What are the 3 most ICONIC boom boxes
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hemiguy2006
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MasterBlaster84
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hemiguy2006 said:
Love them or hate them these boxes represent big time booming from the 80's and even those that don't collect often recognize these boxes.
JustCruisin
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MasterBlaster84 said:hemiguy2006 said:
TRUTH!
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redbenjoe said:add -- runner ups
lasonic 920
lasonic 931
jvc 550
jvc m70
crown 850
discolite
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'just sayin' -- there is alot more than 3
so many to list
baddboybill
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redbenjoe said:add -- runner ups
lasonic 920
lasonic 931
jvc 550
jvc m70
crown 850
discolite
sanyo 9994
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'just sayin' -- there is alot more than 3
Also the Lasonic 975 and Sharp VZ2000
Reli
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Agree with the first two........They make quite an impression, because:hemiguy2006 said:
1) The C100 is so big, has lots of shiny trim, and big bright LEDs
2) The 777 has 4 speakers in a row, which made it stand out
But the M90? Nah......it's big but not all THAT big, and it's not very flashy either. It's pretty conservative.
I remember C100's, 777's, and Lasonics from my youth, but no other boomboxes......
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Gluecifer said:
I gotta say that I agree with the 3 choices. Glue your right as well with the J1. After "Do The Right Thing" blew up Radio Raheem I can't stop staring at it and it sits among the other "greats". I don't remember the M90 growing up. Lasonic's where everywhere with the L30's all over the place in the Bronx and Brooklyn.
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mmcodomino
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If you think about it:
Number one must be the JVC RC-550 just cause it was kind of the first real street warrior and its whole design was laid out to be played outside.
The looks of it are also very very unique in the boombox world.
Number two would have to be the Conion C-100F because in my opinion it is the best looking boombox ever made. The clichee of a boombox is the C100 - you think boombox, you think C100. The GF777 might have been outstanding with 4 woofers but it was never the first thing i thought about when i wanted to get myself an old radio
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Then number three can only be the infamous JVC RC-M90. Not because of its looks or size (okay, it is pretty big and looks pretty much like a ghettoblaster as you would picture it) but because of its appearance on LL Cool J's cover and, most important, its sound. I think only few will disagree when i say the M90 is easily the best sounding boombox out there. And whoever disagrees has never heard one.
So while there are plenty of other boomboxes that are iconic and stand out, I think the top three are the ones named above
Number one must be the JVC RC-550 just cause it was kind of the first real street warrior and its whole design was laid out to be played outside.
The looks of it are also very very unique in the boombox world.
Number two would have to be the Conion C-100F because in my opinion it is the best looking boombox ever made. The clichee of a boombox is the C100 - you think boombox, you think C100. The GF777 might have been outstanding with 4 woofers but it was never the first thing i thought about when i wanted to get myself an old radio
.Then number three can only be the infamous JVC RC-M90. Not because of its looks or size (okay, it is pretty big and looks pretty much like a ghettoblaster as you would picture it) but because of its appearance on LL Cool J's cover and, most important, its sound. I think only few will disagree when i say the M90 is easily the best sounding boombox out there. And whoever disagrees has never heard one.
So while there are plenty of other boomboxes that are iconic and stand out, I think the top three are the ones named above
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goodman said:
The Toshiba BomBeat RT-S90 looks 100X better than all three of those boxes but there's absolutely nothing iconic about it... Perhaps in Japan tho.
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mmcodomino said:If you think about it:
Number one must be the JVC RC-550 just cause it was kind of the first real street warrior and its whole design was laid out to be played outside.
The looks of it are also very very unique in the boombox world.
Number two would have to be the Conion C-100F because in my opinion it is the best looking boombox ever made. The clichee of a boombox is the C100 - you think boombox, you think C100. The GF777 might have been outstanding with 4 woofers but it was never the first thing i thought about when i wanted to get myself an old radio
Then number three can only be the infamous JVC RC-M90. Not because of its looks or size (okay, it is pretty big and looks pretty much like a ghettoblaster as you would picture it) but because of its appearance on LL Cool J's cover and, most important, its sound. I think only few will disagree when i say the M90 is easily the best sounding boombox out there. And whoever disagrees has never heard one.
So while there are plenty of other boomboxes that are iconic and stand out, I think the top three are the ones named above
Got to agree with you Max on the RC550 call, however I also agree with Reli that the M90, as beautiful and sought after as it is probably isn't as iconic to people who dont know about boom boxes. The average Joe is likely to recognise a GF777 though.
My vote in no particular order
Conion c100f
Sharp gf 777
JVC RC 550
hemiguy2006
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The m 90 although not flashy like the others is indeed iconic ,and also claimed by most as the
"King of the Boomboxes"
I guess the answer to this question is very subjective and may have many different answers depending on where you
Are from.
If I were to replace the m-90 with anything it would be the Lasonic 931 or Rising sRC2015
"King of the Boomboxes"
I guess the answer to this question is very subjective and may have many different answers depending on where you
Are from.
If I were to replace the m-90 with anything it would be the Lasonic 931 or Rising sRC2015
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