything audio/video that was from the 80's and unique,
looking to capture the heady days of my wild yuppie youth.

Here and there I'd see a cool Panasonic RX or Sharp GF, etc. Hmmm, I thought to myself, never had any of these and they look really cool, and I can even sort of remember
giving them a once over when my Bennett Brothers annual Blue Book arrived every year back in the early 80's.

My first ebay win was RX-5150, then the Sansui AudioNote A4, then the Sansui FX-700, a JVC RC-M100, then a GF-9292 (which will be in Sorrento) and the love was new again...
The boomboxes I missed in the 80's were fun and cheap to find and buy on ebay and the finding of the Boombox Museum (pocket calculator show) only fueled the dragon. The Gadget Guy was reborn the Boombox Guy.

The rest of the story?....

The goodtimes on S2G have enhanced my collecting joy in untold ways. I am still partial to the Cobra Top Panasonics
and Panasonics in general....but I love a good boombox, no matter what the make.

I'm not as hardcore of a collector as many on this board, but like most of you boomboxes are a big part my life history. In fact, many of the models I have are identical to, or very similar to the ones my closest friends had back in the day. I tend to target boxes that trigger a specific memory for me, like maybe I had the marketing slick at one point, or a friend owned one, or it was on the shelf and I played with it at the base exchange.

I first got really into boomboxes in the summer of 1979. I was in my early teens, Dad was in the Army and we were stationed in Bremerhaven, Germany. My experience is probably not so typical. I hung out with a group of kids that was truly multi-racial and multi-cultural. One thing we all had in common was the love of new music that sounded good, and basketball. Boomboxes went with us pretty much everywhere for the two year span from 79~81, especially when we were in a loitering mood. It was all about passing time in a fun way.

The main hang out location for us was at the neighborhood basketball court and there were a lot of us who had boxes, and we ALWAYS had to have music to play ball! Testosterone eventually took over and we were always trying to one-up each other. Either with basketball skills, deliberating about who had the better stereo gear, who had the newest music on their mixtape, or what piece of gear we were saving up for next. We all learned how to read audio gear spec sheets and would talk all kinds of smack!

Battery-draining boombox battles were common and making clean-sounding high quality tapes could really set you apart within the crowd. Sometimes we would link several boxes with RCA cables and pump out the tunes really loud. In my immediate crowd, there were at least 3 guys with M70's, a couple of GF-9494's, a GF-9191, my GF-9292 and even a couple of guys with Toshibas. Music played was mostly Soul and Funk, maybe some disco and a little bit of rock, too. I specifically remember that Kutis Blow and the Sugarhill Gang were huge favorites when they first came out!

Also, my first real home stereo was actually centered around my GF-9292, into which I plugged my turntable and external speakers. I bought all this stuff from $$ earned bagging groceries on weekends and eventually saved up enough to upgrade to an integrated amp and a real tape deck so I could pump loud at home and didn't have to disassemble a bunch of stuff in order to take out the box.

Back to boxes outside! We used to carry them around with us everywhere and get into all kinds of trouble (and fun). The Basketball court where we hung out was between two buildings in the military housing area, and the sound would reverberate between them quite well if the sound got pushed up. Also, we were in very northern Germany where you could have daylight well past midnight in mid-summer. As such, we would really piss off some of the people who had to work the next day while we were on summer break. Basketballs bouncing and soul music blaring did not go over well past 10pm and we got routinely yelled at. I remember one time when I almost got my Dad in trouble with the base commander because I was part of a 6 box group that were daisy-chained with RCA cables, playing ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST at full volume well after 11pm on a Monday night. One of the building coordinators (a real tool) called the military police on us and it was a big ordeal. We were trying to piss him off on purpose... It worked.

One of my favorite places to hang with the boombox was a train station close by that was like a massive domed hall with stone floors and solid rock walls. It was completely unstaffed after business hours and we could go there as a group with our boomboxes and skateboards. Girls could come hang out with us there, too, and the music really sounded loud, with lots of natural reverb action! Especially when we busted out the RCA cables and linked them up! Those were really great times.

When walking down the street and playing the box in public, I never adopted the "to the shoulder style." I tended to cradle it more in front of my chest, holding it facing me for a more true stereo effect. Also, I'd play it a pretty reasonable volume in a concerted effort to conserve battery juice. I was always trying to conserve batteries back then. And I remember the disappointment of the first nickel-cadmium rechargeables, which would last less than one tape at louder volume in my GF-9292.

When we were out in public with our boxes, I remember getting some funny looks from some of the older Germans, but not really any complaints. At that age, I didn't care anyway, and I ended up meeting lots of cool people my age because I had that boombox. It was a great icebreaker with the girls, too.

When I see how boomboxes are portrayed in the media now versus how I enjoyed them 20 years ago, I feel a bit disconnected. The Boombox was a very real part of my daily life back then, but we never busted out the cardboard and started breakdancing.

Around 1982 & 1983, I started getting more into Walkmans. Smaller and less batteries to buy, better sound directly to my ears, and I could take it on my school bus ride which was one hour in each direction (or anywhere else for that matter). The boombox felt kind of limiting by comparison. But, the boombox was much better for socializing! Nonetheless, after I got a walkman, the Boombox really only came out with me when I was going to the basketball court to shoot hoops or hang out and talk.

In the bigger picture, it was clear by the late 80s that mainstream pop culture had moved well past the public display of boombox. Even in 1983 when we moved from Germany back to the States, you would see a lot more people with headphones on than you ever saw lugging a boombox anymore. They just were not as cool anymore.

Well, they're cool again now.... And I'm on the hunt!!!

(great thread, by the way)

Great to hear from the SW contingent! Iso and Buzz as well, thanks for sharing again, great stories worth thinking about...I am really enjoying these stories as are most of you I hope! At the risk of shameless self promotion, leading up to my show a local paper did a story on my collection, I thought you might like to enjoy reading it:

That article was great James...thanks for sharing

-gsbadbmr

Eh, a "million" people, with "million" stories, all good and interesting for sure.

This is my story,
Back in the time, in 1976 when I was 10 year old, first time was seen the box (don't remember what model and brand was it) in live, which has one couple of years older kid from the neighborhood.
I was begin to dreaming about my own box and asking my father to by me a boombox. I was spending many time stick out across shop window from in that time the best electronic shop in my town "Tehnometal-Vardar", to see what is come new about audio stuff, especially about the boomboxes.
According to that was a time (socialistic) when earnings is very modestly, my father was not in the possibility to perform my desire in that year. But 1977 on my birthday.................what a day, and а father of course.

I never forget what is happen that day.

I think that it was Saturday because that day I don't been in the school.
That morning my father was take me in the promenade like many times before, to visit local city park (which is very close to mentioned e-shop), amusement park or just to little strolling around. But suddenly, without any annunciation or any comments holding to me within a hand, my old man was pass through that e-shop door - and listen to this - he tell me "Which one you want?", in the shock and unbelieving I say "What do you mean?", he has shown on the shelf with a dozen (maybe more) of boomboxes and he say "Which one of these radios do you want?", in the second I was shown on "my" National Panasonic RF-5310 still unbelieving what is
happen to me.

After that, everything was changed in my life, I was the "big face" with my grail, in the school, on the street, on the picnic, all over, always bringing with me my boombox charged with the batteries (all my money was spend for that). And in my home, I spend a lot of time for recording and playing the music.

How the time was passing, the new boomboxes was show up. Many of my friends got own boombox, mostly bigger and better from that what I got.
In the beginning of 80' everything was changed, that was a time wen the stereo music systems was show up. Such a system I was acquired in 85' and definitely that was the end for my intensive associating with my RF.

The RF become a good radio for everyday listening in the kitchen and that job he was doing very well for the many years. Always wen I'll see them, he bring me some good memories back in my childhood.
One day in 98', the time has come to leave that home and I was moving to live in my own home with my wife. Couple of years after, my parents was moving in a new smaller apartment in another part of the town, and then I don't was in position to help them for that moving because these days I've been on a trip .
From time to time I was visiting my parents. So, one day (15 February 2007) I was in my parents apartment to visiting them and I notice that the RF is missing, don't seen anywhere.
Wen I was ask for the RF, where is it? My father was tell me that he don't remember what is going on with the box.
After all my conjuring to tel me where is it the RF, i got the same answer.

I was completely broken, i lost the part of my childhood, I can't be able to sleep almost a one week......
I think that the RF is lost during theirs moving from the old apartment and I never forgive my self for missing that moving.

After that I start to searching on the internet for anything about the boomboxes, especially to see if its possible to find another RF like mine.
Then ,exactly before 2 years from to day I found S2GO and all of you guys.
I was amazed from your knowledge about boomboxes and all stuff in connection with that.
From that day I got the feeling that I'm not alone in my passion and i was start to collect some boxes (of course in meantime I found the RF5310 with your help), and I think that I'll never stop loving and collecting boomboxes.

That's my story, stay well.

(p.s. sorry for my poor English)

Great article, James!

I'm still trying to catch up on everyone's story...

I vow to read two a day!

These should go into a book or something...

Excellent story Devon-Toni! Thanks for sharing! BTW, one of my closest friends and neighbors is Macedonian, and your city even!

james - that writer , gregory adams, captured alot of the story in just a one pager !!
thanks for the link.

I still plan on getting to a story of mine when I have more time!

Sorry bud!

i started as low as you gan get with only a pocket transistor rario back in the 70's from there i got a blue panasonic 8 track player radio i thought at the time it was great! my first introduction to any sort of bigger than normal portable radio was in high school around 1982 .
at first i started seeing mid sized dual speaker boomboxes and i was like damn i want one of those some day but i had nowhere near the kind of money they cost so i just lusted from a distance most of the time .

then one day my brother comes home with a brand new magnavox d8443 power player i was in awe this was the largest box i had ever seen at the time and i just wanted to be near that boombox lol .
then one cristmas i awoke to a brand new lasonic trc 931 under the christmas tree ,let me tell you the feeling i got pulling that monster out of the package i almost cried it was incredible to me ,from that moment forth i was in a world of my own playing rock /rap/any kind of music it blew me away at what i had,i didnt care if it was a cheapo box at the time i didnt really notice i was just too happy to have it, later on my brother being the quality dude he is brought back a sansui cp 99 w when he returned from his service in the army ,then i felt like a bum with my lasonic lol.

anyhow i cough a whiff of him blasting ll cool j on his sansui and i looked at the cassette case and saw the box of my dreams the the jvc rcm 90 i took that picture and searched for the radio or any info about it.

one day i met a dude selling boomboxes at a swap meet and he had at least 30 big bens and every other type box so i asked him about the radio in the picture i had ,he said give a few weeks then i will be back here with the radio.

so we agreed to a set price of $250.00 dollars for the radio brand new so i sold my motorcycle it was a honda xl 75 i wore it out and was really wanting the m90 so thats how i got the money.

a few weeks later i went to see if the guy had the m90 and he did so i gave him the money took the box and got my ass home as fast as i could to unpack her ,and there she was the only brand new m90 i have ever seen ,with it's gleaming blue speakers power and size i was on fantasy island.

from there it was the boombox battlin days and i always had confidence in the m90 she held her own against everything that was thrown at her with class ,i still have that m90 and never lost a bit of the love i had for it ever since i first got her.
i guess i just love boomboxes and no matter what make or model the can put a smile on your face just because they are different from any other electronic device and as the saying goes they just don't make em like they used to.

WOW! good story Floyd.....

hey floyd --
you left out one of the great parts --

that you make your own custom boxes !!

i guess i need a part 2 huh? lol.

YES --because the most rare of all the great stories here --is about the collector that loves boxes SO MUCH --
that he makes his OWN !!!



(my ever so humble opinion)

This is 1 of the best treats , it brings us closer 2 each other , big cinema here , 5 stars .

Still a few who promised they would post...!

Why Do I Collect Boomboxes...

Well, I have always had a love for audio equipment. My father was a technician and has serviced all kinds and brands available over the last forty plus years. He actually helped me build my first amplifier from a Heathkit do it yourself for kids project. Watching him repair stuff always inspired me. The first portable radio I ever had was a little black SounDesign mono box. It was AM/FM only, not much style, and took six “C” cells. This was 1978. My natural parents were divorced and I remember him sending me that for Christmas (along with the first TYCO Nite-Glow slot car track) and just blowing my gourd with excitement seeing what he sent. It was also depressing too because I could not share the fun with my dad who to me was my hero. He worked his a$$ off to get me some of the coolest things a kid could want.

I went to live with my dad eventually in 1980 after he remarried and still had that little SounDesign. I asked him for a bigger and better boombox but he wisely knew the destruction I may rain on it so he gave me a console stereo instead. For those who don’t know, these were complete stereo systems in a large wooden enclosure speakers included that unless you were paying attention, was just another piece of furniture. It thumped and sounded great but wasn’t portable obviously.

One of my friends had a RC-M80. A lot of boombox for an eleven year old and of course that made him the envy of all us poor bastards. Nontheless, my family ended up stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. (His new wife, my new mom, was enlisted in the Army.) And by necessity over there, you walked everywhere or took a bus or train. By this time I was just getting out of the eighth grade (1983) and going to high school. It was then that the point was driven home. The AAFES (Army & Air Force Exchange System) affectionately known as the “Post Exchange” or “PX” was a haven of audio equipment with some stuff exclusive to Europe only! It was there my love of boomboxes grew even deeper.

There were a number of things going on that added to the excitement. The Hip-Hop movement was really gaining steam for one. My friends had different boomboxes JVC’s, Hitachi’s etc. that were killer. My dad held fast that if I wanted one like my friends had that were top of the line units I would buy it on my own to appreciate it more. He softened a bit though and bought me the sorriest box I ever had the displeasure of listening to. It was a Samsung. And like most things imported of Korean origin of that day, was as cheap as could be and had sound to match. I tried to dress it up with LED’s, painted the speakers white, even tried to add an amp to no avail. It was what it was, a piece of sh!t.

Was I angry? You bet! Even my dad’s friends called him a cheapskate. But what it did do was drive me harder towards my goal of buying either a Sansui CP-7 in black, or the Hitachi portable compo (which came apart in sections like the Sansui) of which I didn’t accomplish either as they were way out of my league cost wise and I of course was spending way too much of what I did earn trolloping around Germany and Europe when I could take the trips.

I soldiered on of course, and spent many days in the PX listening to boxes in the sound rooms. (RX-C100’s, C-300’s, Sanyo C9’s, M90’s etc.) This irritated salespeople to no end but they had to let me listen to each one for at least ten minutes if I said I wanted to hear it because there was always a potential sale. I also discovered the wonderful treats for sale around Stuttgart. I especially loved the Lerche stores. Multiple floors of music and equipment. It was like stereo heaven would be I guess. The Telefunken, Grundig, and Universums were discoveries for me while in there. Regardless of them being off base or on, the component boomboxes stole my heart beacuse of their power (the good ones)and hi-fi rich sound. Oh the joy!

We came back to the ‘States and of course I was in high school with a nifty job. Of course by now I was more interested in cars as driving was way more important than a boombox. That did not mean I forgot my dream or my love of electronics. My room setup was a Sansui 5000x (which I have now), A Pioneer turntable, Marantz 5010B cassette deck, and AR (Acoustic Research) Model 8 speakers. But what I did do to earn extra cash was repair boomboxes for soldiers and my friends. It was there I was reintroduced to the Pioneer CK series. I knew I had to have one but of course by then they were out of production. Repairing boomers gave me extra cash but the customers always paid so I didn’t gain through “ahem” possession by failure to pay!

Eventually I joined the military myself and one of the first things I did was buy a JVC PC-V66. 3D Hyper Bass Rocks! Then I bought A Panasonic RX-CW55 which I still have. I went through a number of units, either trading or whatever for whatever reason was good at the time. Would you believe that most of the trading was so we could have the radio someone else did! Where was Stereo2Go then? (Ooops! Al Gore hadn’t invented the internet yet! )

The last new boomer I bought was the Panasonic RX-DT680. I have one now and it’s as fantastic now as it was then. But what about the CP-7? I never forgot.

Time moves on and I’m married with three kids and a dog. I was goofing around on eBay when I saw a Pioneer CK-5F for sale. In Austrailia. I now have it. I dusted off the old skills and rebuilt her from the ground up where I could and farmed out other work. She runs like a dream now. And of course while looking for speakers or foam surrounds for it, I found Stereo2Go. And also now have a silver CP-7 along with 57 others!!!! I still want the black CP-7 though. One day…

I’ve always had a place in my heart for these special pieces. And will continue to do so. They are unique and have a permanent place in my history.

Great story FF! I had a Tyco race set as well! I am really enjoying these, I hope everyone else is as well...

Great stories, love to read all about how boomboxes have affected us and been part of our lives for so long. In fact the stories are so good I feel I made mine to simple.

No story is too simple Masterblaster84, a path to an obsession matters less than the folks you meet once you get there!

James I have no doubt about that, I don't think Boomers would be nearly as exciting without S2G and the great members like yourself.

There are still some amazing tales out there! Come on folks, don't let this thread die until we have all shared our stories!

which date is the show ?
how much time is left to answer you ?

quote:

Originally posted by RADIOHIER:
which date is the show ?
how much time is left to answer you ?

I'm sure we would all love to hear your story RADIOHIER...and i'm sure james is a patient guy

-gsbadbmr

stepping in as one of the youngins that were born in the late 80's ..

my story begins at around the year 2000, beeing 13 and getting into Rap-music.I was listening to everything i could get, mainly german stuff.
In the year 2002 i discovered the us-"oldschool"-stuff.It was the thing that really got me - i loved the whole thing ( rapping,graff,breakdancing etc ).

a mate of me had an old siemens-boombox at the time and we often meet outdoors to enjoy the tunes.

after seeing more and more videos & movies from back in the time i spotted lots of boomers.

I thought about getting one, since i was collecting other stuff like oldschool-vinyls/tapes/clothing and stuff.

I scanned the web and went to ebay where i bought my first boombox - a Sharp GF-6161.

seeing the great variety of boxes i bought a second one.A small Intercord 777 look-a-like.


well - i was really amazed by these units and got me some others.I loved the looks of them - the sound and the whole story behind them , connected with oldschool-hiphop.

i brought them out everytime i could and was blasting my favourite tunes.

Scanning the web again for informations about my boomers and pics of others i stumbled across the boomboxmuseum and S2G.

it was the year 2006 when i finally regged myself and introduced me and my small collection here.

at that time i had about 8 and with growing knowledge - the collection grewed fast!

i guess i collect them , cause i love their whole history connected with my big love ( 80's - mainly oldschool-rap ) and of course because their appereance.

They just looks so damn sexy!!

Thanks Kid! Love you avatar btw! Radiohier, my show is over, it went really well, I just think this thread is better than I expected, and I want it to keep going, its not for my project now(unless I do another at some point I guess)

oh sorry james, we are to late again.
the party is over
but promiss:
we will tell our story

Still folks who have not weighed in yet!

Still hoping others will have something to say here...

When i look at the views and replys, i think it´s a good score. But also hoping about a few more storys..

james --i know your project is over --
but in case this great thread is still alive ?

here is a box story from just 2 hours ago:

http://stereo2go.com/eve/forum...36097725/m/974101221

My project is over from Now, but i think this thread is well worth keeping going! Wonderlust has his own project now which is similar to mine, so why stop? Still waiting for lots of folks to weigh in!

ps great story Ira!