It was Springtime in 1981 and I was a poor medical student barely scraping by when I came upon a WINDFALL - my grandmother gave me $300 to "buy something nice" for myself. I had coveted the Panny boomboxes for a while and remember going to a huge electronics store in New Jersey with my girlfriend to check them out.
There were EXACTLY THREE Panasonic boom boxes that I listened to that day: one was around $200, one was $300, and one was way beyond my price range ($400+??) and also significantly larger than the $300 box. I quickly narrowed it down to the Panasonic RX-5600 ($300) and the larger, more expensive Panasonic box. I agonized between them for almost an entire hour listening back and forth and back and forth until I finally convinced myself that they sounded close enough to leave the store clutching my brand new 5600 with a HUGE smile on my face.
To this day, I can't remember (or figure out) which model the more expensive boom box was - and its driving me crazy!!! I have a distinct recollection of the more expensive box sounding just a wee bit better than the 5600, but since I couldn't afford it anyway (unless I borrowed money from my girlfriend), I just got the 5600 and went on my way. To this day I still have the 5600 and it still sounds great. I even have had occasional crazy thoughts about the larger box having real wood trim on it - but I doubt that this was really the case...
Can anyone help solve this mystery for me? Please help!!!
Doc
There were EXACTLY THREE Panasonic boom boxes that I listened to that day: one was around $200, one was $300, and one was way beyond my price range ($400+??) and also significantly larger than the $300 box. I quickly narrowed it down to the Panasonic RX-5600 ($300) and the larger, more expensive Panasonic box. I agonized between them for almost an entire hour listening back and forth and back and forth until I finally convinced myself that they sounded close enough to leave the store clutching my brand new 5600 with a HUGE smile on my face.
To this day, I can't remember (or figure out) which model the more expensive boom box was - and its driving me crazy!!! I have a distinct recollection of the more expensive box sounding just a wee bit better than the 5600, but since I couldn't afford it anyway (unless I borrowed money from my girlfriend), I just got the 5600 and went on my way. To this day I still have the 5600 and it still sounds great. I even have had occasional crazy thoughts about the larger box having real wood trim on it - but I doubt that this was really the case...
Can anyone help solve this mystery for me? Please help!!!
Doc