Anybody ever build or mod a boom box?

[dimtim]

Hey I was looking at some cool old school looking boom boxes and thinking that I could like rebuild the inside with more modern technology. Has anybody done anything like this or have any resources that might be useful?

Thanks
Tim

[BJ_M]

somehow i can't think of any 'boom boxs' as being old school - i.e. with tubes


they looked ugly when they came out and still look ugly

[smearbrick1]

Remember when it was cool to carry the boom box on your shoulder? The bigger, the better. Some of them took up to 10 D cell batteries!

[ZAPPER]

Ahh the trip down memory lane.......



But as I recall, even at the end of the Seventies and the turn of the Eighties, Boom Boxes were kind of a joke even among the dudes that had them. The modern version of the Boom Box is a rice burner with neon lights under it and 36" woofers in the hatchback.


All things considered, I guess that you could strip the guts out of an vintage boom box and retrofit it with modern components, but why? You could just buy a modern one that has all you want.

[Forum Troll]

Build a computer into it using a mini-atx motherboard, and put in 1 terabyte of hard drive space, then build in an FM broadcaster to send out your mP3's to the whole world! Now that would be a modern boom box.

[BJ_M]

been done

http://www.retrothing.com/2006/03/the_touchscreen.html




here is a place in japan that sells nothing but vintage boomboxs http://www.geocities.jp/turbosonic59/turbosonic.html

[enstg8er]

here, ya go...
http://www.partsexpress.com/projectshowcase/podzuma/index.html?CFID=10054031&CFTOKEN=11288966

now you own the boom box market....

[Mr. Dweezel]

Anybody ever build or mod a boom box?
Thanks
Tim

I built one about 30 years ago.

I built a wood case. Inside I installed.....

---A 12 volt power supply that plugged into the AC outlet.
---A car radio
---Two car speakers
---A car antenna

I put a strong handle on top.

I was working in a noisy factory, but everybody knew when I arrived!!! :P :P

Nobody complained. Sometimes they actually said 'Turn it up'.

I also 'took requests' for different stations that they wanted to listen to.

Eventually I switched to a small 'pocket-size' radio with earphones.
The boss hated it! Oh well.