Curious Box Design

[Ghetteaux Les Fabulous]

As seen on eBay

This el cheapo GPX C930 would at first glance appear to be an early CD boomer...



But a second glance would show that the 'CD' door...



...is merely a second tape deck!



Cheeky stuff even for GPX...

 

[samovar]

This is slightly uncommon but amply documented. It was Lasonic TRC-920 who first drew my attention on the phenomenon. Here's a pic he took while we were visiting a fleamarket a couple of weeks ago:

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The fake CD design is on pair with the fake tweeters of many boxes of the classic era: cheap glamour and a touch of theatre never hurt -- and make the box look more desirable (note also the fake led in the right upper corner of the radio scale)