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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Look into the Uses and Returns in Regards to the Sony Boombox

By Kirstie Vail


Sony Boom Box is a well known staple for all music lovers and has also been known by these slang names of jamming box or the ever favorite ghetto-blaster. A Boom Box is actually a radio in unique designs with huge speakers which gives you the additional features of playing cassette tapes or compact discs and recording them.

Sony is the best known manufacturer of our version of the Boom Box for its loud yet clear volume, massive hot looks and the features that they included within the different models. You don't have to be a teenager to own one as many adults still have their classic vintage ones still in working order.

Most of these extreme jamming machines can run by plugging in with adapter to wall electrical outlets but are best known for running on batteries of the 12-volt or the D-size which needs about ten. Carrying your own box around wherever you went is what made these so sought after.

Japan was the leading country where these different brand of Boomers were manufactured. At the beginning they only had radio capability and then in the 1970 groovy era eight track tape players. Late 1970 and early 1980 showed the magical addition of smaller cassette tapes which played better and sounded clearer. These could even be recorded on with its dual decks of cassette tape players.

The big electronic brand companies mostly featured in Japan including Sony saw this popularity as a means to make their versions even better and feature more things than their rivals. Boxes which had so much flash, loudest thumping volume, clearer less static sounds and ease of portability were being manufactured within all of the highest known brand name factory's.

When people decided they really would like something smaller more svelte designs companies listened and the Walk-Man types of music players made their debut. These were big enough to hold a cassette tap or a compact disc in them and had forward, rewind, play and stop buttons on them. They all ran on battery power and had input links for small ear phones for easy listening.

But the vintage Sony Boom Box is still coveted by many collector's, teenagers and adults who remember the one they had when they were young. These are still made today and have even more extravagant features to them. So why not take a walk down memory lane and enjoy a little of your lost childhood while listening to your favorite hot hits on one?




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