WESTERN AUSTRALIA BOOMFEAST 2011

[shane higgins]

WHAT A DAY
my ears are dead
i think we got therw about 30 boomboxes all day shiat it was hard work
we listerned to boxes all day
i went to arrons with a few and come home with a s..t load more here are the happy people
we have done some study and the loudest factory box is the conion c100 and the sound quality is as good as any other
the m90 and other jvc's are all great quality
the disco robo wazs up ther with the best
but we found that nothing can come close to the c100
all the grails you see in the photos were tested and they all preformed great so be happy with any of then

arron trying to make the telly louder than the conion but no luck great sound though

THe Captains chair in his music room

 

[sony_apm_fan]

I'm speechless, hope you guys had as much fun as it looks.

Must book a flight over.....

 

[shane higgins]

yes theres over 600 boxes here in the west
come over any time

 

[AZA]

cool pics Shane and a great day !
Cheers for making the trip down......... but stop stealing all my doubles

Shane brought down a couple of nice grails i havent had the pleasure of yet, a Sharp
GX-300 and a National RX-C100. Must haves for me now

Cant believe we could only get through about 30, if that

I'm speechless, hope you guys had as much fun as it looks.

Must book a flight over.....

Anytime APM

 

[kingrat2010]

great boxes = great time

 

[Gluecifer]

Wow!!! AWESOME stuff!!

Top work guys!!!



Rock On.

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Wow, what a collection! Those are some of the biggest bad boys of them all.

Great work guys, really jealous.

 

[alfie]

WOW!!!!!

 

[docs]

Sweet as a freakin nut ! really nice set of boxes, you might wantto get your ears checked though

 

[Reli]

NIce. Which one sounded the most precise & detailed?

 

[oldskool69]

Pardon me whilst I catch my breath...


Wish I could've been there!!!

 

[Terry]

methinks I may need to visit WA soon.

Looks like you blokes had some fun.

 

[skippy1969]

Awesome!!!!!!!

 

[shane higgins]

NIce. Which one sounded the most precise & detailed?

there was a few jvc, sansui, natanal, coion, sharp, telly
no real winner on sound quality just a winner on loudness conion c100

 

[oldskool69]

NIce. Which one sounded the most precise & detailed?

there was a few jvc, sansui, natanal, coion, sharp, telly
no real winner on sound quality just a winner on loudness conion c100

Wha?!?!? I know the Conion won't win a clarity contest, but I could have sworn I saw plenty of boxes that had "real" power that should've and would've sunk the Conion for sheer volume...i.e. the PC-55.

 

[Fatdog]

Wow! What a great time!!

It's also nice to see a pic with the Shanester.

 

[RockE]

WHAT A DAY - my ears a dead

I can't imagine that chair would help, looks like the sound would bounce around all day in that!

Nice collection for your retirement fund!

 

[AZA]

NIce. Which one sounded the most precise & detailed?

I would have to say the M90. Very clear and very precise

Next would be the Telefunken for quality, and a kind of 'warmth' to the sound.

Here also are a couple of interesting things Shane and i noted....

Firstly, i have never been a fan of using the FM transmitter for your Ipod. It always seems
to me as though you lose some quality in the playback from your boombox
But in some cases it may be required, say if when you lack a line-in or the correct adaption
for line-in.
This was the case for the Telefunken. So we used Shanes FM transmitter and as Shane and i both noted
at the time, it sounded fantastic Easily the best playback sound using this method.that i have heard

Also we where trying out Shanes decibel/sound meter on many of the radios.
Firstly we would try for peak level at almost touching point of the boombox at nearly full sound,
then we would step back about a meter to see the change.
As you may expect the peak level would drop on all radios...... except the M90
Now im not an expert on this kind of thing and would love to hear opinions but talk about some
good directional sound flow from JVC
Also if you have an M90 and havent tried this yet, sit directly in front of your radio and turn it up nice
and loud, say about 7 on the control and then place your hand in front of the tweeter about 5 or 10 cm away.
Then remove it again and repeat a few times.
The change in the sound amazed me and none of my other radios that i did this with have been as direct.
If nothing else its fun to try

Wha?!?!? I know the Conion won't win a clarity contest, but I could have sworn I saw plenty of boxes that had "real" power that should've and would've sunk the Conion for sheer volume...i.e. the PC-55.

Up until recently i have never even really worried about doing comparisons on my radios, im still not that fazed about
which is louder, which is nicer, which is better etc etc etc. I like them all but...... if you want a Blaster, the C100 has it !!
We put it against the 5350, Telefunken and even both of my PC-55's plus a range of others and honestly the way i see it is,
if you want a serious in your face loud a$$ Blaster you have to get a C100 . Well thats how we seen it on the day
anyway

 

[shane higgins]

WHAT A DAY - my ears a dead

I can't imagine that chair would help, looks like the sound would bounce around all day in that!

Nice collection for your retirement fund!

funny you say that very the oppesite no sound movement in side the ball chair its like putting your head under a big pillow
if you ever see one sit in it

 

[Reli]

Firstly, i have never been a fan of using the FM transmitter for your Ipod. It always seems
to me as though you lose some quality in the playback from your boombox
But in some cases it may be required, say if when you lack a line-in or the correct adaption
for line-in.
This was the case for the Telefunken. So we used Shanes FM transmitter and as Shane and i both noted
at the time, it sounded fantastic Easily the best playback sound using this method.that i have heard

I use a DIN-to3.5 cable to connect my Telefunken