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Yeah, the RX-7000 is gorgeous, but lookit the RX-7200! It's a
beefy machine (not quite as large as the photo indicates) and the
wood sides give it a more refined look than other machines of the
day. If you look closely, you'll see the icing on the cake:
that's not an LCD, but a LED (or VFD?) digital tuner! Have you
ever seen another boombox with this feature? Once again, thank
Jens for his great find.
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Signature pieces of Sharp's consumer audio arsenal: The
GF-777 and RP-114. Luca (Mitico) from Italy thought the
space-conscious turntable was the perfect compliment to the
awesome dual cassette 777. Right on!
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Apologies for the poor picture of this magical Aiwa CS-W7.
It's one of a handful of boomboxes that had tape decks for
standard size cassettes AND micro-cassettes! While companies like
Panasonic and JVC were pushing the buck in large machines, Aiwa
was trying to make them sleeker and smaller. This rare model sold
for a short period in 1983 for around $400. Imagine recording
your favorite shortwave program to tape, then dubbing it
micro?!
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Says Dezzy in Minnesota, "Take a look at this boombox and you
tell me if you think it deserves to be put next to Conion C-100F
and Clairtone 7980. This was made at the Coney-Onkyo factory in
Kobe, Japan during the 80s. The very same Japan factory that
produced the Conion/Clairtone boomboxes. This is licensed under
the Helix name, model HX-4635. It is a C-100f with nothing
changed on it (top deck is autoreverse just like the Conion and
has tape rotation LED's) but the nameplate on the back and the
raised letters on the front saying the name 'Helix.' This must of
been a forgotten model that belongs on the Holy Grails
list."
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A boombox under the Technics brand is indeed a rare find.
This is their SA-C05, a compact system that outputs a respectable
26 watts of sound. It weighed 27lbs and cost around $400.
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James from Philly has an impressive collection of systems,
including this Rising SCR-2015. I'm guessing this one puts out 20
watts total...or is it 20 per channel! Wow...
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Brian specializes in classic arcade machines,
but what vintage arcade is complete without music? "It's sort of
the quintessential 80's pic, with the 'box sitting atop my Ms.
Pacman cocktail arcade game. This is the only 80's boombox I
have, but it's the typical high quality Sony with AM/FM,
shortwave and a good cassette deck. Runs on 6 "D" batteries and
has a voltage selector for 110/220VAC input. I got this about six
months ago on ebay, still new in the box. I've wanted a classic
80's portable like this for some time, and was pleased to find
this excellent example. Everything on it works great and it
sounds good."
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Thanks to Dwayne Colon for providing a whole bunch of
pictures to the museum. Here's his first, a Sharp GF-535.
Nicknamed "The Searcher" (for its music search
system?) this system has a nice splash of color and some
unusual slide controls for volume along the left of the tape
deck.
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