I'm interested in purchasing  a small collection of Vintage early 80's BoomBoxes. It would be great to hear your opinion on what boomboxes are rare.? or what are some of the finest made boomboxes.? And which are the most sought after? Thank You.

there's rare and there is sort after

you need to be specific

"small collection"?

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Most Sought after. A small collecting might be like 10 or 12.

Welcome aboard beatboy1970, here are a few of the most sought after boomboxes. The most rare, are a different story.

Conion C-100f

JVC RC-M90

Sharp GF-777Z

JVC RC-M70

JVC RC-550

Panasonic RX-5350

Assuming money is no object......you can get all the above for about 10,000 dollars or £6000 uk pounds......

Which one can i sell you 1st

here's a rare one for ya Beatboy, it's the daewoo rcs 902w, cool box

Short notice !!!

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With ALL that you are Wanting ending very soon via Ebay

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One of His video's of what is for sale

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I strongly recommend to end this thread immediately, as ebay seller set their prices according to our opinions. Moreover:

1. So-called rare items often turn out not to be so rare at all. In my experience, it's lack of availability of certain items in certain places that makes them rare. A notion more often than not associated with location, rather than with paucity.

2. Sought-after boxes have to do with cult status, highly subjective and definitely cultural So, they cost a fortune even if they are available almost everywhere.

3. Fine boxes, once identified as such, immediately fall within the former or the latter category. That's why I know some, but I'll name none 

I wager Beatboy1970 isn't quite as daft as you think

This is what we're all after beatboy

The rest posted above are all worthless junk

could this be the fisher your mate had back in 84/85? it's the ph492

no mate i googled it and got the image from there, i should be so lucky to own that model lol, could it be this monster?

  i have one of those but with a digital tuner   .

they look massive Chris, how does it sound?

they are big ,  sound wise ok to be fair pound a bit 

just as i thought, cheers mate

Perhaps rare by that manufacturer. Emerson sold this model in the US.

Got to add the toshiba s90 to the list.  

oh yes here's mine

Emerson - dang!

yes i believe so PF, but this is the only one iv'e ever seen here in the UK under any brand not just daewoo, defo not your common sharp or hitachi we see day in day out.

in my book that makes it very rare over here

Hey there beatboy1970 great year,1970 i was born dec 21 actually so i dig it.The cool thing about collecting these boomer's is this comes down to what u think is suitable for u the holy grail's will be a steep investment but again up to the individual and their cash flow.to me i go after the one's i remember from my childhood an basically the ones that dont break the bank.......good luck as it's a great feeling an honour when u own one that really matter's for u.    

 looks good with the bigger woofers .

their exactly the same size woofers Chris

good stuff Beatboy

Hi all, we have a vz 2000 in lovely condition with all new belts fitted, we just want to know how much it is worth and if we kept it for another 10 years what would the value be them? Cheers

Condition and functionality is everything with the VZ...if it doesn't work fully then they're not always worth much...my ebay one cost me £30, though of course it all works now

If they're in good condition, everything works, and it has all its sliders then on a good day it can be worth a reasonable sum on ebay if there's enough people after one...but stick it on too high and no one will bite...its worth whatever someone is willing to pay on the day which can vary massively

In ten years time who has a clue?!...could be worth a fortune or zip...we can't even give an accurate estimate for next week never mind in 10 years time.  Might be worth more as they become rarer or the market might die out as all us 80's kids start drawing our pensions and give up the hobby lol

That's a good point. My collection was going to be my pension!!

Seriously though, and in keeping with the original thread; I have a problem....

Last night I popped over to see the girlfriend and as expected she was in the kitchen doing some ironing. She was listening to a very small JVC cd portable that made the most hideous noises; like someone wearing headphones turned up too loud! I said " I will sort you something out that does not sound like shit" and suggested a Panasonic FW32L that i have which has the tape not working. (no need for tapes!)

She then surprised me by saying that she wanted to listen to CD's on it.

Now I know that with some cables I could plug in a cd player or MP3 player to the Panasonic, but who really wants that sort of fuss, in the kitchen?

My question to my friends out there is this...

Has there ever been a decent sounding, compact CD radio portable? 

If anyone suggests a Bose Wave Radio I will probably throw up.

Thanks

Im so sorry what have I caused, I only wanted to know how much they are worth. lol

I don't think there is any decent sounding portable cd,mp3s, ipods or any other portable out there they are making these days lol

Danielle,

You have not caused anything! This is what we do here; we discuss things.

Values are a thorny issue because of two things..

Firstly values are a hugely subjective thing and at the end of the day something is worth whatever someone is prepared to pay for it.

Secondly, this site and it's members are often used to benchmark values just so that visitors can sell their items on Ebay for more money; hype is often caused here that inflates values.

I would ask you what it is worth to you? If it's not much, give it to someone that will appreciate it more. If it's a lot; keep it and enjoy it, look after it and treasure it.

Not everything is about money.

yeh as Nick says you've not caused anything, you asked a perfectly reasonable question...its just values vary soooooo much its nigh on impossible to come up with an accurate one other than its worth what someone is willing to pay on the day its up for sale lol And if we say its worth £100 someone will stick one on ebay the next day for £110 lol

We are not looking to sell, we are looking to pass these onto our kidz and let the new generation see and enjoy the 80s feel, like we did, maybe we should start putting our prices up more on the ghetto blasters, coz I think they are worth more than the new generation stereo and like you said they are getting older and older. At the end of the day its us who own them, the rich people do that with their classic cars so why cant we do it with our ghetto blasters, I reckon anything that was made in the 80s should be worth anything £500 to £1000 depending on the quality and condition of the item.

panasonic dt680 sounds better than the m90 but not quite as loud...has twin tape cd and remote....only prob you cant use your ipod unless you run it through one of those wireless things on the radio

failing that this one....sounds about the same as an m70 but speakers will need refoming and you need to find one with a working cd

http://REPLACEMENT ERROR/topic/sony-cfd-k10

Mmm. Thanks Reno.

It's going to have to be quite large then.

the sony is very small nick lad and blows away any of those modern things and it has remote....cost £350 new son

You could try one of these nick, this is my Hitachi 3D CD.

Its plenty loud

has to be this.......not the best sounding though

Where do you put the CD

Although it is the best looking box on the planet