Ian
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2025
I wanted to like this. I really did. I also expected a boat-load more from the speakers.This has great looks and functionality - feels like a real 80's retro - but with cool new stuff like the memory card reader for MP3's and Bluetooth. Has a powerful amplifier... but the speakers are all mid and no treble or bass, no matter what you do with the controls or inputs.I opened it up - of course it's some weird-ass size speaker, paper cone - the tweeters are FAKE! Literally just a piece of silvered plastic.I wanted to try upgrading the drivers, but they are larger than 4" car speakers, and way smaller than 5.25" car speakers.So yeah, this is overpriced for the sound quality. Similar 'cheap' units of the time (and I remember, I was there) sounded better. Really cheaped out on the speakers for the price point.
Bragg
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2025
Just a cool flip on an old style! Real head turner, just feels good, sounds good. Great conversation piece
Brian H
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2025
I've had five or six boomboxes in recent years but this is the best one, in every way--especially recording off the radio and sound quality...
Nelson
Reviewed in Mexico on July 3, 2024
Me gustó mucho su sonido, para ser una grabadora no lo esperaba así. Buena calidad de material y de los acabados.
T. K. Nelson
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2024
The package arrived damaged-obviously occurred during transit. Only1deal immediately sent a replacement. We printed a return label they sent for the damaged product and shipped it back at no cost. They were great to work with. We needed a cassette player with loud, clear speakers and the product fit the bill. I would recommend this.
William M McCuen
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2023
We bought this for my daughter as part of the retro-cool trend. At unboxing she was thrilled. The sound quality is good, and the overall fit and finish is good. All functions work well except the function for which we bought the thing- the ability to play and record a cassette. The machine will not play a cassette (we've tried 5 different cassettes each of 3 different types) nor will it record. We're very disappointed to have discovered this after the return window has closed.
Tom Profita
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2023
Recently received and so far mostly satisfied. One of the reasons I chose this one one over others is because the unit supports type 1 2 3 and four cassette tapes. I have numerous recorded cassette tapes from yester year and most are type 2. The sound quality is decent on unit. The radio tuner works well also I have not used the thumb drive. I did notice that the blue tooth works ok but not as loud as other functions. Over all a decent unit . The user manual was straight forward and the build quality seems good
John P. Aceti
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2022
So after returning two other Boombox’s one really expensive I have settled on this one sound quality is OK it beats the rest that’s for sure it’s not total up-to-date sound quality but it’s just good enough made very well claims to have best cassette player in a boombox but they didn’t include Auto stop for rewind and fast-forward disappointed in that. Easy to operate pretty happy with it although I think these companies can do better with sound quality surprised they don’t put the time and energy and money into making them better but this one works for me I recommend it. If your looking for a lot of base in spectacular in the sound quality you’re probably going to need to get a Bluetooth speaker because most to all of these boom box stereos are not mean to sound very well these days just can’t get over that
The Wolverine
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2022
First off...I've been searching for an actual 80's boombox for quite a while. When I say "actual" I mean literally from the '80s...a Panasonic, Sony, etc that was built and used in the '80s.The issue is that to find one in good shape that works really well costs around $400.I've looked at the modern Bluetooth boomboxes before but reviews were iffy and I just wasn't impressed.BUT THEN...I found this. Now this thing may crap out in a month...but at the time of this review this thing is everything I wanted.THE SOUNDIt sounds as good or better than the vintage radios of my childhood. The tape player works great and the Bluetooth is flawless.RETRO FEELThis thing nails it. It's substantial. It doesn't feel cheap at all. Plastics are of good quality and the knobs are fluid and smooth.Some have complained that it doesn't come with a rechargeable battery. Honestly and personally, I don't care about that. I actually like the retro experience of clunking in 6 D batteries. Again..the reason I wanted this so badly was for the retro feel and this thing delivers!