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Terminal Boardumb => Non-Music Shit => Topic started by: grievous angel on December 18, 2017, 12:33:00 PM
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The one that I?ve had for probably 20 years finally gave out. Not looking for a Walkman or anything that has to go through a receiver, as I want to bring it around to play in different parts of the house. Any recommendations?
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i think your best bet is to get some old ghetto blaster boombox. i remember seeing somewhere that some company has started making new ones. added bonus, FM radio never sounded better than out of old tech.
edit: forgive my use of ghetto, such an ugly word but i didn't know how else to better convey what kind of boombox i meant.
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Yeah, your best bet is to lurk the thrift stores for an old boombox. They used to be priced super cheap like $5 or so, but now they're creeping up into to the $10-15 range it seems. I usually buy a new one for the garage every couple years.
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I had pretty bad luck with 2nd hand cassette decks. most of them just chewed up tapes, but one literally blew up in flames. I luckily ended up with a good one when the BBC auctioned off all the equipment from one of their studios, well it was a lot of 4 but i sold 3 of them. no built in speakers though.
Schools used to have real good quality ones with speakers built in, e.g. for language lessons. If you are friends with a language teacher at a high school maybe try them.
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I would second the boom box option: Sony made some really good ones. I have a Sony CD/cassette boombox from the mid-90's that still works and has excellent sound. There has to be one at a thrift store if you keep your eyes open. If you can clean the tape heads, bammo! You got a nice little system.
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If you’re local to Southern CA, I have an extra cassette deck. It’s a stereo component though, not a bookshelf stereo/boombox.
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GPX all the way, fam.
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I remember reading somewhere recently that despite the increased interest in tapes, the reason why companies aren't rushing tape players to market is that most licenses for Dolby have expired and companies are unable/disinterested in re-licensing the technology.
I'm not sure how true this. I would always turn dolby off in the cars i've owned that had tape players but I guess many people would be turned off by the high freq hiss that dolby would alleviate.