"TWO Vintage Vintage Boombox Lasonic i-931 in UNOPENED SHIPPING CRATE! UNOBTANIUM"

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    An i-931 is considered vintage? lol
     
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    You know you are getting old when you say things like that :wink2
    They must be old because they have a dock for for one of those iPods people used to use to listen to music on back in Ye Olden Days back before every child received a Smartphone at their Baby Shower. :old:
    On a more serious note people in their thirties now consider games consoles like the N64 to be retro antiques.

    p.s. I notice @Cassette2go managed to sell his
     
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    the shipping alone is worth more than a i931 lol, better than an ipod docking station i suppose
     
    Radio Raheem, Mar 25, 2021
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    And the problem with speakers from that time period, like the TDK and Pioneer boomboxes, is that they only accepted certain models of iPods. Couldn't use the very first 2 or 3 generations of iPods. "Device not supported". :thumbsdown:
     
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    I always thought Lasonic was a fake brand like Powasonic or Panasound.
     
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    I remember when most bought them, most said they sounded bad or where tone deaf....the older lasonics are supposed to be much better but have to many issues for me to want one
     
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    Lasonic was a legit company based in LA. Of course the radios themselves were made in Taiwan, by Yung Fu Electrical.
     
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    In case you haven't noticed Wheelypanamax2, those are the reissues from 10 years, or so ago, not the original icons from the late 80's. Lasonic is a hard brand to research, the name has a different meaning overseas and comes up as something else. They are still alive and well, here's thier new website where they talk about thier history. Over time I've found very few references to the brand, I remember them mostly at small electronics shops, brightly lit up, or at flea markets when they started selling new crap from overseas in the early 90's.
    https://lasonicusa.com/about/

    Here's cool listing from Stereo Review 1992 for some CD Model Boomboxes, the column before is for Kenwood in case anyone is wondering. The full issue is on worldradiohistory.com I'd love to see a photo of these models, 20lbs is pretty heavy for a 90's boombox.

    Lasonic 1992.jpg
     
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    I don't recall ever seeing them in the UK until these iPod docking ones came out.
    We got all the major Japanese brands like Sony, Sharp, Panasonic, and Toshiba, some European brands like Philips and Grundig,
    and plenty of smaller "own brands" like Triumph and Saisho.
     
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