What Was The Last Great Boombox?

Ok. At some point some fool decided that a ghettoblaster should look like Darth Vader’s crash helmet with a cd player in it (flimsy black plastic, uurgh!) So what was the last truly great box to be built and when was it made?

The last one I know of is the helix wheely also the lasonic 935.these were made until around 1991/92.these are the only old skool type models sold at that time.

The above were also literally "great": The Wheely was the biggest classic (XXth century) one-piece boombox ever produced; not the longest, but hey, you can't have it all

The last great boombox was the last of the Sharp GF-series and the JVC RC series. 1 piece boomboxes that are exceptional in sound,appearance,and quality. When the CD boxes started coming in the quality for the most part went down,not all but most of manufacturers got stingy in the 90's!😮🎶🎼📻📻

The thing that sucks is JVC was one of the first to make the newer uglier CD boxes lol.

I had a top of the line Sony CD box around 1992 it sounded ****ing great but it looked horrible and I just could not stand the looks of it and smashed the damn thing .

JVC Floyd said:

The last one I know of is the helix wheely also the lasonic 935.these were made until around 1991/92.these are the only old skool type models sold at that time.

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I think Lasonic 975 was actually the last. Mine was dated 1991. But I’m not 100% sure. But also I believe the 3rd edition 931 round could have also been although sound wasn’t as good

baddboybill said:

The last one I know of is the helix wheely also the lasonic 935.these were made until around 1991/92.these are the only old skool type models sold at that time.

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I think Lasonic 975 was actually the last. Mine was dated 1991. But I’m not 100% sure. But also I believe the 3rd edition 931 round could have also been although sound wasn’t as good

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Well I always thought lasonic was one if not the last ones to build a real ghetto blaster. Not only that but 3 models. Lasonic kicks ass!.

Id say the original kaboom made in 2000 was the last one imho

or all the other original full size kabooms were great

JVC Floyd said:

The thing that sucks is JVC was one of the first to make the newer uglier CD boxes lol.

I had a top of the line Sony CD box around 1992 it sounded farking great but it looked horrible and I just could not stand the looks of it and smashed the damn thing .

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I hear you Floyd,the looks just aren't happening even with a lot of buttons. Stupid CD will go out and if it's a 3 piece you wouldn't want to be seen with that outside!😮
Yes I've cracked a couple of Lennox Sounds that weren't to my liking!!😮😮🤢😊

I would like to hijack this post and ask that we consider the DJ-Tech. If you ask the folks that have one it has everything except cassette deck but can record off the radio and has all kinds of inputs and loads of volume, bass, crisp highs and with an upgraded battery...long life. It also has metal speaker grills and metal cover trim.

I pulled mine out this evening and I have to say that this is the closest I have seen to reviving the old school box in MANY years. Of course they're going to make use of modern tech but the very nature of recording off the radio and other sources and the build quality makes this box qualify for the history books.

IMO if you have one congrats. You got the best example of what was.

Agreed, DJ Tech smokes all other 1-pieces for sound quality. Well, the only one that MIGHT beat it is THIS one, but I've never heard one, so I don't know.

I had to to see what this DJ Tech looked like, pretty rad styling.

I’m thinking those Lasonics from the early 90s with the classic styling.
I always associate those kabooms with aerobics instructors. I want to try the Brooklyn GPO one day.

No one has mentioned the Korean made conion c100f I believe that box also was released in the 90s