Boombox auxillary speaker outputs

[maxhifi]

Both of my boomboxes have 1/8" speaker outputs. My question is - why?

They don't have enough juice to drive stereo speakers well, and the internal speakers sound great. Was there some common application for these speaker outputs that I'm missing? I don't think I've ever seen anyone use them.

 

[AE_Stereo]

Actually boomboxes are much more powerful than they look like (I am referring to top of the line boxes from major brands).
Just try connecting a decent box to external speakers and see the audio quality, with full Bass & Treble response.

I play my boxes like Panasonic RX-7000, Akai AJ-505 etc. through a pair of Sansui S-900XD speakers (with 9 inch woofers) and they sound like playing through any regular amplifier.

 

[Eddy]

Just don't go below the rated impedance of the boombox output so you don't blow the amp chips