Portable Cassette Newspaper Ads!

Who are these scary people? Sanyo Boomboxes from 1977

 

Sanyo Boombox 1974, Australia

 

Sanyo Boomboxes 1982, they really didn't like to put in the model number in a lot of these Australia Ads

 

Sanyo's from 1973, this ad is neat because it shows the upcharge for adding a radio, the two boomboxes are very similar but the top one doesn't have a radio and is $54 AUD less expensive. Big money back in 1973!

 

National RQ-542S form 1976, price is AUD. As a kid I remember everyone had the top style recorders but I don't remember seeing my first portable cassette recorder until around 1978.

 

If you didn't live through it, it's hard to imagine what a big purchase these items were. The component stereo guys had it even worse, some of the nice ones were over $1000 USD.

Here's a neat Sanyo for 1979

 

1990 Boombox Ad, AU Dollars. It's interesting that the TEAC was pretty expensive, my experience with the portbles and boomboxes is that most of them are private-labeled junk, maybe they had some good stuff?

 

Boomboxes from 1977

 

Boomboxes 1980, AU Dollars!

 

An early Sanyo M4440 W from 1972

 

AKAI CT-1 from 1975, where's the photo? It's a nice looking mono unit but a strange ad.




From 1973

 

National RS-62DS from 1977

 

Part of a larger brochure from 1989, AU Dollars! The top Sanyo looks interesting with the side-firing speakers, it's pretty expensive but is it worth it?

 

Sanyo RF1 Radio Watch from 1979, I saw the little guy in the corner, pretty neat but is it stereo?

 

Another Sankei from 1976, the TCR-909H

 

Panasonic RX-5700F from 1981, 32 blistering watts!, this was a tiny ad at the top of the newspaper.

 

Rising SRC-2005 from 1981

 

National Panasonic RS-J3 from 1981, another little ad at the top of the page, they placed a lot of these for this unit.