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.