Hi, I've been lurking the site for a while, and over at the s2g one as well but I haven't posted on either until now.
I love boomboxes, but didn't really have the money to buy them until recently, so for a long time I just used my Sanyo M4200 which is ancient and battered but still a nice little stereo box to haul around.
Recently I got a Hitachi TRK-8200E, which I am thoroughly delighted with, although the tape deck doesn't work, which is not a biggie as I mainly run it on line in with an iRiver.
I also have a TRK-8080 which is currently being shipped to me, again the tape deck isn't functional but again this won't be a massive problem, although if it's easy/cheap enough to fix I may do it for both boxes at some point.
I will post some pics once I get the 8080, and some good weather (don't hold your breath on the latter as I'm in the UK
). I like to use my ghetto blasters as functional machines- I love the response they get as provided your not blasting out something terribly offensive, people tend to love it. I regularly take mine on the parks around Manchester and have had comments such as "Power to the People!" as well as people dancing when they walk past!
Some people don't 'get' why I like them so much- they say "if you spent a bit more you could have an iPod", but I don't think they appreciate how good it is to share music! Anyway I'll post my collection once the TRK arrives (bar the sanyo which is not with me at Uni).
Cheers for reading my massive intro thread!
Glen
I love boomboxes, but didn't really have the money to buy them until recently, so for a long time I just used my Sanyo M4200 which is ancient and battered but still a nice little stereo box to haul around.
Recently I got a Hitachi TRK-8200E, which I am thoroughly delighted with, although the tape deck doesn't work, which is not a biggie as I mainly run it on line in with an iRiver.
I also have a TRK-8080 which is currently being shipped to me, again the tape deck isn't functional but again this won't be a massive problem, although if it's easy/cheap enough to fix I may do it for both boxes at some point.
I will post some pics once I get the 8080, and some good weather (don't hold your breath on the latter as I'm in the UK
). I like to use my ghetto blasters as functional machines- I love the response they get as provided your not blasting out something terribly offensive, people tend to love it. I regularly take mine on the parks around Manchester and have had comments such as "Power to the People!" as well as people dancing when they walk past!Some people don't 'get' why I like them so much- they say "if you spent a bit more you could have an iPod", but I don't think they appreciate how good it is to share music! Anyway I'll post my collection once the TRK arrives (bar the sanyo which is not with me at Uni).
Cheers for reading my massive intro thread!
Glen
