Here's some cool info provided by boombox enthusiast Jens. He's compiled a list of those well-known and not-so-well-known boombox brands. Is your favorite missing? Let us know! I'm trying to talk Jens into letting this evolve into a consummate boombox database containing model numbers, year of manufacture, MSRP, etc. But it's a lot of work...we'll see what happens. Thanks Jens!
"Here is a little 'ghetto blaster appearance statistic:' (items found in the last half-year on ebay and other internet auctions) included ghettoblasters built from about 1976 till 1989.doubles were not counted. From the needle-meter time up to the detachable machines...that means all the blasters we are looking for ...)this is absoloutely not exact or complete cause I`m not an expert-searcher but the search criterias were allways the same, nevertheless it's interesting how many blasters were sold of the different brands.....and there are a lot of interesting manufacturers!!!"
sharp ----------------111 panasonic/national -----------109 aiwa -------73 sanyo ------67 philips ------67 grundig -----59 hitachi -----77 universum -----47 jvc ----45 toshiba ---35 siemens --25 rft(gdr) --24 g.e. --24 goldstar --20 saba --20 telefunken --22 itt --18 pioneer --16 crown --16 emerson --12 realistic --12 akai --11 lasonic --11 fisher --11 magnavox --9 uher --9 sears --9 conion --10 sanwa --8 superscope --9 samsung --7 tec --7 lloyds --7 isp --8 unisef --6 mitsubishi --6 sankei --5 ultrasound --5 interfunk --5 nordmende --6 victor --8 teleton --5 prosonic --5 elite --5 loewe --6 diatone --5 maximal --5 marantz --5 lenoxx --5 mbo --4 nippon --4 hgs(grundig) --4 mars --4 jcpenney --4 contec --4 mainton --4 soundesign --4 perdisco --4 rising --5 quasar --3 helix --3 jeagam --3 kenwood --3 intercord --3 mi --3 clairtone --5 audiosound --3 electronics --3 candle --3 luckay --3 eaton-viking --3 belair --3 aimor --3 montgomery --3 radiotone --3 electro-brand --2 citizen --2 adyson --2 ashahi --2 b+o --2 casio --2 blue-star --2 cobra --2 deltaphon --2 euromatic --2 harvard --2 kings-point --3 macdonald --2 magnus --2 multitech --2 philon --2 signal --2 silva --2 symphonic --2 yamaha --2 koerting --1 adyson aimor akai artech ashahi astrosound audiosonic audiosound b+o binatone belair bestar blue-star brillant candle casio citizen clairtone clatronic cobra coca condor conic conion contec continental crown ctx deltaphon disco dynasty eaton-viking electro-brand electronic electronics elite elta emerson euromatic fair-mate fisher general-electric golden goldstar gpo gpx graetz grundig hanseatic harvard helix hgs hitachi hi-tech ice ics intercord interfunk intersound isp its itt jcpenney jeagam jps jvc kenwood kings-point koerting lasonic lenoxx lloyds loewe luckay lugano luzern lxi macdonald magic magnasonic magnavox magnus magtone mag-zu mainton manta marantz mars maximal mbo mi mic minerva mitsubishi montgomery multitech nippon nokia nordmende palladium panasonic perdisco philips philon pioneer planet powersound promax prosonic quasar radio-shack radiotone rca realistic rft rising rubin saba saisho samsung sankei sanwa sanyo schneider sears seg seiko sencor sharp siemens signal silva silver snapon sony sound soundcarry soundesign sounds superscope supersonic supertech suthum symphonic tec tecsonic telefunken teleton tensai texet toshiba trident tristar triumph turbo-tech tvc uher ultrasound unimex unisef unitech universum victor viking vinix wards watson yamaha yoko yorx zenith |