What you got against Mickey Mouse??? Lol. Yeah I agree it's probably the best looker currently.Reli said:
GPO box feedback?
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I don't think anyone makes a decent cassette transport anymore especially on portables which is a pity. Curry's say this BB is 80 watts, really???? More like 8 watts I recon. If it is not very loud I wonder if the sound quality is any good? If the sound was good it might be worth having if a decent tape player is not needed, but I don't see a mono button for FM so I think I will pass because the FM signal is poor where I live and any radio I own must have a mono option.T-STER said:
can cross that of my list then, have no intention of buying something that only lasts 6 weeks lolT-STER said:
Lots of modern radios have cassette decks, but when you actually play a tape in them, you see why they're so cheap. The frequency response is very narrow, the wow & flutter is bad. Also their internal parts are made of plastic or thin pot metal. A far cry from the thick zinc-plated parts of the early 80's.
During the 90's and 00's I owned several "shelf component systems" from Panasonic and Technics and JVC, and none of those decks were very good either. The Kaboom deck isn't all that great either. It's nowhere near as good as the deck in an M90 or even just an M70.
During the 90's and 00's I owned several "shelf component systems" from Panasonic and Technics and JVC, and none of those decks were very good either. The Kaboom deck isn't all that great either. It's nowhere near as good as the deck in an M90 or even just an M70.
totally agree Reli, they have had lots of trouble even with the bumpboxx, i don't think anything new is worth buying imho....just had an m70 and it still works like new....makes me feel old lol
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what i find ODD is the GPO brand and logo. In the UK, this was used to be General Post Office later Royal Mail.... even the logo is the same
... it does have DAB. whats the DAB signal like near you ?Ferguson3T18 said:
what i find ODD is the GPO brand and logo. In the UK, this was used to be General Post Office later Royal Mail.... even the logo is the same
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what i find ODD is the GPO brand and logo. In the UK, this was used to be General Post Office later Royal Mail.... even the logo is the same
I cannot get DAB or Freeview because of the hill and trees behind the house. Anyway I rarely see any love for DAB even if it works, low bitrates and many stations are mono anyway.
... it does have DAB. whats the DAB signal like near you ?Ferguson3T18 said:
what i find ODD is the GPO brand and logo. In the UK, this was used to be General Post Office later Royal Mail.... even the logo is the same
I cannot get DAB or Freeview because of the hill and trees behind the house. Anyway I rarely see any love for DAB even if it works, low bitrates and many stations are mono anyway.
If it’s made like paper mache and is junk then that’s a shame. It was promising and I was hoping for something usable and fun.
I agree let's wait till somebody we know and trust tells us the real deal , that's good enough for me.
Luckily I'm too poor to be impulsive lol.
Luckily I'm too poor to be impulsive lol.
I feel the same way. If nobody here has one then I personally don't have any opinion whether it's junk or not.
I know it looks pretty cool though, impressive styling even if it is near identical to the 920. For me that's a good start.
I know it looks pretty cool though, impressive styling even if it is near identical to the 920. For me that's a good start.
Cool !T-STER said:
as i said in my earlier post, with todays tech there is no reason why this shouldn't sound great. have you heard the sound that comers from those little little beats pil speakers ? not exactly HIFI but astonishing given the size.
from the promo vid this looks to be a medium sized unit and from the ariel shot at 11 seconds the box looks pretty thick/deep ? plenty of room for a chunky amp/speakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_CktZVDD6E
Having said that, i seriously doubt the build quality is gonna be up to cthe boomboxes of the 80's. i hope to be proven wrong
The reason those pills sound good is because they were built with thick solid materials, and they're small anyway, so there isn't much chance of the plastic flexing and resonating and sounding boxy and crappy. Not so with this GPO. It's big and boxy, so it will sound like crap unless proper internal braces and plastic densities were used, like what Aiwa did to the EXOS-9.c bank said:as i said in my earlier post, with todays tech there is no reason why this shouldn't sound great. have you heard the sound that comers from those little little beats pil speakers ? not exactly HIFI but astonishing given the size.
The reason the Aiwa sounds so good is because they put all their money into the amps, speakers, and internal structure & bracing, rather than chrome trim, LED's, CD player, tape deck, tuner, etc.
Such a shame. Another modern company dropping the ball again. The ones that look good sound crap and the ones that sound good look like ****.jimmyjimmy19702010 said:
Hisrudeness said:Such a shame. Another modern company dropping the ball again. The ones that look good sound crap and the ones that sound good look like shiat.
Very true!
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