It was discontinued. I wish they would make a new one, but I doubt they will. Their primary business is turntables and mixers. They are located in Hong Kong, and they never answered my emails.
Sad to hear. I´m very interested in such portable systems which has a lot more power than such stupid bluetooth mini speakers. I built such one at my own using an existing housing for two 6,5" speakers and a 12V amp with 2x 12V 5Ah batterys (very cheap for a scooter) but I only have one chinch connection without a volume control. I have to adjust the volume at the source device which is no problem. Using an 3,5mm headphone jack to chinch to connect my phone to it. I have two car speakers in it but the sound quality isn´t great in all. Good for a campfire in the evening when more people are there since this device is quite loud.
I got one of these DJ Tech DJ Boomboxes in Black for 60 bucks in a local shop. I upgraded the battery as well, and for the money it's amazing. I had it for almost 2 years now, and it still holds up very well. The build quality is very good, mine only has a few marks in the paint, and the aluminum on the front is a bit scratched. One interesting thing to say about this product, the amplifier built into this thing is a tda7379, which has a max output of 38 watts per channel on 22V. Since this bad boy runs at about 17 to 19 Volts, it gets less than that. About 21 Watts per channel, yes that's very accurate. BUT, if you crank the volume above 80% and you are listening to very bass heavy songs, the amp will blow the internal speakers, so the amp is too powerful for the speakers that are built into it, at least if you use the power adapter.
Awesome speaker sadly they don't sell it anymore looks great. Right now im building my own boombox styled bluetooth speaker using propper drivers and a strong wooden enclosure.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector yes I bought both from the ebay ad. 1hr drive each way. $400 for both even though I initially only wanted the red one but he was getting so many msgs I committed to both. Batteries were dead in both
@@gaymondlee7198 Congrats, how do you like the sound? I believe you talked to Rio Pappa on FB, he is looking for one of those. If you ever decide to sell one, I'm in Cali and could pick it up.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector i really like the sound of the dj tech and used it daily for about a week. I put away the (6) 80s boomboxes I have and relegated them as decor for now. I like everything about it except for the handle that won't stay in upright position. I picked up the aiwa exos 9 a few days ago and using that at the moment
I’m not 100% sold on its looks as they never look quite right looking like a boom box but not having a cassette deck out front. I’m impressed with the sound though. I’d love to be able to mod my retro 80’s boom box with modern speakers and amp… well, anything is possible of course if you know what you are doing but sadly I don’t !
It sounds good but I doubt it can blow away the Conion C- 100F or the National Panasonic Rx 5350 (Holy Grail of Boomboxes) both of which I owned and loved you could either box from literally 3 blocks away on a noisy Brooklyn street!!!
It really depends, indoor vs outdoor. For indoor use the DJ Tech will dominate, the bass hits hard. But for pure volume, the C100F would most definitely be louder outdoors. Its just a difference in the way the speakers are built. DJ Tech speakers are small but they have rubber surrounds that can really move. But it doesn't produce enough mids to project enough volume outdoors.
Nice review and great product! Have you thought of changing out the speakers and putting different ones in? Do you know what ohms the current speakers are?
They're 8 ohms, so yeah I could get more bass with lower ohm speakers, but I'm OK with the sound as it is. Too many other projects going on right now, lol.
can see where the costs were cut. i would be interested in buying a gutted version so i can upgrade a few other parts. for instance, that FM BT and MP3 module is a generic cheap Chinese car stereo thing.
Yes I'm sure the circuit board is cheap, but that's true for every Bluetooth speaker these days. The real cost was in the design, molding and fabrication of the plastic front case, followed by the metal trim plates. I bet they lost money on it, due to the low production. I doubt they made more than 500-1000 of them.
yes, there was profit there. that entire thing at most cost 124$ I get to deal with stuff like that all the time. (speakers and various other audio stuff out of the chinese market.) either way, Im a bit curious why it was a short production.
They're out of Hong Kong and their main business is turntables and mixing boards. The only advertising they did on this was two posts on Facebook. No other social media, to my knowledge. They just sent them to B&H Photo and a few DJ stores in America, who then listed them on Amazon. I don't believe it was sold in Europe. Maybe Asia, but I doubt it. They never responded to my emails, so I don't know what their future plans are. If they were planning a second edition, it would have been out by now. I suspect their main motivation in building this device was just to have something that would attract attention at trade shows.
I just read the specs and it says a frequency response down to 20 hz!! Really???!!! Does this thing really hit that low? If so, that's highly impressive!!!
For speakers like this, that's impossible. You'd need much more excursion capabilities with a much longer magnet, or use a 10" subwoofer or bigger. But if you want crazy bass on the cheap, get a Bose Acoustimass bass module. They're burrito-sized boxes with at least *2 5-¼" Long throw woofers in a bizarre 6th order bandpass box, which makes for window-rattling low-end down to 22Hz. However, if you're going to be using it for critical listening, go with a real subwoofer. The One-note-bass nature of these bandpass enclosures make it difficult to hear distortion and whatnot, and are often large. So if you just want ridiculous bass on the cheap, that's your best bet. My father has a Bose Acoustimass 15. it's been shaking the entire house since 1990 and it bangs just as hard as the day it was first set up. www.crutchfield.com/S-Mta7J2L0ZuZ/p_018AM15W/Bose-Acoustimass-15-White.html
Little colored review, opinion based upon one model. Panasonic made fantastic high-quality boomboxes back in the day especially in the last decade, the 90's. 21Watt at 10% THD is worthless to mention, you don't want to listen to 10% distortion. I like the unit however don't understand why they don't paint the front, the plastic color is a little off compared to the cabinet color. Over time the difference can increase by direct sunlight or uv-light. It is nice that the case can be opened and the battery is replacable. Still don't know if I want to purchase this thing.
The point was to compare it to other 1-piece boxes. Most only had 3 to 10 watts per channel at the same level of distortion. And just listening to it we could tell it would smoke any 1-piece from the 80's or 90's in terms of bass. Only certain 3-piece boxes like the Sony FH models would beat it. But nobody would carry those outdoors.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector I got one for 60 Swiss franks, which is about the same in us dollars. They originally sold it for 199 franks. My friend bought one for 60 franks as well, and for that price there's simply nothing better out there. Unfortunately they don't sell it anymore, I bought it about 2 years ago.
Yeah, but what do you expect? I have one and it has zero distortion up to 70% volume with battery power, and up to 90% with the power adapter. So class D is absolutely fine for a boombox. I don't even think there is a boombox with a class A amplifier out there.
Unfortunately not, they sold out 3 or 4 months ago. They did not sell very many. I am guessing no more than 5 or 6 hundred of them. They're in Hong Kong, and they did not advertise it enough, or promote it on social media. Their main business is turntables and mixing boards, so they probably just didn't care.
Thanks for the reply. That is unfortunate, you would think if they were a seller they would care. being an old fart, I dig the looks of those 80 style boom boxes.
The 80's boom boxes used general purpose paper cone full range speakers, and the power amplifiers were typically a few watts per channel. They were made cheap, all plastic case sounded awful, and used gutless d cell batteries. That newer 2015 boom box is using hi-fi speakers, a proper tuned ported cabinet, and 20+ Watts per channel, and powerful lead acid battery, it would be heavier, it also has proper mixing desk and inputs, also separate bass and treble, this is all far superior to the absolute 80's rubbish..99.99% of 80's boom boxes only had a useless tone control. Also they were called boom boxes as the distinct distorted sound they made was caused from cone break-up modes in the cheep poor quality paper cones and amplifier clipping on the bass, some plastic cases on some models did also rattle and ring on bass notes too.
Eh, I collect 80's boomboxes, and while I agree most had crap for build quality, they were very good between 1979-1983. After that they began to go downhill when manufacturers realized that people cared more about looks and size. But anyway, there is nothing wrong with a paper speaker. Many vintage hifi speakers are paper. As long as it is not exposed to water or sharp objects, it will hold up fine. Plus they produce much louder midrange than today's Bluetooth speakers do. Today's Bluetooth speakers have rubber or foam surrounds on their speakers, and those can't produce guitar or vocals as well as a stiff paper speaker can. Today's Bluetooth speakers are mostly just bass, with a tweeter thrown in for some treble. No midrange at all. They're great for modern bass-heavy music, but I would never use them to listen to classic rock, acoustic guitar, or classical music.
Nothing wrong with paper cone hi fi drivers but I'm referring to the paper cone general purpose drivers used in those portable radio cassette players, they are just mass produced cheap speakers and are not the same quality as the hi fi vintage drivers you mentioned. The lack of mid range is poor speaker system design and a tweeter just added and hope for the best, is no good either, I'm not suggesting that is ok either.
Some boomboxes actually sounded very good, as long as you didn't crank them up into distortion territory. JVC M90, Pioneer SK900, Toshiba RT-S90, Panasonic RX5350, RX7000, RX7200, and several others. But you're right, most of the others did not sound very good.
could I plug my computer into it like I am doing now but get that great sound? I love to play Pandora on my boom box but my boom box is so old and not good sound.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector Are you aware of this. Next month, diamondboxx is releasing their next generation boombox. The L 3. It's gonna be the best sounding powerful boombox ever. Your thoughts?
I hate useless hardware and those faders are useless. 5 band equalizer it what it should have but doesn’t and that means that it has to compare to a Bumpboxx Ultra Pro Plus or the other one the one that looks like a cassette tape and it has to should better than either of them, be louder with better bass and must be cheaper if not better.
This is like 7-8 years old, so it isn't really comparable. Plus the faders do actually work, if you have components hooked up to it. And the tuner reception is better than any Bumpboxx I've ever tried.
Odd retorte. I assume you're a young urban kid. Thodio (despite its owlness) is FAR superior in sound....if that matters to anyone. This thing is a kids toy.Even the chinese made new Iowa is better.
Young urban kid? LMAO, I'm a 40-something, while you're a guy whose videos are mostly about gaming, so I'm pretty sure you're way younger than me. And I really doubt you've "tested them all", since there are hundreds of good Bluetooth speakers out there, many of which are only sold online. So for you to have "tested them all" would mean you must have ordered all of them and then returned them. Kinda doubtful.
Cool story bro. Took you long enough to craft it. Except E7 Marines don't waste time writing big walls of text about silly hobbies and trying to convince an anonymous person about pointless subjects. And if you knew anything about this DJ Tech you'd know it was only $249, versus $799 for your beloved Thodio owl-looking POS, so I'm not sure why you're comparing them. Let's see you build something for only $249 that's not only decent sounding but also decent looking, and still make a decent profit from it. Have you even HEARD the DJ Tech? Doubt it. BTW it's spelled retort not retorte. Catch you later holmes.
i connect the mp3 at my old boombox....for the beach in the summer radio/cassette/mp3 or smartphone,..external battery 12v , 7,2 ah...the sound is great....
