Interesting  just  brought the old magnavox ghetto blaster I had  in the
computer room at computer exchange inc... put 4 cells and a jumper to  start
it in half voltage for a while.... it lives! went to all 8 batteries... it
peels plaster off the walls! but wait i go to the oldies station and  ..
.
Crowded House- Don't Dream Its Over
Pat Benatar - Love is a  Battlefield
2 of the songs I would crank LOUD! Hey had slick  raised tiles... things
sounded real loud in there!
But.... damn these are .... oldies now I remember  when that oldies station
would just mainly play 60's stuff....
Here is someone else's write up on this... for tech  details..
<http://www.vintagevolts.com/the-magnavox-d8443-boombox/>
this thing had set in relatives storage shed for  probably 15 years or
maybe 22 ..... it had need 23 years since I saw it  last....and storage sheds
are damn hot here in az.. it looks good... it plays  good! it plays LOUD good
to have it back!
In a message dated 12/29/2015 12:23:38 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
js at 
cimmeri.com writes:
On 12/29/2015 2:08 PM, Jules Richardson
wrote:
   I've wondered occasionally what
 happened to ghetto blasters - despite
 finding other audio equipment of the
 time every once in a  while, I don't
 think I've seen one anywhere in over
 25  years. Were they exceptionally
 fragile or something, and so they all
 got tossed long ago instead of finding
 their way into attics  and garages like
 everything else?
 cheers
  Jules 
I still have mine, circa 1979.
Amazingly still works --  with no caps
replacement yet -- except for tape deck
-- rubber bands  have dried up.
- J.