Sorry, I'm sure this is a noob-Q. I'm trying to ID a boombox from the 1980s, almost certainly 1985, that a friend of mine owned. I'm collecting images for a little retrospective and this is one I'd love to include because it made him Big Man on Campus when he hauled into into high school.
It was silver overall, as they were at that time, and designed to look like a component system with the speakers on the side as always. At the top of the "stack" was the tuner, with an EQ below. The real reason you got this one was the bottom half, which was the cassette deck.
The deck was very advanced. The distinguishing feature was the controls, on the right, which were rectangular flat metal "buttons" with very little motion. They were maybe a millimeter thick. Everything was controlled by servos and rheos, and it made satisfying thunks when you operated the controls.
I found it odd that the rest of the system did not use these controls and seemed old fashioned, and he told me that they had originally designed it as a stand-alone set, but decided to put it into boombox form when that market took off.
One thing I recall is that it had really good editing controls. You could set a marker and then press a button to rewind to that spot and it would always be right on.
I'm sure this is a well known high-end deck. I'm 75% sure it was an AKAI, but I've been looking everywhere in Images online and don't see the one I'm thinking of. It was the hotness for 1985, everyone want this set.
It was silver overall, as they were at that time, and designed to look like a component system with the speakers on the side as always. At the top of the "stack" was the tuner, with an EQ below. The real reason you got this one was the bottom half, which was the cassette deck.
The deck was very advanced. The distinguishing feature was the controls, on the right, which were rectangular flat metal "buttons" with very little motion. They were maybe a millimeter thick. Everything was controlled by servos and rheos, and it made satisfying thunks when you operated the controls.
I found it odd that the rest of the system did not use these controls and seemed old fashioned, and he told me that they had originally designed it as a stand-alone set, but decided to put it into boombox form when that market took off.
One thing I recall is that it had really good editing controls. You could set a marker and then press a button to rewind to that spot and it would always be right on.
I'm sure this is a well known high-end deck. I'm 75% sure it was an AKAI, but I've been looking everywhere in Images online and don't see the one I'm thinking of. It was the hotness for 1985, everyone want this set.
