Music to your ears always - The Canberra Times, 13 Jul 1980 [ATTACH]
Some of the manufacturers had interesting versions of mini tape players but I rarely saw these over here unless they were crappy Yorx or...
Cassette2go and Radio Raheem seem to have had every known box through their doors, they were grabbing while it was still an emerging hobby....
We didn't get many Korean Products until the last 20 years or so, Hyundai did get into our market in the late 80's with the ultra-rust buckets....
Very nice Goncalo Dumas, that cleaned up really nicely. Please post the Sencor when you have a chance, I feel like I found an ad for it somewhere...
Some cool AIWAs from 1977 including the AD-6500 [ATTACH]
AIWA 22 Micro Stereo from 1979 [ATTACH]
I like how all of the English Brands use old names but somehow they didn't age as well as Hitachi.
Portable Stereo Has Limitations for Hi-Fi, The Canberra Times 1982 [ATTACH]
If you didn't live through it, it's hard to imagine what a big purchase these items were. The component stereo guys had it even worse, some of...
National RQ-542S form 1976, price is AUD. As a kid I remember everyone had the top style recorders but I don't remember seeing my first portable...
Sanyo's from 1973, this ad is neat because it shows the upcharge for adding a radio, the two boomboxes are very similar but the top one doesn't...
Cassettes Improved The Australian Jewish News, 1974 [ATTACH]
Cosmic Christmas Consumer-2 Stereo, Papua New Guinea POst=Courier, 1978. They really like the Pioneer (Centrex) SK1 but I was intrigued by the...
You'll have a hard time with some of those 80's all in ones, I'm not sure if they were meant to be repaired or tossed. If there is any gooey belt...
Welcome to the forum Matt, I love records, tapes and most equipment that can play back music, it's a great hobby but we all share your pain when...
I've got some pretty roached Walkmans but I think almost all have the serial number tag. The D6 tag is buried under the battery tray and I can...
Welcome MrCaution, it sounds like you'll fit right in.
I use my ION Jobrocker a lot, bluetooth from a phone, it has a huge battery and will play for hours, there is no display. ION has a bunch of...
You guys had the cool 12" extended singles, we had a handful but not like you did.
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