A Personal Grail Comes Home

[BoomboxLover48]

Congratulations! It's a great experience when one find their treasured boomboxes.

I am hunting for an Akai AJ500 with white speaker cones. The dial is way down and this AJ500 boombox looked awesome!



It's just the love of having it and remembering the good old days.

 

[chevyman-uy]

Great history ,whit great better end congrants and enjoy!

 

[ViennaSound]

Congrats, rick!
Really love it, a very rare bird.
Never seen before!
Nothing better as finding a long wanted grail :super:

 

[Scotty_M]

See the one on the bay Rick that's just down the road from you? Lighter colour scheme too.

Scott

 

[Gluecifer]

Thanks rockers!!

Roman: I can't BELIEVE you've not got one yet, it astounds me!

Scotty: Yes! Box of Boom informed of it. It shall (hopefully) be mine also.



Rock On.

 

[Brutus442]

Outstanding story! It's amazing how these boxes of simple electronics can re-kindle a portion of our youth!

Congrats Gluecifer,

 

[Old school Scott]

This is awesome.
Looks like it was a rare one, I've never seen it before.
Love the looks.

Cheers OSS

 

[goodman]

Super boombox! Congrats!

 

[Retro Addict]

Fab story, Rick!! Philips made some awesome boxes back in the day.

The woofer grilles and surrounds really complete the look of that boombox. The grid design in the LED meter window is really great too, so '80s!!

I'm really pleased that you finally managed to find one again!

 

[Sazeus]

that's beautiful man

 

[The Box of Boom]

Here is a cassette box set I bought today for $2

 

[BoomboxLover48]

Very happy for you Rick!

 

[hollyrockets]

Rick,

That is such a great personal story. Thank you for sharing. I can't believe it took that long to find your childhood box. Glad you did though!

If M70s were that rare I'd be

 

[Gluecifer]

Here is a cassette box set I bought today for $2


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You know, up until i finally got this Philips, a pictture of that very cassette pack that I saved off ebay years and years ago was
the only picture I ever found of it.


Thanks for the kind words rockers. Having the gunmetal and silver models of this is model is totally killer!



Rock On.

 

[retrohead]

ive actually got oneof these to pick up tomorrow.looking so forward to it

 

[SLO]

Outstanding story! It's amazing how these boxes of simple electronics can re-kindle a portion of our youth!

Congrats Gluecifer,

CONGATULATIONS Rick! The memories that these radios bring back are priceless.

 

[Mystic Traveller]

Congratulations, Rick, and awesome story you wrote - did like it, mate.

 

[Gluecifer]

Found this a while back! I think it's my 13th Birthday. I think my parents actually paid off the layby and picked the radio up for me as part of my birthday present that year, hence it being in the background of the shot. The only shot I have of my original!





Rock On.

 

[k2j]

What's on that cassette Rick?!!!

 

[Gluecifer]

Haha, it's a black TDK TDK D-60 from the look of it, which was a common present back then!



Rock On.