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I was cleaning up the garage and I keep thinking about whether to keep my old cassette tapes. I used to love the smell of a new tape, reading the insert. I remember winding them with a pencil, splicing them, etc. I have some tapes I know will never make it to CD. I will eventually try to convert some, but first I need a cassette deck. Any I had long since bit the dust. I think it would be cool to have one of those big old boom boxes with all the chrome and flashing lights. ANyone know where I could get one? I bet some of the Mexican bizarre's might have one I could get when I buy my pointy boots.
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Ebay. Heck, I just threw away a dual deck that I used to use to copy tapes.... (Like Monday...) sry.Originally posted by Taya Kyle, American Gun -
My father in law has a bad ass old school ghettoblaster. Still looks brand new. I remember carrying those things around back in the day. They weighed like 50 lbs with 20 D batteries in them. Set that bad boy up on your shoulder LOL.Comment
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Its ironic your posting this as I just finished taking pics of a very nice early 90's Sony dual cassette/CD boombox I was about to post on Ebay. It works good, is LOUD, has detachable speakers, and has digital tuning. If your interested let me know and will hold off listing it.Originally posted by Frank View Post
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The bad ass ones are more like early 80's. With a 100 band EQ and a 4" B&W TV lol.Comment
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Ask the Iranians:
StevoPhotos Show Alleged Iran Bombs Hidden in $27 Radio
An alleged Iranian hit squad used $27 portable radios to hide at least five bombs that Israeli and American authorities say they intended to use against Israeli targets in Bangkok, Thailand.
Exclusive photos of one undetonated bomb, obtained by ABC News, show the inside of the radio packed with tiny ball bearings and six magnets. Bomb experts say the magnets indicate the bomb was designed to be stuck to the side of a vehicle.
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Bangkok Bombs
PHOTOS: Covert War? Iran vs. the West
A surveillance photo of one of the alleged hit squad members, identified as an Iranian national named Saeid Moradi, shows him holding a radio in each hand.
According to authorities, a bomb exploded in the Bangkok house where Moradi and two other Iranians had been staying. After the blast, Moradi attempted to hail a cab. When the driver refused to pick him up, he allegedly threw a bomb, injuring four bystanders.
When police approached, Moradi allegedly threw another bomb, but lost both of his legs when it bounced back and exploded near him, according to Thai authorities. He was arrested following the incident and remains in custody in Thailand.
After the attack, police say they discovered two unexploded bombs in the house where Moradi and the other Iranians had been staying, including the one shown in the photos.
The authorities in Bangkok say they recovered more than a pound of white military explosive from one unexploded bomb that they said was to be detonated with an M26 hand grenade fuse. The photos show a pin that when pulled, authorities said, would trigger an explosion about four and a half seconds after it was pulled.
Israeli authorities and U.S. bomb experts say the bomb in the photos is strikingly similar to those used in other attacks last week in the republic of Georgia and India. "While there are small differences," said one U.S. expert, "they appear to be factory made."
Multiple authorities told ABC News the devices were either slipped through airport security or smuggled in a diplomatic pouch.
A magnetic bomb was discovered attached to the car of an Israeli diplomat in Tbilisi, Georgia and a similar device was believed responsible for the attack in New Delhi, which injured the wife of an Israeli diplomat, her driver and two passing motorists.
Iran has denied any connection with the arrests in Bangkok or to the other attacks.
Yoram Cohen, the head of Israeli's internal security service, Shin Bet, told an audience at a closed forum in Tel Aviv recently that Iran is trying to hit Israeli targets because of what it believes are Israeli attacks that have killed at least five scientists in its nuclear program.
What concerns authorities in the U.S. is that should Israel go to war with Iran, Israeli and Jewish targets in the U.S. could be hit by similar bombs in a terror campaign.Originally posted by SSMAN...Welcome to the land of "Fuck it". No body cares, and if they do, no body cares.
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I've had a few of the badass ones but have thinned out the collection.Originally posted by UserX View Post
Sold a MINT Sony CFD-5 last fall (the FIRST boombox with a CD player..as well as a top-notch full logic cassette deck with Dolby, AMS, and a 5 band EQ. Got $300 for that one. Currently I have a unique JVC PC-v2 from 1987 (first HyperBass JVC with CD, detach. spkrs, 5 band EQ, Dolby cassette, shortwave)..in MINT cond. and am using a JVC Kaboom as a bedroom sound system.
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Coincidence that this was just posted in the random pic thread??? I think not.
Cool either way.
Originally posted by Taya Kyle, American GunComment
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Apparently there is getting to be a market for them. I thought I could find one cheap, but they are commanding pretty well from what I am seeing in different places.Comment
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I've been dabbling in the market for several years and if you want to find one thats not cheap plastic junk...the GOOD ones...high-end...worth quite a lot of $$$....Start opening your eyes in the places you would least expect to find them...garage sales, flea markets, thrift stores, salvation army, pawn shops, even Craigslist. I picked up my previous CFD-5 at Traders Village when I found some Mexican selling it....for 20 bucks...and it was MINT!!! Replaced the belts on the tape deck and sold it for $300. Found several NATIONAL boomboxes at Pawn Shops (National was the brand Panasonic was using as they first entered the US boombox market in the late 70's). Some of those sell for upwards of $500-700 on Avg.Originally posted by Frank View PostComment
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Ipod hookup too & not that bad on the walletOriginally posted by Jimbo View PostGOD BLESS TEXAS
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Pioneer made some really great sounding, powerful rigs in the early 80's. Everytime I hear SRV, it reminds me of him blasing away on our boombox at work.Comment
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I asked for and got a Panasonic boombox for Christmas in 1981 (that's more than 30 years ago people). Currently, it is in my bathroom and I still use it every day for at least an hour probably more like two because my gf uses it as well.Comment
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