"In a world where there are no boomboxes"

[Mrs. Fatdog]

Hopefully you read that aloud in the movie voice over voice, because that's how it sounded when I typed it

Anyhoo.....

Most collectors tend to go through phases of things that they collect. Through the years, what non-boombox things have you collected?

For me:

Longaberger Baskets (anybody want some, I have too many)
Vintage Jadite
Vintage Melmac / Melamine bowls

 

[THAFUZZ]

I have a growing collection of these;

 

[Fatdog]

1) Classic (early-to-mid 1980s) rap and hip-hop 12" singles / LPs

2) LPs of vocal groups from the 1950s / 1960s like The Norman Luboff Choir, Anita Kerr Singers, Living Voices, The Hi-Lo's

I no longer collect Star Wars things like I used to.

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Music! Music and more Music!! 12" ers albums,cassettes,8-tracks!
Also cars! Vintage lunchboxes!
Mostly these are my favorite items!
Oh yes some old toys!

 

[hollyrockets]

I like weird stuff, usually from thrift stores or yard sales. If it's unusual, especially if it's colorful, I like it.
Take these odd looking Chucks. They are brown with a magenta pattern (needing some brown laces my daughter stole :annoyed: )

They are so weird. I've never seen anything like them. They are fun to wear around town. I also have some bright orange Pumas my daughter found for me at a second hand store that looked never used. They are a blast to wear.

And this weird purse. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? SO WEIRD! Not so practical, but wow. It is vintage. Sometimes I wonder what the story is behind that...

Then sometimes I like to weirdify something. Take this tree thing I liked: I picked up these crazy holograph sunglasses from Universal Studios. I wanted to display them. What better way to do so than to create Insanitree. He's perpetually petrified.

Most of you saw Sharlene, the mannequin lamp my husband and I put together. Every night someone in the household turns her on. (Hey, she's a lamp, OK?) My husband, Dave, made a photoshop of her surfing here:

She's actually about seven feet tall total.

 

[floyd]

i collect all kinds of stuff .

#1 love ,old skool car audio from the 70's thru the late 90's used to enter db drag races even broke my window once i have a massive collection .

#2 boomboxes
#scale models like the titanic , i have one that's like 30 something inches long ,been building it since 1998 and it's as realistic as it gets, down to ever cable and wire and every detail.
star trek star ship models
large scale big daddy roth rat fink type models
any kind of large scale war ships
just love building stuff.

 

[im_alan_partridge]

I used to collect die-cast cars, basicly all the cars that i'll never own

Only collected these for 6 months or so then ended up selling them all when my scooter died :'-(

 

[Jboogie2384]

Damn JVC Floyd. That's hot stuff there! I have some old power series Rockford Fosgate amps. JL audio as well. I still have some gold coins still lying around somewhere.

 

[hollyrockets]

Damn JVC Floyd. That's hot stuff there!

 

[floyd]

Damn JVC Floyd. That's hot stuff there! I have some old power series Rockford Fosgate amps. JL audio as well. I still have some gold coins still lying around somewhere.

are you talking about the power series amps with the dual 4 gauge power inputs and custom shroud like the power 1000 ? damn that would be sick , oh the beat downs these jbl gti hand out is nothing short of a turkey shoot to the competition ,just mind blowing subs absolutely one of the finest sound quality /spl subs ever made .seems like ever week i have to re screw everything down in my jeep after they vibrate all the screws out of the holes.

also have lanzar opti drive amps
ppi amps

fosgate amps/subs

denon pro audio

orion hcca ,gx series amps

audio control crossovers

alpine amps
kicker competition 'original gold logo subs and solo barics .
sound stream head units

and everything else you can think of

 

[Jboogie2384]

Damn JVC Floyd. That's hot stuff there! I have some old power series Rockford Fosgate amps. JL audio as well. I still have some gold coins still lying around somewhere.

are you talking about the power series amps with the dual 4 gauge power inputs and custom shroud like the power 1000 ? damn that would be sick , oh the beat downs these jbl gti hand out is nothing short of a turkey shoot to the competition ,just mind blowing subs absolutely one of the finest sound quality /spl subs ever made .seems like ever week i have to re screw everything down in my jeep after they vibrate all the screws out of the holes.

also have lanzar opti drive amps
ppi amps

fosgate amps/subs

denon pro audio

orion hcca ,gx series amps

audio control crossovers

alpine amps
kicker competition 'original gold logo subs and solo barics .
sound stream head units

and everything else you can think of

Yea and goose neck Eq's. I've had the Cerwin Vega Strokers in 12's hooked up to the 1000 and the 650 powering the corners! Then I swapped them for the Hafler's. ADS plate amplifiers etc etc etc. aw the good old days!

 

[floyd]

Damn JVC Floyd. That's hot stuff there! I have some old power series Rockford Fosgate amps. JL audio as well. I still have some gold coins still lying around somewhere.

are you talking about the power series amps with the dual 4 gauge power inputs and custom shroud like the power 1000 ? damn that would be sick , oh the beat downs these jbl gti hand out is nothing short of a turkey shoot to the competition ,just mind blowing subs absolutely one of the finest sound quality /spl subs ever made .seems like ever week i have to re screw everything down in my jeep after they vibrate all the screws out of the holes.

also have lanzar opti drive amps
ppi amps

fosgate amps/subs

denon pro audio

orion hcca ,gx series amps

audio control crossovers

alpine amps
kicker competition 'original gold logo subs and solo barics .
sound stream head units

and everything else you can think of

Yea and goose neck Eq's. I've had the Cerwin Vega Strokers in 12's hooked up to the 1000 and the 650 powering the corners! Then I swapped them for the Hafler's. ADS plate amplifiers etc etc etc. aw the good old days!

awesome , hafler was great stuff i have some hafler midrange speakers . and ads "analog digital systems" made superior products and the power plate amps are still highly sought after .

the stroker is basically as similar to the jbl gti as it gets with the exception of the second adjustable top spider.

 

[stormsven]

Use to collect sport steering wheels. Than slowed down on them. One day dude offered me a good amount of money for most of them and they gone. Left just a few of them and enjoying changing the steering wheels on my race car

 

[Reli]

Use to collect sport steering wheels. Than slowed down on them. One day dude offered me a good amount of money for most of them and they gone. Left just a few of them and enjoying changing the steering wheels on my race car

Awesome! I like the second and third photos the best. I like it when the spokes are above the centerline.

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Hi Floyd I to collect some high end car audio stuff.
I have some MRV-1000 Alpine amps and I love my old 3502 Alpine amp
I sti have powering my back 6 by 9 Eclipse speakers(which need to
Be replaced) I also have the infamous hand made PPI flat piston
Subwoofers 12" ers in my BMW which are incredible!
That along with the alpine 7347 reference deck w/DBX!!
Along with about 12,000 worth of other stuff!!!
BTW-I love my DyneAudio speakers!!
Yes I forgot about the car audio stuff!

 

[floyd]

Hi Floyd I to collect some high end car audio stuff.
I have some MRV-1000 Alpine amps and I love my old 3502 Alpine amp
I sti have powering my back 6 by 9 Eclipse speakers(which need to
Be replaced) I also have the infamous hand made PPI flat piston
Subwoofers 12" ers in my BMW which are incredible!
That along with the alpine 7347 reference deck w/DBX!!
Along with about 12,000 worth of other stuff!!!
BTW-I love my DyneAudio speakers!!
Yes I forgot about the car audio stuff!

that's killer stuff jeff dynaudio is a top brand for speakers and those first generation ppi flat piston subs are the best speakers ppi ever made . the standard for sound quality ever in a cd head unit goes to the alpine 7909 which still sells for upwards of $1000 used not too mention the copper chassis denon pro audio cd head units and of coarse any nakimichi head unit is at the top of the list . i got 2 minty alpine 3522 s amps i'm looking to trade for something as i never use them .

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Hi Floyd! Yes these are the cast metal hand made ones they're the
best!
I bet your talking about the Nak TD-1200II!
I remember all the specs from 85'!
there was a Kenwood deck that supposedly had a signal to noise
measurement of 89db with Dolby C then came the Alpine 7347 with
86db!
Then the Nak with I believe around 82-84.
Remember the Blaupunkt Berlin with the gooseneck?!
I had a friend with a Blaupunkt CR-5001 that sounded brilliant!
Yes Floyd we should get together me and you and Scott sometime!
Would be fun.

 

[floyd]

Hi Floyd! Yes these are the cast metal hand made ones they're the
best!
I bet your talking about the Nak TD-1200II!
I remember all the specs from 85'!
there was a Kenwood deck that supposedly had a signal to noise
measurement of 89db with Dolby C then came the Alpine 7347 with
86db!
Then the Nak with I believe around 82-84.
Remember the Blaupunkt Berlin with the gooseneck?!
I had a friend with a Blaupunkt CR-5001 that sounded brilliant!
Yes Floyd we should get together me and you and Scott sometime!
Would be fun.

plus i could gab forever about car audio .

those ppi subs use what's called a flat honeycomb diaphram ,almost exactly like the sony apm speakers ,basically a flat honeycomb sandwiched between two rigid layers of aluminum and or carbon fiber .

 

[baddboybill]

I collected Matchbox and Hotwheels cars as a boy and still have collection. I also had gone through many electronics ( car audio, bbx's , Walkmans, watches, radio's and home stereo's )

 

[ClaretBadger]

I collect
Nikon photo gear - well I got about 3 or so cameras and about a dozen lenses - not really collecting
Nintendo consoles - well I got one of every gen so far - does that count?
sneakers - FAR too many (30)
records - NOT ENOUGH (2000)

i got erm two Volkswagens - and when I move to the US I'm putting them in storage - and buying a new Golf R

i got 3 dogs - no I guess not . . . ..