Brand WARS !!!

[redbenjoe]

we havent done this bit in a while -
so -
for starters.....i am proclaiming SANYO RULES

not talkin size or rare or watts or price or grails or any of that crap

just talkin --the results ....
of a multi-year effort to design the mostest offerings
of most beautiful looking boxes combined
with the most sonic satisfaction

true -- that panasonic, sharp, philips, jvc,aiwa. toshiba, etc -
were all 'out there' in full force --
and in fierce//formidable competition..

but --can any of them woop this line-up ??

big ben
920
820//824
720
650
9998
9996
c7
c9
9990
9994
prolly forgot a bunch

then there is the gorgeous 7900 mini series
plus a DOZEN or so more awesome looking minis

plus they made some yamahas, sears,siemans
and other brands
-----------------------------------
ok --beat that !!!

 

[ViennaSound]

SANYO is nice, but i love PHILIPS

Spatial Stereo Series, Moving Sound, the strangest looking mono´s, from microtape boomys till fullsize units.
Several aka´s (HORNYPHON, MAGNAVOX,MARANTZ,RADIOLA,......)
Simply love it

 

[Superduper]

Well, I have 7 out of the 11 Sanyo's you listed and save for a couple, I think I've got all the Sanyo's I want. And I do concur that Sanyo is a GREAT brand. Back then, even JVC didn't have much to offer as competition. But there is just something about those sexy Panasonics that just draws me in. AND Panasonic had a HUGE lineup offering back then -- I'm not talking about just boomboxes. Their electronics lineup was huge and they were a Big Big Brand back in the day. Of course I like SHARP too.

 

[blah blah]

ira - imho you are correct sir- SANYO! followed by JVC.

then some love to Sansui and Lasonic, thin offerings but nice

 

[redbenjoe]

panasonic sure was the KING --
in terms of the quantity of models they made --
and they were ALL nice - with good quality-

but -- imho -- they had
'too much family'

ie --as many as 2 dozen pannys seemed to look and sound
within just 5% of each other

so - sanyo had a much wider approach to their design goals

 

[Börny]

SANYO is nice, but i love PHILIPS

Spatial Stereo Series, Moving Sound, the strangest looking mono´s, from microtape boomys till fullsize units.
Several aka´s (HORNYPHON, MAGNAVOX,MARANTZ,RADIOLA,......)
Simply love it

, enough said , Phili´s ROCK .

 

[monchito]

yes ira 9998,9994.9975.9970,9990,920,720 thats what i have up to now

 

[r o y a l ®]

I do like the Toshiba range too.

 

[redbenjoe]

agree with royal -
EVERY toshiba i have ever seen or heard is unique and GOOD !!

 

[geoffhartwell]

at the moment all i can think of is conion

 

[redbenjoe]

yes ira 9998,9994.9975.9970,9990,920,720 thats what i have up to now

hey ramon --you need a big ben -

and you have prolly passed on a hundred sanyo minis
they make a huge line of them

 

[monchito]

fftopic: fftopic:

 

[Strānj-Bōōmbŏks]

I have to put in a word for Pioneer, I don't have but only one model, but what great materials and weight and SOUND this little unit has... really GREAT... I hope to be gettin' me some more of these PIONEERS!!! They ruuule!

SK-606F

 

[redbenjoe]

what a great looking pioneer
what model is it ??

 

[Superduper]

Around here, it's the SK-400 and ours have grills

But sadly, I lost out on the only one I saw on ebay in 2 years.

 

[floyd]

i think the best sanyo is the one member ak74 has ,its the mini with 4 woofers two on each side i wish i had a pic of it but trust me its a bad ass radio.

 

[redbenjoe]

hers that sanyo mini

 

[Superduper]

Whoa! That's a very maxi mini.

 

[Master Z]

I think JVC pretty much won this one flat out. Lets see.....
You can decide what order they should be in.

M90
Kaboom series
PC Series (3, 5, 6, 11, 55,100,550 etc...)
M70,71,75
M80
M60
M50
RC838
RC828
RC656, 656II
RC 575
JVC TV Blaster
RC550 Mono

 

[bill]

i thought about this alot about what boomboxes were the nicest and i am with ira.
i think that the old sanyo stuff was simply fabulous.
i mean they just have a really really nice sound.