Sanyo Robo 01
Ok, so you thought you had seen all the Sanyo boomboxes huh? Have you seen this Sanyo Robo-01? Given its colors and styling it was obviously made for the younger boombox crowd. And I mean …
Hitachi TRK-8190
This is a nice Hitachi TRK-8190 from around 1980. It’s styling is nice and clean and gives it a high end look. The white tuning dial face and angled slider caps add to the feel. …
Toshiba RT-200 S
Toshiba made quite a few boomboxes over the years and one of the more popular was the Toshiba RT-200s or BomBeat DR-01. It hit the market in 1982 with a price tag of around $239.99 …
Sanyo M9800
Another classically styled somewhat drab Sanyo product. It’s the Sanyo M9800. It’s a nice basic box with average features including AM, FM, single cassette, tone control knob, function and mode switches, LED FM stereo indicator, …
Yamaha PC-8
This Yamaha PC-8 boombox with classic late 80’s styling was part of Yamaha’s “Natural Sound” line of audio components. The blue, black, and gray color scheme made for a pretty nice looking box. The white …
Panasonic RX-5250
Introduced in 1983 this Panasonic RX-5250 retailed for $349.99. As opposed to earlier designed boomboxes the RX-5250 had all its controls on the front of the box. It also incorporated red LED meters on the …
Sanyo M9923
This classically styled boombox is the Sanyo M 9923. To me classically styled means black and gray colors, two round speakers at each side with small tweeters above, dial face on the front at the …
Sony ZX-7
This is probably one of the more rare Sony boomboxes and definitely has one of the cooler names. It is the Sony ZX-7. ZX-7 sounds fast and high tech, almost like a high end race …
Panasonic RX-5040
Most of you are probably familiar with the big Panasonic boomboxes such as the RX-7000, the RX-5600 and the RX-5500. Well, here is their little lost brother the Panasonic RX-5040 which was offered in the …
Sansui Shogun JSA-185
Those of you who know your boomboxes will immediately recognize this unit as the Conion C-126f. However, it is badged as a Sansui Shogun JSA-185 Super Jumbo 60. Quite an impressive name. From what I …