The Ghettoblaster

[stuckinthepast77]

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no mate,just everything was scoured from the boot sales and 'tip offs' from friends and from recycle centres-cant afford ebay:cry:

[Richard1978]

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ive had nearly 1000 old ghettoblasters in the last 5 yearsstraight up!ive had jvc's,sanyos,sharps,panasonics,aiwas,sonys and various others-paid between £1 and £500 for individual ones!only got a couple now,well 4 actually-a massive hitachi 8200,a jvc with a built in record player,a big sony and a second hitachi as im moving off them in favour of vintage packaging instead-if anyone lives near me in west yorkshire your welcome to drop in for a brew and a look

You must have been scouring carboot sales far & wide, or did you just use ebay to collect all of them!?

[Twocky61]

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ive had nearly 1000 old ghettoblasters in the last 5 yearsstraight up!ive had jvc's,sanyos,sharps,panasonics,aiwas,sonys and various others-paid between £1 and £500 for individual ones!only got a couple now,well 4 actually-a massive hitachi 8200,a jvc with a built in record player,a big sony and a second hitachi as im moving off them in favour of vintage packaging instead-if anyone lives near me in west yorkshire your welcome to drop in for a brew and a look

Is that the record player in the form of a slot to put the record in similar to ones they had in cars? The car ones died the death as the records they played would get scratched due to road vibration

[stuckinthepast77]

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ive had nearly 1000 old ghettoblasters in the last 5 yearsstraight up!ive had jvc's,sanyos,sharps,panasonics,aiwas,sonys and various others-paid between £1 and £500 for individual ones!only got a couple now,well 4 actually-a massive hitachi 8200,a jvc with a built in record player,a big sony and a second hitachi as im moving off them in favour of vintage packaging instead-if anyone lives near me in west yorkshire your welcome to drop in for a brew and a look

[Twocky61]

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Ten D cell batteries in mine too lol It was massive and could only be carried on your shoulder

[Chris-T]

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You dont see folk walking down the street with their box anymore lol

I used to back in the 80s all the time, used to walk past the house of a girl I used to fancy and turn it up (not sure what I was expecting to achieve!).
Would still use one for music at a BBQ or maybe the beach.......... trouble is my large ones take TEN 'D' cells.

[amethyst]

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I've got quite a collection of these, my faves are probably my Sharp GF-9000, Sharp 9696, Sharp 9494, Pioneer SK353 and my Crown 5100. Although the Crown is a stunning looker it's a big black box of air inside and not a great performer. Wouldn't be brave enough to take one out with me anymore though!

You dont see folk walking down the street with their box anymore lol

[Chris-T]

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I've got quite a collection of these, my faves are probably my Sharp GF-9000, Sharp 9696, Sharp 9494, Pioneer SK353 and my Crown 5100. Although the Crown is a stunning looker it's a big black box of air inside and not a great performer. Wouldn't be brave enough to take one out with me anymore though!

[xmark1234]

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i had one but got fed up carrying it so moved to cassette walkman easyer carry round the one i had was tape and radio but was gutted when it fell out my pocket when i was night fishing on the river seven leaned over to unhook a fish and in the river it went gutted had that for years too

[darren]

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i never knew or dont remember ones with a tv built in it also seems to have a built in cassette player like the ones u get with a commodre 64.

I liked those Ghetto Blasters with a TV in.

I did mention in a previous post one of my friends had one.

It's something my parents wouldn't have ever bought for me.

[Richard1978]

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I liked those Ghetto Blasters with a TV in.

I did mention in a previous post one of my friends had one.

It's something my parents wouldn't have ever bought for me.

[darren]

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http://forum.zelfbouwaudio.nl/downlo...8612&mode=view


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EBxy5w9VAb...od_boombox.jpg

http://fetchonfire.files.wordpress.c...ttoblaster.jpg

[Sculpher]

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Still got my first ever ghettoblaster made by Sharp. Then I upgraded to this


Mine was the newer version. Remember being in the park with mates and blastering this out.

Oh and if anyone wondering why I haven`t been online for awhile coz I`ve been travelling.

I had one of these - it was the speakers for my Amiga for about 10 years. My Brother-In-Law has it now. FANTASTIC sound.

[darren]

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Haha just realised mine's the same as Sixyten's.
SNAP

it looks class paulos.

but have you still got it mate.

[maccate]

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A friend of mine had a JVC RC-M90. This was a beast of a ghetto blaster and sounded better than most hi-fi's at the time (early to mid 80's) the biggest downfall was the size and weight it was nearly 3 foot wide and about a foot and a half tall. We only put batteries in it once (took 8 D size), this was for a holiday and when we took it on the coach the bus driver nearly stopped us from getting on until my friend showed a pair of headphones, but sitting on a coach for 5 hours with that on our knees was not the smartest thing to do.