Remember boom boxes? Well…

[PurplePower]

I was at Walmart this morning and they have Boom Boxes for sale. The only thing new is it has “blue tooth technology.”

 

[JustBonee]

Had them in high school. Loved ‘em.
I remember a Westinghouse radio that had a leather snap-on case. … still managed to get sand in it whenever we took it to the beach.

 

[katlupe]

I have a Sony boom box that I bought a few years ago to replace the previous one I had. Just last month I bought a CD player that is not a boom box. It sounds ten times better. I kept the boom box though.

 

[Oldeagle66]

I had a few over the years and some really elaborate that looked like home systems. I would probably have one now if I listened to more music.

 

[oldman]

You can see how old mine is. It has 2 cassette decks. It plays great whenever I play it, which isn't very often.

 

[dobielvr]

We had one that had a little TV on it.......and I'd like to know where it is.
Lots of Frank Sinatra played on that thing in our backyard.

 

[Disgustedman]

I was in Iowa and had a cheap generic boom box, guy on another machine 30' away had a SONY. I learned then that cheap ain't for quality. Turned up mine on high, could still hear his and his was on 6, I was maxed out!

 

[Jace]

You can see how old mine is. It has 2 cassette decks. It plays great whenever I play it, which isn't very often.

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my son's is sitting in the bathroom he used

 

[Jace]

Not only that..
the bean-bag chair is 'making a comeback!

Saw ad on TV..but it's called something else..
and didn't 'catch' the brand-name

 

[Naturally]

I still have a Sony for the beach/backyard ... I may have had it for 30yrs maybe. Something like that.
It works fine but lives on the top shelf of a closet, awaiting adventure.

 

[Pepper]

I have a Sirius Boombox

 

[hearlady]

I still have small Sony and a large aiwa boombox. I use the aiwa to listen to the radio in that room.

 

[jujube]

I remember the ginormous ones that the guys used to carry around on their shoulders. I'll bet they're old men now with one shoulder lower than the other...LOL.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I remember them. My son had one, two actually. He went out with one that I told him not to take with him and it was stolen. My husband brought me a boom box which my son and I (both audiophiles) determined sounded better than the highly touted Boise radios. I bought one and returned it once we determined that.

 

[LoveTulips]

We still have ours from the 1990's.

 

[dilettante]

I still have one of these, fully operational. AM/FM radio, CD player, dual auto-reversing cassettes, clock, recording timer like a VCR. Infrared remote.

The speaker boxes can detach and be separate 6 feet away on each side. AC powered, clock and station preset memory powered by 4 AA cells, and 10 D cells for the amplifier (or car battery power can also be used).

It's a beast, but most of its life has been as a bookshelf system.

 

[bobcat]

If one isn't buying it for the CD playing or cassette, many are just going with a powered speaker with bluetooth. You can stream music, and most have an internal rechargeable battery that will play for many hours, and some even have a light show. Just an alternate choice.