Reli
Boomus Fidelis
Interesting, you can see on the heat sink that it doesn't use a class D amplifier
New boombox in 80's retro style with radio, cassette, cd, usb, bluetooth, line in, mic in.
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Interesting, you can see on the heat sink that it doesn't use a class D amplifier
Transistorized
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Not sure if they are all exactly the same or not. Here is mine. This one does not have DAB+
From the very beginning of the video, it is clear that Techmoan is doing this review not of his own free will but due to pressure from users.
Due to the fact that this is a 100% designed and made in China product, he is skeptical. I don't know if he read our topic and if it helped him.
In the middle of the video, he mentions that he likes how it sounds, but nevertheless he keeps comparing it to old high-end boomboxes and finds flaws in it...
At the end of the video, he didn't say anything specific - whether he likes it or not. He didn't make any recommendations - whether it's worth buying.
The positive thing is that the model has gained more popularity. In this case, I trust my impressions and those of you, who own this boombox.
I wish you all a pleasant entertainment and listening to music.
Reli
Boomus Fidelis
The best-looking version, in my opinion -- Look at those blue windows!! Can you say Miami Vice?
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Thanks for this version. I hadn't noticed it before. I'll add the model photos to my collection. Unfortunately this is a limited edition for Japan only.
Transistorized
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I am proud to say that after 6 months (or so) of ownership and playing cassettes, I can now see and monitor head wear. I have often tried to gage a cassette decks playback hours in relationship to the wear on the head. Now I know this is not an exact science but, I have noticed that I can barely see a flat spot in my Aiwa's cassette head with a flashlight.
edit: I'm probably the only person in the world that is excited about head wear. I'm going to wear this thing out before I die. That is my goal.
edit: I'm probably the only person in the world that is excited about head wear. I'm going to wear this thing out before I die. That is my goal.
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Jam_On_It
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I agree it’s pressure from users. It was a thinly veiled attempt to say “I know you want (and expect) me to bash it, so I’ll engage that.”From the very beginning of the video, it is clear that Techmoan is doing this review not of his own free will but due to pressure from users.
Due to the fact that this is a 100% designed and made in China product, he is skeptical. I don't know if he read our topic and if it helped him.
In the middle of the video, he mentions that he likes how it sounds, but nevertheless he keeps comparing it to old high-end boomboxes and finds flaws in it...
At the end of the video, he didn't say anything specific - whether he likes it or not. He didn't make any recommendations - whether it's worth buying.
The positive thing is that the model has gained more popularity. In this case, I trust my impressions and those of you, who own this boombox.
I wish you all a pleasant entertainment and listening to music.
The absolute truth is - the Aiwa is one great boombox for the money. I LOVE mine specifically for its genuine old-school nature. Solid built quality, great authentic aesthetic, great sound quality, and a very reasonable price. It’s not the junk “retro” radio most others are pushing. The only weak spot is recording onto cassette. That feature is unusably bad. I did jump into the comments to set the record straight. I don’t think it’s fair to have this great radio bashed as another Chinese junker.
Jam_On_It
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“I’m going to wear this thing out before I die. That is my goal.”
Go brother. That’s one hell of an awesome comment.
Jam_On_It
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I couldn’t let it go. I wrote a respectful rebuttal to his review in the comments section.
beansmaynard
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What I really wonder is how people here could (if I remember it right) say the box has a decent record qualitiy. When I was young I was tricked by the local department store and bought a pretty bad box for my hard earned money. The tape recording of that thing was pretty bad already. But what I heard from THIS box on Techmoan's test was even a lot worse, which I would not have thought possible.
I think the video is quite fair, no dissing and even giving in that it was in part better than he thought before. "THESE", I guess, was most of all meant for the tape unit, which after all are always from the same producer as there are no alternatives, simple and not good.
I think the video is quite fair, no dissing and even giving in that it was in part better than he thought before. "THESE", I guess, was most of all meant for the tape unit, which after all are always from the same producer as there are no alternatives, simple and not good.
Jam_On_It
Member (SA)
I’ve thoroughly tested all the record functions on this BBX.
For casual listening, CD to tape and Radio to tape is decent. I recorded rock music from CD and the noise floor is perfectly acceptable. No worse than the GE BBX I had in my youth. BT and AUX to cassette is terrible…hiss overpowers the music.
I know people have different opinions and I respect that…but I use this BBX daily and it’s a solid 8/10 (higher if cassette recording were better).
A really great product for the price. I just feel like he went into the review biased with his mind already made up. Damning it with faint praise didn’t help.
I love Matt’s channel but felt like he didn’t give this product a fair shake.
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I think Transistorized mentioned 128 kbps:
For one, it doesn't like to record onto some USB/SD Cards. Size doesn't seem to matter when playing but,
recording onto one using this machine it gets a little picky.... Of course it records 128Kbps.
Not negatives. I'm just pointing out what I have noticed when recording