Sanyo 1969, the red lines are from the website, the ads/articles will link to another page if clicked on.
From 1969, interesting that they are trying to figure out which controls are better, personally I think the joystick is the best!
My forum pal already bought this Grundig C100 and rolled out a video about this, it's in Russian but subtitles would help.
That's a long video! I've got a little Grundig Surprise coming and another first gen I'll share soon!
Found on Japanese Wikiwand, it looks like the blog from the AIWA Engineer is gaining ground and the Crown might be recognized as the first boombox, here's my thread with a link to his blog https://stereo2go.com/forums/threads/you-want-aiwa-history-you-get-aiwa-history.9433/ This is a cool entry for boomboxes with a ton more information than below, a great read. https://www-wikiwand-com.translate...._x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true
I had to google Sony CFM-8120, a really neat looking little unit, this sold on yahoo auctions for nine dollars and it's from 1970. https://yahoo.aleado.com/lot?auctionID=k1118855136
