Bluetooth speakers look like turds

@@80s_Boombox_Collector Most of them sound like turds too.

I remember see people sporting some cool boom boxes walking down the street on their shoulder back in the day... I was just a kid but people would bust out cardboard and break dance on the corner with rockin the getto blasters....

Yes

Or AKA Technics.

3 feet wide

i can sell you that National big woofer.If need contact with me.

"Object of my Desire" by Starpoint (1985).

I sold both of them sorry!

@John Janik Want to sale it?

None of them are as loud as these. But the JVC does sound a little better, in my opinion

Somewhere between $400-800. Multiply that by 3 to get today's dollars...

@@80s_Boombox_Collector around 1 thousand to 2 thousands of dollars

Dont feed digital signals into equipment that were pre cd age , if its early 80s it wanted to see tape signal on that input

Are these still available in Mumbai for sale ?

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Because they are cheap and the people want bye because there to in to there phones

@@jonathan15681 classic boomboxes are not cheap at all, you're wrong about that. Have you seen how much they go for online?

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@@jonathan15681 Know anything about diamondboxx? A company in California that makes the best most powerful boom boxes on planet earth

Depends what country you're in. DiamondBoxx is good.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector USA

For USA yeah I would say DiamondBoxx is the highest quality. But it's pretty damn expensive. If you want something cheaper, get an Aiwa EXOS-9, you can get a refurbished one on Ebay for only like $275, and it's the best sound for the dollar you can get. If you want something with more of a vintage look, check out the GPO Brooklyn, but it doesn't sound as good as the Aiwa.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector 3:27 which song ?

3:28 which song ?

I'm gonna say the labels were BS most of the time. They could say 60hz when in reality it's 100hz, who knows.....It's not like the government is making sure they tell the truth.

+Jamie Holden You are correct about the 5 inches, it says so in the specs which I posted here: wikiboombox.com/tiki-index.php?page=Panasonic+RX-A5 But how do you know that the power on AC is more than double the DC power?

+anditslikethat I remember reading that the power unofficially was around 50w per channel when used on mains. Anyhow its battery outputs already impressive @15w RMS /Channel its more powerful on batteries than most other boxes are on AC, anyhow as you said on your video for the above reasons the batteries don't last long at all.

"Object of my Desire" by Starpoint (1985).

Cool, thanks :)

"Object of my Desire" by Starpoint (1985)

@@80s_Boombox_Collector Thanks brother 💕 from India

Yep, the one on top weighs 46 lbs because you have to carry it with the cassette case.

+SoCal308GTSiQV Thanks bro!

Really the only way they're not boomboxes is that the speakers don't attach, the fold together, so you can't carry it while playing it. So yeah it's more of a PA system for rappers and church groups. And you're right about the meters.

I too have an RX5250. It sounds pretty good but I'd be surprised if it does indeed made that much power. So many manufacturers made up bogus numbers because there were no legal consequences.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector Remember those cheap power amp boosters they sold at the flea markets in the 90's? An amp the size of a pack of cigarettes and an input fuse of 3 amps and a 20 gauge power wire was claimed to put out 100 watts. Ya, right.... The joke in the car stereo community was an ILS rating which meant "If lightning strikes" or RBBU watts which was "Right before blow up".

​@@80s_Boombox_Collector Let's Run it down the quarter mile and see what it really does. Will put up a short video in the next few days. Will check with batteries and AC power. Will check with both, batteries probably more power. I thought of making a lithium battery power pack for mine due to high cost of D alkaline cells nowadays.

What brand name are those rc batteries? Do they fit in the battery compartment?

they should fid depanding of your batt compatment shape Size: 13 x 4.8 x 2.5 (cm www.ebay.ca/itm/1x-7-2V-4600mAh-Ni-MH-Rechargeable-Battery-Pack-Charger-/272420399184?var=&hash=item3f6d856850:m:mLq0LIJtxgl6M-dzRhCqOHg

i ve has National 6400 what's on high for sell .If need contact with me.

@@samadbabayev8366 still available?

@@IgnacioSanchezWebDesign yes its still avialable.If you want contact me.

@@IgnacioSanchezWebDesign yes you can buy .PLease contact me we discuss how doing this purchase.YOu need pay by western union after payment i will ship and send package tracking number.

Because they thought people would take this on road trips and vacations and such.

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The only good kind of boomboxes we got were something like the ones cassette decks had were with a proper ac erase head but with automatic gain control.

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@@HamtaroEL I had a Sharp once which had a proper erase head, Dolby, record level controls, programmeable music search, turntable input, bass and treble controls, proper meaningful VU meters and big speakers but machines like that were very much in the minority in the U.K.

@@nathegotule4666 Yeah mate, I'd love to read about them!

RX-A2 > RX-6400

RX-A5 > RX-A2 > RX-6400

@@LapisandHamtarolover I don't have the rx-A5. I do have the other two models

M70 output is only 7Wx2 minimum at 10% THD, according to the service manual. The 15Wx2 was most likely made up by the marketing guys. It's definitely one of the best boxes, but both of these units would blow it away in overall volume.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector yes the 7W x 2 was indeed at 10% THD but max was 15W x 2 but I’m guessing it wouldn’t sound very nice. I believe the L and LB models were the more powerful as well with 47W usage compared to for example the JW model at 40W. I may be mistaken and it’s very likely 😂 Thanks for the info.

@@amnril I doubt many people play their boomboxes at 10% THD, as it would sound like shit lol. So I can't see how they would crank it up beyond that either. These companies made up numbers all the time, the government never forced them to be honest. Even today, look at all the bluetooth speakers that say 1000 watts even though the label on the back says they only consume 30-40.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector Yes, the numbers they quote today are laughable, as is the majority of the rubbish being sold. Thanks

I have one from the 80s that says 1000 watts. Puts out maybe 20 watts actually.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector yep exactly

It makes them sound the best they can be, so why not? Boomboxes have weak bass unless you do that. Especially that one.

But the government does not verify that data. They can say whatever they want and nobody will stop them. Sometimes they say 1000 watts and nobody stops them.

80's Boombox Collector When they say "1000 Watts" it is usually the so-called PMPO. But RMS is a relevant figure. Although, there is always that "Specs are subject to change w/o prior notice" thing :)

Even RMS data can be faked. Sometimes they will test only one channel, then multiply it by 2, which would result in more power than if they had tested both channels at the same time. In the 1960s and 70s, they used the words "both channels driven" so you knew they did it correctly. Also they told you the minimum watts it could achieve across a wide frequency range. In the 80s they started saying "RMS Max" instead, which is just the highest number it ever achieved at some random point somewhere within the entire range. That's not as useful.

Well, it is not all that difficult to check, in case of detacheable speakers at least. A couple of ceramic wirewound resistors 8 Ohm each can connected to the speakers terminals instead of the speakers. Then, a sinusoid signal of, say, 1kHz should be played (either pre-recorded on a tape or via AUX) while the voltage on one of the resistors is being monitored with a oscillograph. Gradual increase of the volume will eventually lead to the output sinusoid maxima clipping. Hence the maximum amplitude (Umax) which squared and divided by 2 times R (= 8 Ohm) will yield the RMS power (Umax^2/(2*R)). I did so to determine the maximum power of my DIY radio tape recorder (I use 4 Ohm woofers driven by two TDA2005's in BTL mode, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b6eGnNGJybbddmw.html). Though, you are absolutely right about the specific frequency at which the RMS was measured.

If the question is the SPL, the most important is the sensitivity of the loudspeaker. The difference in efficiency can be serious. For example 100dB speaker is 20 times more efficient than a 87dB speaker...

3:28 which song ?

Still available?

I actually personally prefer RX-5500 over RX-6400 in the cassette deck portion. It's got Dolby NR B.

So what? I'm still going to use that term, because that's how people search for them. People who are interested in things like this aren't going to search for "PA system" or "bookshelf stereo".

80's Boombox Collector You're right

Lol, no, not this one either :)

Sure it is, its got a handle AND it takes batteries.

Only one can be played and carried tho.. :/ You have to be able to play and carry IMO, but hey.. If the dude is big enough anything can be carried lol..

Ha ha, true. But OK to leave it on the ground.

80's Boombox Collector Is the RX-CW30 A Ghettoblaster? It has the same thing, handle and "8 D-Batteries". It's more compact, but I'm getting mine at an antique shop for $45! Looks flawless and appears to play, thus It doesn't have batteries so I can't test it. But still, it seems like an insane steal for a cheap price! I hope once I come back there, it shall still be available. (Note; looking at the frequency response, it doesn't go as deep as I'd like it to. So I'll probably stuff in a great amplifier to really make it shine.)

Sure they were portable, they had handles and battery compartments. You latch the speakers to the main unit.

3:26 which song ?

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+TheftHacker You can never trust watts claims. Pyle makes a box they claim puts out 1000 watts, even though it only consumes like 40. They can say whatever they want, the government doesn't care. By the way, those Panasonics just say watts on DC.....Who knows what it puts out on AC. Probably more.

anditslikethat But the thing is loud... especially for its size

funk toon Prefer RX-A2 over RX-6400.

Unless you like bass

@@80s_Boombox_Collector Its the cassette decks not the speakers.