The 2-way set up helps it deliver good audio with a broad range, the drivers feature cutting edge bass boosting technology, with a wider cone surface area and neodymium magnets employed. It has a classic retro style but is also capable of wireless streaming via Bluetooth as well as playing directly from USB/ SD, and other auxiliary devices. It has AM and FM radio frequency receivers and an LED display with a digital clock.

It features a cassette player for playing your mix-tapes. The VBB model from Victrola has an iconic 80's vibe without being too over-sized. Here we have a genuine old-school option up for grabs which is still equipped with some cutting edge conveniences. It comes with a remote control for easier user interfacing and reasonably priced given that it performs very highly in its class. They handle bass effectively and are distortion free even at high outputs. The 4 speakers (10 watts per channel) work in unison to provide full range sound with great depth and dynamics with a stereo surround sound feel thanks to their directional nature. It has AM and FM radio, a top loading CD player, and a host of onboard controls including a remaster and sound visualizer function. Now whilst it doesn't boast the Bluetooth abilities that other models may have added, it can stream via its auxiliary inputs and USB music port. It is a terrific 2-way class option that once again offers a range of applications. It serves up 10 hours of battery life with a recharge time of around 3 hrs between from empty to full.Īnother more conventional boombox model from a company who has been around long enough to perfect their audio electronic engineering expertise is this CD player/boombox by Panasonic. It is IPX6 certified so it is waterproof enough to take on the go and use outdoors. It is suited to a wide range of applications, thanks to it's up-to-date 4.2 Bluetooth connectivity capabilities, its built-in mic, and its micro SD card reader. It features ultra-wide cones with more space to vibrate and a design which helps to eliminate any unwanted reverberations that may distort the bass. With its dual 5W speakers it produces surprising volume levels and great audio clarity with awesome bass. It is fairly lightweight despite its rugged industrial appearance and can be worn about your person if desired. It is built like a brick, literally brick-shaped and comes with a heavy-duty carabineer style clip to suspend it with. If you are after something on the smaller side, and have no need for playing CD's then the Aeon boombox might be the model for your. It has a sturdy handle and is easily portable, despite being a lot bulkier than some of its competitors. The very capable bass drivers eliminate distortion and the curved open 130 degree front disperses the audio in a wider radius. It features one large wrap-around grille and harbors a loudspeaker set-up array, which provides rich full-range sound. It features all of the multi-functions of the first we looked at it, with its Bluetooth onboard, its auxiliary inputs, and radio function which in comparison is AM as well as FM receptive.Īll controls are top mounted around the disk compartment, the design then allows for the entire front to be dedicated speaker space. It is marketed as a Sports boombox and we think it is aptly suited to booming in a gym class. It is a much larger CD player in general, like older typical models except for its angles and edges which give a sleek contemporary face-lift, making it seem more modern. The extra cash will get you a built-in rechargeable battery for starters which saves some faffing around. Now another CD player Jensen stock which is a limited edition model, priced less than ten dollars more than the 555 cube is the 575. Thankfully cutting edge audio-electronic advancements in modern times have allowed us to put loudspeakers into smaller enclosures utilizing mathematical calculations to create bass in a small space that is more flawless than ever before. The average ghetto-blaster was business-suitcase sized and many a 'cool-kid' lugged one about hauled over one shoulder like a lumberjacks log. However, the drive for better bass meant that there was that 'period of mullets and perms' between in which portable players which were bigger, were better. It wasn't long after the birth of transistor radios, tape cassette players, and CD players that we saw them become as small and portable as a tape cassette playing Walkman which was practically palm-sized. The boom box is a bass dispersing beast in a portable package, modeled on their retro ancestors who saw their popularity peak in the early eighties we have gathered a few of the best modern reincarnations to review as we discuss the 10 best boomboxes in 2023.

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