Who's got Mono?

[jaetee]

Great pics in this thread! Keep 'em comin'!!!!

Here's the storyline on this one.... My wife's grandmother died a couple of weeks ago (RIP Inez Hill) and they had to clean out her apartment.... Afterwards, my wife came home after a long day of shedding tears and handed me a cute little Sony monobox which actually belonged to my son's great grandfather (whom he'd never met). Little David took to it immediately!

And when she dressed him up in his cassette t-shirt I had to pull the box off the shelf and snap some pics. I like how this one turned out....

 

[Fatdog]

Like father - like son.

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Adorable jaetee, he makes that little Mono look very impressive.

 

[jaetee]

Thanks guys... He actually plays with a lot of my boxes (supervised, of course) and I pretty much always have a camera ready and not too far away...

I'll be kicking off a thread calling out for members to show their kids with their boomers soon! I've got a good little collection of pics of him with gear that is growing. Should be a fun one!

'Cuz we gotta pass this on!!! Boomboxery must live forever!!!!!

Now, getting back onto topic... here is my other mono, a Lloyds pre-80's unit!

 

[djetaine]

dont have any mono tape decks but I do have these: (sorry for the crappy pics, these are just crops from a larger picture since im not at home"

 

[ViennaSound]

LANCIA:

noname mono (before restauration):

INTERNATIONAL Discolite:

NATIONAL-PANASONIC:

POPPY:

PHILIPS:

 

[ViennaSound]

big JVC:

baby SANYO:

TOSHIBA:

NATIONAL-PANASONIC:

HOLIDAY:

big GRUNDIG:

tiny chinese discolite:

 

[nz boom]

nice gf and mic cool

I only have one cool mono.
My Sharp GF6000......
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[nz boom]

jvc 10''

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[Old school Scott]

There's some nice half-a-boom going on here.
Some I've seen some I haven't, I still love to look.
FD, that Panny radio Shore is purty!!

Cheers OSS

 

[teamstress]

My first radio, Panasonic rx-1234. Gets a lot of use in the workshop.

and in the back yard!

 

[devol-toni]

My JVC 9407LS :

 

[Boom Shaka Laka]

A somewhat rare version of the JVC 550... with no FM... proving that rarer isn't always better!

 

[SmokinEndo]

my 550 needs a cleaning

 

[ViennaSound]

My JVC 9407LS :

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Brother in booming, toni!
Just found the same one at a residence cleaning in the cellar.
In the original boxing, looks like never used :super:
Pics soon.

 

[nz boom]

i need to get me one of the big jvcs. do thay have big bass? my sony 8" has.

 

[ViennaSound]

i need to get me one of the big jvcs. do thay have big bass? my sony 8" has.

Not really...
Many smaller stereos blow it away.
But the look of it is still unique! :sin:

 

[nz boom]

you would think having that 3 way set up it would rock .10'' is a lot of air to move.

i need to get me one of the big jvcs. do thay have big bass? my sony 8" has.

Not really...
Many smaller stereos blow it away.
But the look of it is still unique! :sin:

 

[devol-toni]

My JVC 9407LS :

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Brother in booming, toni!
Just found the same one at a residence cleaning in the cellar.
In the original boxing, looks like never used :super:
Pics soon.

Roman,
Original box!!!
Whether there are any manuals in that box?

 

[devol-toni]

A somewhat rare version of the JVC 550... with no FM... proving that rarer isn't always better!

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Hmm,
BooShLa,
Sometimes, some disadvantages are not so important, but uniqueness is.

Boomboxes without FM band are common in late seventies and early eighties in the Middle East and North Africa.
Therefore, because this boomboxes can be found (rarely ) only in Europe, your RC-550 is VERY VERY RARE in USA.
I know this because my best friend from childhood (now sadly deceased) was received a gift, exactly RC-550, without FM band, from his father who worked in Libya like structural engineer in that time.
He bought it on the Airport free-shop in Tripoli.

I owned several boxes without FM band and I'm very proud of them.