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What's a boombox?

• acomjean 8y ago
  For those of a certain age (I guess).... Its a radio player with speakers. Usually battery powered. Usually with a cassette tape or two (for copying). They ended up getting pretty big in the 80s (large in size) with detachable speakers. We had the small yellow waterproof, sony sport model.[1] I think one even had a record player. At some point loud portable stereos migrated into cars. Now we just transmit audio to portable battery powered bluetooth speakers images: Sony sport boombox https://www.flickr.com/photos/55910525@N07/16532295849 https://www.flickr.com/photos/55910525@N07/16532295849 google image search https://www.google.com/search?q=boombox+80s&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X https://www.google.com/search?q=boombox+80s&source=lnms&tbm=... vector stock: https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/vintage-cassette-recorder-ghetto-blaster-boombox-vector-1715494 https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/vintage-cass...
  • macintux 8y ago
    I had one with a tiny b&w TV in addition to the stereo. Mediocre audio and video quality but it lasted for years.
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  • fl0wenol 8y ago
    Car stereos became an aftermarket industry with upgrade-able and louder components at the same time that boomboxes appeared on the American market; they were parallel industries, driven by the advent of cheap transistor-based amplifiers in the mid-70s.
  • astura 8y ago
    This: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boombox#/media/File:Chicago_Pride_Parade_1985_033.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boombox#/media/File:Chicago_Pr... Was a an absolutely ubiquitous scene during summers in my childhood.
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• pweissbrod 8y ago
  Wow you just made me feel old :-)