The sticking point is the RCA input jacks. The only ones I have found with them are used ones on eBay.
Who makes a decent portable boombox
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Look for a used Bose Wave. Pretty good sound out of a little box.
I'm thinking about buying one of those to pair to my JBL Xtreme 3. That's the cool thing about some JBL speakers, they'll pair together.
For sure that's the way to do it. My son talked me into getting the JBL Boombox because he's got the Extreme 3. I got mine for a good deal during Prime Days on Amazon. Got my daughter an Extreme 3 as well. They sound great, but the Boombox pushes more sound. It sounds really good when they're all linked.
I think they are called pagers now!
UncleEd
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Why would anyone want one?
The world needs more quiet.
The world needs more quiet.
Sistema1927
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Boombox? To paraphrase an American President: "The 80's want their technology back."
smoothshooter
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Boom box on a camping trip? Just seems wrong on several levels.
I will let Ian and his dad know they are doing it wrong.
Ummmmm, to listen to music and such?
You do realize that "boombox" aka "ghetto blaster" is slang, slang that's been around for decades, for portable stereos, right?
UncleEd
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Ματθιας;142076491 said:
The imagery is wonderful: Cell phone at one ear and boombox at the other.
That's stereo or perhaps just hysterical.
smoothshooter
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Wrong and inconsiderate.
For most of us who go camping or hiking to enjoy the solitude of a natural setting away from the hustle and bustle of society, few things are more maddening than hearing some inconsiderate jerk blasting loud music through the mountains and valleys day or night.
Buy some ear buds and crank up the volume to their heart's content.
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Fear not. Ian's boom box can't attain a high enough SPL to reach the 550 miles to Missouri.
smoothshooter
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I doubt if most Ohioans would appreciate it either.
I suppose if they blast away on private property they can do what they want as long as the neighbors don't complain.
There's places to camp in Ohio that you could have a stack of Marshall's blaring and nobody would hear it.
Amazon just dropped off my JBL Boombox 3.
I thought my JBL Xtreem 3 was a big speaker. The Boombox makes it look tiny. I fired it up and it sounds most excellent. Still trying to pair it with my Xtreem3.
Good luck finding one that doesn't depend on a phone.
We had the same issue when my wife's 'boombox' was damaged at her work.
Bought one at Be$ybuy but it was not a good one.
Only works sometimes.
Best bet is getting lucky with a well taken care of used or serviced one.
Had the same problem with our new car,dont come with CD players any more and they make it impossible to add one.
How hard can it be to add an Aux input ?
The Mazda has 2 usb ports but we dont own anything that uses that format and our phone aren't set up with music programs.
Bluetooth is useless to us.
And the stock stereo is pitiful.
We had the same issue when my wife's 'boombox' was damaged at her work.
Bought one at Be$ybuy but it was not a good one.
Only works sometimes.
Best bet is getting lucky with a well taken care of used or serviced one.
Had the same problem with our new car,dont come with CD players any more and they make it impossible to add one.
How hard can it be to add an Aux input ?
The Mazda has 2 usb ports but we dont own anything that uses that format and our phone aren't set up with music programs.
Bluetooth is useless to us.
And the stock stereo is pitiful.
smoothshooter
Member
It would be the decent thing to do.
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