Reli said:But how many 777's were actually sold in Russia in the 80's? Would have been black market, if anything.lilo777 said:Reli said:
I can tell you that 777 is also unquestionably boombox #1 for Russians(I am one of them BTW). And, in Russia, the prevailing opinion is that it is one of the best sounding one piece boomboxes. BTW, Russians absolutely do not get Conions. On one Russian web site I saw a page that translates and comments on the well known futuristic boombox renditions on pocketcalculatorshow.com. This page has the following comment on the rendition of Conion C100 (my translation): "And of course, Conion C100 - African people favorite - will be absolutely reincarnated in a new image." Such dismissive attitude might be caused by the fact that Conions were never sold in Russia, people know very little about them and the attitudes were shaped up based solely on the looks. I do not appreciate their use of "African people" in that context (unfortunately racists exist everywhere or, perhaps, they just in-artfully tried to refer to the fact that African people tend to favor bright colors).
I think the only reason Russians like them is because Russians lusted over anything Americans had
It was not considered American. It was Japanese (and it really was). The notion of American electronics did not exist in USSR (and it looks like it hardly existed in USA either starting from 80s
). Imports in general were rare in USSR and electronics was extremely rare but it was sold in a few special stores. When people went to work abroad (sailors, diplomats, some construction projects in developing countries etc.) they were paid in special currency that they could then use in these stores. I do not know how many such stores existed, but my guess would be - fewer than 100 for entire country. There were also shops that sold used stuff and some people who traveled abroad would bring used (or even new) gear to such shops. In any case, import electronics was prohibitively expensive and rare. The lust was strong 
It is very common all round the world i think. Every non boomer connected will know this one. Probably that's the reason for such iconic status. But indeed - great boomer whit not ordinary look and good , loud sound. 
This is what starts arguements here. Like I stated before, to me they are ugly....lets just leave it at that. I don't care how wonderful they may sound. The thread starts out as :good,bad, and ugly.....and I agree with the last description.
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