The idea for this thread just came to me, tell us all about the boomboxes, radios you own/owned growing up in the order you had them if you can remember. I'm not asking for boxes you bought when you started collecting, but the one's you may have had before you even thought about collecting them.
My history:
1st radio was a mono, Centrex by Pioneer, I used everything this radio had till it was wore out!. When I last had it I had it attached to my bike on the frame in front of the seat. Back than I didn't have a lot of friends and I would turn to music to keep me company, sometimes if I was pissed off at something or upset I would jump on my bike, throw a tape in and just go for a ride by myself. I was in my own little world and "didn't need anyone" I thought this radio was still in my parents attic, all taped together as it saw so much use and was falling apart but I think it got tossed out years ago.
2nd radio was a sanyo M9990, I was moving up and into the big time now had a Stereo boombox!!. Didn't think this radio was anything real special at the time, seems it's pretty popular now, but it was a good step up from the Centrex and was in my price range. I remember going to the local PC Richards store with my dad to buy it. I used it to it's life limits as a young pre teenager would, don't remember what happened to it.
next up was (and still is as I still own it) my personal "grail", my favorite box, to me the only one that matters, the Aiwa CS-880, I bought this one from a mail order catalog as it was way to expensive to buy locally, think I paid about $365 for it. I still remember the day it was delivered, I was about 16 and was going to work with my dad, one of the guys from my dad's job had stopped over and I was showing it to him. The Aiwa went everywhere with me, I brought it to HS and remember having to hide it from the teachers and principal as boomboxes weren't allowed in school. I used to go everywhere on my 10 -speed and would ride no hands or one handed using my other arm/hand to hold that big Aiwa, I'm sure I took a few spills with it but it held up with no major damage other than the occasional antenna. when I moved to Florida in 96 it stayed in my dad's cedar closet down in his basement and as some of you know was relatively undamaged until I finally got it down to Florida and was replacing the belts when I had my back to it and the front case fell off my work bench onto the concrete floor and both corners broke off!! Imagine owning a box for 20 plus years with no mishaps and while trying to bring it back to 100% something happens to it. The day it fell was just about the worst day I can remember I was so upset!
last box I bought new was a monster, a friend had one and they were selling left and right at the local flea markets, it was big, heavy, loud, so heavy that it really spent most of it's time in my bedroom with the occasional trip with me to college tto crank out in the cafeteria the Sharp HK-9000, I still can not remember what I ever did with this one, it left my possesion some where along the way as the 880 is still with me. Wish I had another one.
that's it for my boombox history, how about yours??
My history:
1st radio was a mono, Centrex by Pioneer, I used everything this radio had till it was wore out!. When I last had it I had it attached to my bike on the frame in front of the seat. Back than I didn't have a lot of friends and I would turn to music to keep me company, sometimes if I was pissed off at something or upset I would jump on my bike, throw a tape in and just go for a ride by myself. I was in my own little world and "didn't need anyone" I thought this radio was still in my parents attic, all taped together as it saw so much use and was falling apart but I think it got tossed out years ago.
2nd radio was a sanyo M9990, I was moving up and into the big time now had a Stereo boombox!!. Didn't think this radio was anything real special at the time, seems it's pretty popular now, but it was a good step up from the Centrex and was in my price range. I remember going to the local PC Richards store with my dad to buy it. I used it to it's life limits as a young pre teenager would, don't remember what happened to it.
next up was (and still is as I still own it) my personal "grail", my favorite box, to me the only one that matters, the Aiwa CS-880, I bought this one from a mail order catalog as it was way to expensive to buy locally, think I paid about $365 for it. I still remember the day it was delivered, I was about 16 and was going to work with my dad, one of the guys from my dad's job had stopped over and I was showing it to him. The Aiwa went everywhere with me, I brought it to HS and remember having to hide it from the teachers and principal as boomboxes weren't allowed in school. I used to go everywhere on my 10 -speed and would ride no hands or one handed using my other arm/hand to hold that big Aiwa, I'm sure I took a few spills with it but it held up with no major damage other than the occasional antenna. when I moved to Florida in 96 it stayed in my dad's cedar closet down in his basement and as some of you know was relatively undamaged until I finally got it down to Florida and was replacing the belts when I had my back to it and the front case fell off my work bench onto the concrete floor and both corners broke off!! Imagine owning a box for 20 plus years with no mishaps and while trying to bring it back to 100% something happens to it. The day it fell was just about the worst day I can remember I was so upset!
last box I bought new was a monster, a friend had one and they were selling left and right at the local flea markets, it was big, heavy, loud, so heavy that it really spent most of it's time in my bedroom with the occasional trip with me to college tto crank out in the cafeteria the Sharp HK-9000, I still can not remember what I ever did with this one, it left my possesion some where along the way as the 880 is still with me. Wish I had another one.
that's it for my boombox history, how about yours??
with me, down the street, the backyard, and so on.....
def well worth,they kick butt for a small tranny even am actually sounds good on those radios compare just about any other tranny from that era of late 50's or early 60's,nothing touches the zenith,legend,that's the fact jack!