[Samo]

Wow! awesome collection. Always wanted a boom box when i was a wee nipper, but i grew up poor so i never got one.

Great job fella! Loved seeing all of the different ones!

[reid]

Being born in 1990 boomboxes are one of those things I grew up idolizing but they all dissapeared by the time I was old enough to have one (cash and being able to carry it )

Stunning collection mate - I'm always amazed when I see somebodys collection of something, you somehow never expect the sheer volume whatever it is they collect

[Sooper]

That is brilliant fella!! I had no idea that they had made so many different SuperWoofers! I had seen a few models before mine but i had no idea there were so many styles!!
I think mine is in the pic of Woofers you have taken on the stairs , i think it is the second one down from the top, its hard to be 100% sure.
When i get to work tomorrow i will take a pic and post it sometime. I got mine for an 18th present from my Dad so a very long time ago!
Awesome collection mate, top notch!

Just found an old partial pic of it

[Teaj]

eBay is a good place to look - most of my stuff is from there.
If you give me some more info on it (make & model number if you know it, or failing that a description), I'll ask around the boombox collectors I know - see if we can't turn one up for you.

Nice one, it was a JVC (I think) but long like the Hitachi there but with twin tape decks. Was white/chrome and probably quite a shit one comparatively, but I loved it and owe it a lot

PS Have they all got batteries in?!

[isolator42]

...Have they all got batteries in?!

Hell, no! most take 8 D cells each - whose got that sort of money?

...it was a JVC (I think) but long like the Hitachi there but with twin tape decks. Was white/chrome and probably quite a shit one comparatively, but I loved it and owe it a lot

ah yeah, that's the attitude the boombox forum I'm on is full of people who remember that boombox feeling. The things some boomboxes have seen, eh?
Right let's see. Can you tell me anymore about it? was it big or quite slim, did it have 2 speakers or any extra ones for bass, etc. Did it have anything written on it that you remember like "hyperbass" or anything, did it have a CD player, did the speakers come off, did it have round edges or sharp corners?
Anyway, here's my best guess so far, the JVC RC-W3:


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...Just found an old partial pic of it

Good to see a 3D in it's intended environment - blasting hard surrounded by beers. Nice dodgy looking stain on the carpet too

Anyway, that's a Hitachi 3D80. They come up fairly regularly on eBay UK (don't bother internationally - the shipping will be a killer), & go for sensible money mostly. It's a good boombox - plenty of toys & damn loud for the size. Sure it's not hifi, but that was never the point of these, was it?
There's one on eBay Canada now if you want some more pics:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...:IT&ih=010

[Teaj]

Nice one man you got it straight away!! ....doesnt look quite as impressive as I remember it tho

And yeah it was hard enough finding enough batteries for one of em

[deftoned]

Damn that is a cool collection!

'cos they were cheaper most (terminally skint, me)

I think you'll find most of us on here identify with that