Unfortunately it sold out a few months ago. They're a small company, and they probably lost money on it.

So this means I have to wait until they are avaiable again or do you think they will discontinue this product?

It was discontinued. I wish they would make a new one, but I doubt they will. Their primary business is turntables and mixers. They are located in Hong Kong, and they never answered my emails.

Sad to hear. I´m very interested in such portable systems which has a lot more power than such stupid bluetooth mini speakers. I built such one at my own using an existing housing for two 6,5" speakers and a 12V amp with 2x 12V 5Ah batterys (very cheap for a scooter) but I only have one chinch connection without a volume control. I have to adjust the volume at the source device which is no problem. Using an 3,5mm headphone jack to chinch to connect my phone to it. I have two car speakers in it but the sound quality isn´t great in all. Good for a campfire in the evening when more people are there since this device is quite loud.

Aiwa EXOS-9 is still being sold, and it has the best sound for the money.

Thx yo!

Did you buy the one on ebay this weekend?

@@80s_Boombox_Collector yes I bought both from the ebay ad. 1hr drive each way. $400 for both even though I initially only wanted the red one but he was getting so many msgs I committed to both. Batteries were dead in both

@@gaymondlee7198 Congrats, how do you like the sound? I believe you talked to Rio Pappa on FB, he is looking for one of those. If you ever decide to sell one, I'm in Cali and could pick it up.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector i really like the sound of the dj tech and used it daily for about a week. I put away the (6) 80s boomboxes I have and relegated them as decor for now. I like everything about it except for the handle that won't stay in upright position. I picked up the aiwa exos 9 a few days ago and using that at the moment

@@gaymondlee7198 For the handle you can use some Loctite to prevent the screws from coming loose

I built 2 suite case boom boxes, only cost me $107 I had every thing eles

Interesting, does it only have one of those chips, or two?

@@80s_Boombox_Collector it has one, located directly beside the battery. It has a nice heatsink attached to it.

@@kavelab699 Thanks. Apparently that's a class AB amplifier. I had assumed it used a generic class D amp like every other Bluetooth speaker.

gustavo ramirez-rangel , did you buy one ? How do you like it ?

@@finsterclause7184 It sounds really nice. no kidding

I've heard that the new diamondboxx L 3 coming out next month, will be the best most powerful boom box ever

@@bradhuskers It looks like a piece of crap!!

They're 8 ohms, so yeah I could get more bass with lower ohm speakers, but I'm OK with the sound as it is. Too many other projects going on right now, lol.

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No, it doesn't

Unfortunately not, they sold out 3 or 4 months ago. They did not sell very many. I am guessing no more than 5 or 6 hundred of them. They're in Hong Kong, and they did not advertise it enough, or promote it on social media. Their main business is turntables and mixing boards, so they probably just didn't care.

Thanks for the reply. That is unfortunate, you would think if they were a seller they would care. being an old fart, I dig the looks of those 80 style boom boxes.

No, those are being sold by a DJ store in LA

Sure, just connect the headphone port on your computer to the Aux inputs on the boombox

Thanks, I think I will get one. That sound is so fantastic. Great demo by-the-way; you really explained this boombox very well.

Unfortunately I don't think you'll be able to find one, they sold out a few months ago.

Thanks for replying, very thoughtful.

Yes it comes with a separate 100-240V power adapter.

80's Boombox Collector Thanks man!

It was limited production, they sold out in 2016

Interesting, didn't know this. Looks like you can't buy it yet though.

I'm glad i got the old model

Yes I'm sure the circuit board is cheap, but that's true for every Bluetooth speaker these days. The real cost was in the design, molding and fabrication of the plastic front case, followed by the metal trim plates. I bet they lost money on it, due to the low production. I doubt they made more than 500-1000 of them.

how much did one of those actually cost?

$249

yes, there was profit there. that entire thing at most cost 124$ I get to deal with stuff like that all the time. (speakers and various other audio stuff out of the chinese market.) either way, Im a bit curious why it was a short production.

They're out of Hong Kong and their main business is turntables and mixing boards. The only advertising they did on this was two posts on Facebook. No other social media, to my knowledge. They just sent them to B&H Photo and a few DJ stores in America, who then listed them on Amazon. I don't believe it was sold in Europe. Maybe Asia, but I doubt it. They never responded to my emails, so I don't know what their future plans are. If they were planning a second edition, it would have been out by now. I suspect their main motivation in building this device was just to have something that would attract attention at trade shows.

Bumpboxx smokes it for volume and bass. Like 3-4 times as loud. But the DJ Tech is cleaner and more like a home system type of sound.

I heard the Bumpboxx isn't even stereo!

@@MichaelCoughlanmusic Bumpboxx is Mono, the sealing isn't very good so there's a bunch of Air leakage, and sometimes there's a bunch of Hiss.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector I'm told that the next generation diamondboxx L 3 will destroy the bumpbox in power and better detailed sound. Your thoughts?

Installing an amp and speakers is easy. Integrating it successfully with the tuner and tape deck is another thing. I don't have those kind of skills.

It really depends, indoor vs outdoor. For indoor use the DJ Tech will dominate, the bass hits hard. But for pure volume, the C100F would most definitely be louder outdoors. Its just a difference in the way the speakers are built. DJ Tech speakers are small but they have rubber surrounds that can really move. But it doesn't produce enough mids to project enough volume outdoors.

É dinheiro obsoleto do Brasil. Eles tiveram muita inflação durante a década de 1990. Agora é lixo, ha ha

The trim around the speakers

Oah... Aluminium. You spelled it wrong..

Aluminum is how it's spelled in my country.

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Thanks

80's Boombox Collector thanks

The point was to compare it to other 1-piece boxes. Most only had 3 to 10 watts per channel at the same level of distortion. And just listening to it we could tell it would smoke any 1-piece from the 80's or 90's in terms of bass. Only certain 3-piece boxes like the Sony FH models would beat it. But nobody would carry those outdoors.

I know, sucks. They didn't do a good job marketing it.

Yeah, but what do you expect? I have one and it has zero distortion up to 70% volume with battery power, and up to 90% with the power adapter. So class D is absolutely fine for a boombox. I don't even think there is a boombox with a class A amplifier out there.

Yeah seems too good to be true. Maybe that's what it can output through the Line Out, not what it can play through its own speakers.

For speakers like this, that's impossible. You'd need much more excursion capabilities with a much longer magnet, or use a 10" subwoofer or bigger. But if you want crazy bass on the cheap, get a Bose Acoustimass bass module. They're burrito-sized boxes with at least *2 5-¼" Long throw woofers in a bizarre 6th order bandpass box, which makes for window-rattling low-end down to 22Hz. However, if you're going to be using it for critical listening, go with a real subwoofer. The One-note-bass nature of these bandpass enclosures make it difficult to hear distortion and whatnot, and are often large. So if you just want ridiculous bass on the cheap, that's your best bet. My father has a Bose Acoustimass 15. it's been shaking the entire house since 1990 and it bangs just as hard as the day it was first set up. www.crutchfield.com/S-Mta7J2L0ZuZ/p_018AM15W/Bose-Acoustimass-15-White.html

Probably....But, what do you expect for only $299 (actually now $249).

​@@80s_Boombox_Collector I got one for 60 Swiss franks, which is about the same in us dollars. They originally sold it for 199 franks. My friend bought one for 60 franks as well, and for that price there's simply nothing better out there. Unfortunately they don't sell it anymore, I bought it about 2 years ago.

Eh, I collect 80's boomboxes, and while I agree most had crap for build quality, they were very good between 1979-1983. After that they began to go downhill when manufacturers realized that people cared more about looks and size. But anyway, there is nothing wrong with a paper speaker. Many vintage hifi speakers are paper. As long as it is not exposed to water or sharp objects, it will hold up fine. Plus they produce much louder midrange than today's Bluetooth speakers do. Today's Bluetooth speakers have rubber or foam surrounds on their speakers, and those can't produce guitar or vocals as well as a stiff paper speaker can. Today's Bluetooth speakers are mostly just bass, with a tweeter thrown in for some treble. No midrange at all. They're great for modern bass-heavy music, but I would never use them to listen to classic rock, acoustic guitar, or classical music.

Nothing wrong with paper cone hi fi drivers but I'm referring to the paper cone general purpose drivers used in those portable radio cassette players, they are just mass produced cheap speakers and are not the same quality as the hi fi vintage drivers you mentioned. The lack of mid range is poor speaker system design and a tweeter just added and hope for the best, is no good either, I'm not suggesting that is ok either.

Some boomboxes actually sounded very good, as long as you didn't crank them up into distortion territory. JVC M90, Pioneer SK900, Toshiba RT-S90, Panasonic RX5350, RX7000, RX7200, and several others. But you're right, most of the others did not sound very good.

M70 will actually go louder than the DJ tech outdoors.....but the DJ Tech has more bass

Yes. I also find the ivc sounding better.

@@80s_Boombox_Collector Are you aware of this. Next month, diamondboxx is releasing their next generation boombox. The L 3. It's gonna be the best sounding powerful boombox ever. Your thoughts?

You're right...but it sounds better!

Never heard of that radio. Highly doubt it too.

shit anything sounds better because we didn't hear anything from this piece of shit video pinche mayates!

@@abdullahussien6683 weaksauce post

That is true, but a Lithium battery that could provide as much amperage would be more expensive.

This is like 7-8 years old, so it isn't really comparable. Plus the faders do actually work, if you have components hooked up to it. And the tuner reception is better than any Bumpboxx I've ever tried.

Sure, if you want something that looks like an owl.

Odd retorte. I assume you're a young urban kid. Thodio (despite its owlness) is FAR superior in sound....if that matters to anyone. This thing is a kids toy.Even the chinese made new Iowa is better.

Young urban kid? LMAO, I'm a 40-something, while you're a guy whose videos are mostly about gaming, so I'm pretty sure you're way younger than me. And I really doubt you've "tested them all", since there are hundreds of good Bluetooth speakers out there, many of which are only sold online. So for you to have "tested them all" would mean you must have ordered all of them and then returned them. Kinda doubtful.

Cool story bro. Took you long enough to craft it. Except E7 Marines don't waste time writing big walls of text about silly hobbies and trying to convince an anonymous person about pointless subjects. And if you knew anything about this DJ Tech you'd know it was only $249, versus $799 for your beloved Thodio owl-looking POS, so I'm not sure why you're comparing them. Let's see you build something for only $249 that's not only decent sounding but also decent looking, and still make a decent profit from it. Have you even HEARD the DJ Tech? Doubt it. BTW it's spelled retort not retorte. Catch you later holmes.

BOOSTEDLASER thos look gay lmao

eh?

the time of boomboxes is finished in 80's....it is one imitation not good....

There are some things about it I'd change, but it's still better-looking than any other box built today, in my opinion.

i connect the mp3 at my old boombox....for the beach in the summer radio/cassette/mp3 or smartphone,..external battery 12v , 7,2 ah...the sound is great....

7.2ah, bet that lasts a long time