“You’re left fiddling around with your knob in the dark.” Ain’t that the truth?
@nathanwoodruff94223 жыл бұрын
I was beginning to question what kind of video I was watching.
@CheezeCracker3 жыл бұрын
"but like all discerning gentlemen, we generally don't fancy feeling for a knob sight unseen" Vincent Teoh @ HDTVTest .
@cullmaster73613 жыл бұрын
Ooohhhh Matron! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@7000fps3 жыл бұрын
Mum Techmoan : wot chu duin locked in your room son? nuutin mum it's only un-illuminated retro street HI-FI
@dvdemon1873 жыл бұрын
The Pun-master strikes again!
@メタボおやじ-f1c3 жыл бұрын
I was working for JVC since 40 years ago in Japan. And I was producing that model. I'm excited to see a nostalgic model.
@biggerduke3 жыл бұрын
Nice! It is a classic. I remember when LL Cool J's "Radio" album first came out. Even before that time, there were radios all over the playgrounds in the USA. Sometimes, you would hear the same song coming out of them and out of car stereos if a song was a huge hit on the radio. "The Rapping Duke" would be an example of that.
@MArk-yn4sp2 жыл бұрын
What's happened to JVC? It used to be quality, now I will not have it in my house (even if it's free).
@ВАЛЕРИЙВЛАСОВ-ъ9л2 жыл бұрын
Где сейчас JVC?
@biggerduke2 жыл бұрын
@@ВАЛЕРИЙВЛАСОВ-ъ9л , Компания? Он находится в Иокогаме, Япония.
@ВАЛЕРИЙВЛАСОВ-ъ9л2 жыл бұрын
@@biggerduke почему в продаже нет видеокамер, акустики, усилителей, телевизоров и т.д...? Эта организация ещё работает?
@mukiex44133 жыл бұрын
I wanna see a homebrew boombox scene that ends up like PC building where people argue about the best repurposed car speakers to use inside, the best case assemblies, the best lithium-ion battery assembly, and the best 3.5" compact cassette module to install.
@AdmitthatijustdiditX3 жыл бұрын
I definitely think there is as I've been planning a bluetooth speaker build and there's a lot of inspiration of DIY makes.
@MilesPrower19923 жыл бұрын
Im trying to make one lol
@EggBastion3 жыл бұрын
How is this not a bigger scene already. I just don't get it. Is everyone else really as lazy as me? _Impossible_ *_`: ?_*
@MilesPrower19923 жыл бұрын
@@EggBastion I'm pretty lazy
@EggBastion3 жыл бұрын
@@MilesPrower1992 is that 'lazy with a capital L' or 'lazy with a capital D' - either way, good on ya champ!
@neoasura3 жыл бұрын
God, I remember seeing these for sale used at my local Goodwill for $15 back in the 90s, crazy how popularity can drive up prices of old used stuff.
@MrDuncl3 жыл бұрын
A colleague correctly described it as a "Nostalgia Wave". The same colleague who imported a vintage Korg MS20 synthesizer from Japan, just before Korg did a re-issue. Many the people who lusted after Boomboxes as teenagers now have enough money to bid high for them. Have you looked at the price of Amiga computers (high) and Digital Cameras (ones that cost $700 twenty years ago are worth about $15 now) as two other examples of "Supply and Demand" in action
@alpzepta3 жыл бұрын
I don't see them anymore or much and instead the crappy modern Memorex boombox are floating in Goodwill
@MartinOmander3 жыл бұрын
And vinyl LPs are on track to outsell CDs this year. Weird times.
@mjh54373 жыл бұрын
@@MartinOmander Oh good...I hate CD!!
@andyroid50282 жыл бұрын
*It's definitely the popularity factor, for sure.* But the prices go up as supply goes down (and the old solid companies aren't really around anymore & therefore, these vintage machines are no longer being made). *Therefore, ★supply is dwindling & always will be★.* And yep, I remember seeing these fairly often at (pre-eBay days) yard sales/Goodwill stores for no more than $40! Dang, I should have bought at least one of them. : (
@MyOtherCarIsA15MinuteCity3 жыл бұрын
8:40 “Ladies and gentlemen, I wanna present to you the amazing popping and locking crew” *jazz music intensifies*
@BatsTDK3 жыл бұрын
Who doesn't love a good fiddle around with your knob in the dark?
@rolaroli3 жыл бұрын
I should have known that I wouldn't be the only one to pick up on that.
@seamusoblainn3 жыл бұрын
Even better with a friend, I hear ☺️
@TheMowgus3 жыл бұрын
I literally laughed out loud when he said that.
@lordmuntague3 жыл бұрын
Index above is missing "22:04 Gratuitous knob gag" Of the dial variety, of course. We wouldn't want to be rude or anything...
@CheaddakerT.Snodgrass3 жыл бұрын
As he says that I go to the comments section to say essentially that; and it's the first comment I can see. Rim shot
@EggBastion3 жыл бұрын
9:04 _"...looks like I need to reduce the caffeine intake..."_ 9:09 _"BothUSandJapanesmodelshavethesamecontrolontheright-forthemicrophoneandvolumeyoucanusethem..."_
The best part of waking up, is... fiddlingaroundwithyourknobinthedark,... in your cup.
@pardontillinghast49893 жыл бұрын
"I'm no boombox collector" has more than one boombox in 2020
@yaboidustin24473 жыл бұрын
I've got 2, that doesn't make me a collector
@nvo70243 жыл бұрын
@@yaboidustin2447 A hoarder, perhaps.
@MartinWillett3 жыл бұрын
@@yaboidustin2447 That's an interesting thought. How many Xs constitute a collection. Three pottery frogs or corkscrews isn't really a collection, three Ferraris is a collection. A collection is more than a normal person might just happen to have acquired.
@LordWaldema3 жыл бұрын
@@MartinWillett If so then one Ferrari is already a collection :D
@MartinWillett3 жыл бұрын
@@LordWaldema No, we all need a Ferrari or two but most of us can't afford one. But even most people who could easily afford three Ferraris won't buy three or more because they aren't collecting them.
@NightRogue773 жыл бұрын
“you’re left fiddling around with your knob in the dark” -Techmoan 2020
@NightRogue773 жыл бұрын
lol looking through the comments, i see i am WHOLLY original and clever 😎
@AltimaNEO3 жыл бұрын
He moaning all right
@freeculture3 жыл бұрын
I have an Akai from the same era, I don't know if this has it, but mine has a button you push and a light illuminates the dial, if you release the button the light goes off so its not meant to be left on probably to save batteries. Its a little incandescent bulb, definitely not a LED.
@dirktheodale70663 жыл бұрын
We've all been there...
@albertrickard5983 жыл бұрын
@@freeculture 0
@theskig3 жыл бұрын
"While my JVC vibrates the concrete..." So many memories...
@allemander3 жыл бұрын
LLCJ!
@38911bytefree3 жыл бұрын
I heard it on Stereo2go ..... JVC always solid gear, good sound
@danr26523 жыл бұрын
Damn you! I just posted that then noticed someone beat me to it!
@dfbess3 жыл бұрын
@@danr2652 ikr? came to make the same..lol
@biggerduke3 жыл бұрын
@@dadigitechman, "but I need a radio inside my hand".
@JaquesBobe3 жыл бұрын
Using an LP cover of L.L. COOL J as a translation guide is such a low key flex
@Skellotronix3 жыл бұрын
Right because Matt is a "mEmE" kid like you. -_- Fucks sake.
@onesevenninewest3 жыл бұрын
@@Skellotronix Oy, cool it with the edgy bullshit, mate
@paulheap19823 жыл бұрын
@@Skellotronix well I guess he's not a prick like you.
@NandR3 жыл бұрын
@@paulheap1982 why do people come on this channel and leave mean replies like that? This channel is chill.
@paulheap19823 жыл бұрын
@@NandR who know. Attention? Narcissism?
@numbers9to03 жыл бұрын
In this epsiode of retro awesomeness: I used my L L Cool J cover to translate the labels of my boombox. XD
@AnonymousCaveman3 жыл бұрын
Legendary 😂
@misterthegeoff97673 жыл бұрын
I miss the days when your cassette player would have a metal tape selector. Of course when I was a kid I had no idea what metal tapes were but I knew if I had a switch that said "metal" I was going to turn it on regardless! 🤘
@kirkmooneyham3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I bought the Panasonic RX-D55 after watching the review on this channel, and I'm pretty happy with it overall. However, I do wish it would properly playback Type II (CrO2) tapes. I mean, you CAN still play them, but it's just not the same.
@rrrosadorr3 жыл бұрын
I jumped up and hit the pause button when I saw the picture of the boombox I used to own during my college years. No, not the venerable RC M 90 but the JVC RC M 70 JW. I purchased it for about $350.00 USD from an electronics store on West 14th Street in Manhattan NYC in 1980. It was my freshman year, I was about to turn 18, and was home from college for the Thanksgiving Holiday. I loved that box, it sounded great and it really had punch whenever I maxed out the volume. I paired it with a Technics SL D3 turntable and began buying LPs to record and make compilation tapes with at home that I would play whenever I hit the streets with my box. The handle on the M 70 was nearly as wide as the body and I didn't like the way it flexed whenever I carried it by the handle so I took to carrying it inverted with the handle open, my arm over the front with the back of the unit leaning against my side. This position turned the open handle into an improvised shock absorber. Sadly, my M 70 was stolen in the summer of 1984. I still have the turntable (somewhere in my house) and I still have a few of the cassettes I recorded from that time although I haven't played those tapes in well over 20 years. Thanks for getting the M 70 in the picture!
@pizzagogo61513 жыл бұрын
I have nostalgia for the days when “made in Japan” really meant something! ( rather than modern built to minimum price, regardless of country of origin ) How I’d love to turn up somewhere with that behemoth...Classic one upmanship😂 that’s awesome thanks for featuring this 80s monster!
@SenileOtaku3 жыл бұрын
These days "made in Japan" is still a sign of quality. It's the "made in China" that is a sign of junk.
@kristoffer30003 жыл бұрын
@@SenileOtaku If you pay junk money you get junk. I've bought plenty of fantastic quality stuff from China, even from sites like Aliexpress.
@Redmenace962 жыл бұрын
The Replitronics version completely misses the point- Its gotta be big!
@Bolton1152 жыл бұрын
@@Redmenace96 And cassette mechanisms are cheap. I would have replicated one with a tape deck in it.
@DanielGuzman832 жыл бұрын
@@kristoffer3000 that's true, All my Chinese branded items that cost money never had a problem. Iphones and other electronics made in China that I have owned never had issues. It's the cheap stuff, regardless where it's made that go bad. I just think China earned a bad rep from making cheap imitations and counterfeits.
@DrRinse3 жыл бұрын
"Walkin' down the street, to the hardcore beat, While my JVC vibrates the concrete".
@V599713 жыл бұрын
Cool J
@mistermatix82413 жыл бұрын
You want the concrete to really vibrate? Get a Sharp GF 777
@wisteela3 жыл бұрын
@@mistermatix8241 That the one with the record player?
@mistermatix82413 жыл бұрын
@@wisteela no, but it's a TOTAL badass i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/vYMAAOSwE9pb5Y5J/$_86.JPG Twin tape, and 8 giant speakers. Every feature of the JVC and MORE, it's absolutely HUGE too. My sister had one Look at the dual tape decks to get an idea of how big it is! And 10w on the JVC? PAH! 90w with the Sharp! (you can even connect EXTERNAL speakers to it! 10 speakers!) it sounds fooking EPIC, no distortion, bass up the wazoo! All of those are REAL speakers, no blocked off moulding, or fakery, I know, I've heard one. Oh and you can connect a turntable too!. 😃
@me33333 жыл бұрын
@@mistermatix8241 That's the box I thought he was going to show. My friend had one back in the day and that thing made him a legend
@criggie3 жыл бұрын
"I don't think anyone needed to know that" OH YES WE DO ! That's why we watch your stuff !!!
@helloworldstein3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, Mr. Cool James, the famous Japanese to English interpreter.
@techsture3 жыл бұрын
Is he related to Mr.Cool ICE?
@NoTraceOfSense3 жыл бұрын
It’s really just James May in disguise.
@radiorobertakaandy59823 жыл бұрын
I've had a jvc m90.the best I ever EVER had.nowadays i have to settle with a sharp gx300.from 1982.boomboxes were at their peak between 1980 and 1985.great video matt.miss my m90 so very much.
@euphony55523 жыл бұрын
22:04 oh that pause. Techmoan knew exactly what he said.
@Mixail7473 жыл бұрын
Yeah that made me giggle =) Glad I'm not the only one.
@sped69543 жыл бұрын
I had to go back and listen closer to make sure that what I heard was really what I heard. Lol... It was!
@AshtonCoolman3 жыл бұрын
Omg this is the one my older brothers had when I was a kid! I hooked it up to our TV and used it as a makeshift sub woofer when I was 10 back in 1992.
@johnbutler56503 жыл бұрын
I remember my uncle receiving a JVC boom box with the dual cassette set up for Christmas in probably 81 or 82. It was stunningly heavy! Awesome sound! It lasted ( after being treated very roughly ) for about 25 years . I am still amazed by those older machines. Great video!
@teacfan10803 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when something was built for quality. Today, manufacturers make the cheapest crap possible because people don't want to pay for quality anymore. That cassette mechanism was awesome, soft touch button controls and has a ton of cool features. You've got a nice machine!
@carpo7193 жыл бұрын
"Ladies and gentlemen... may i introduce the Popping and locking crew" man i love this dude. :D Thats classy my man. Carry on. Love this channel
@djmajiktuch823 жыл бұрын
You just know techmoan was a pop and break dancer😂
@DracoVM3 жыл бұрын
Japan has a radio morning exercise. Rajio Taiso (ラジオ体操). So the trainer can use MIC. over it when do group exercise. That's one of the reasons, I think.
@AngelValis3 жыл бұрын
@@KairuHakubi That's exactly right. Nowadays there are lots of people who speak English in Japan, so newer loan words tend to get "kana-ized" based on their pronunciation. But in the past it was less likely there would be anyone around to say the word aloud in English, so the spelling (and thus Japanese pronunciation) was more likely influenced by how the word was written. :)
@TheStuffMade3 жыл бұрын
I remember kids breakdancing in the streetswith their boomboxes back in the 80s, good times.
@throttlebottle59063 жыл бұрын
back when they had dance off, vs. shootout's ;)
@_The_Worst_3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes basic simplicity is just the best way to go...👍🏼 Something with power and that's straight to the point on playing cassettes or the radio without tons of frivolous bells and whistles sounds idealistic and practical to me...👌🏼💯✔
@bazurk_dot_com3 жыл бұрын
Firstly, Thank you for the nostalgic feeling. Growing up in Brooklyn NY in the 80's and 90's this radio was the crown jewel of boom boxes. I wish I could afford one of these today. Secondly, Thank you for the excellent KZbin content. I have seen a few videos made by you prior but this video absolutely got my sub. Keep up the amazingly great work. You and your family stay healthy.
@bernardcraine3 жыл бұрын
22:06 "You're left fiddling around with your knob in the dark" I truly lol'd at that!!
@qreeves3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I almost choked 🤣
@KevinTernes3 жыл бұрын
That sounds like something a puppet would say.
@excavatoree3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for using the correct term "initialism" for "JVC."
@coreyfellows94203 жыл бұрын
Because had he not all the "experts "would have been sure to let him know
@Topsy_Krett3 жыл бұрын
@@coreyfellows9420 By the way, you forgot to add a comma after "not" and you put a space before your end quotation mark rather than after it. Lastly, you failed to include a period at the end of your (incomplete) sentence. You're welcome. ;-)
@nintendoeats3 жыл бұрын
Pen Jillette and Raymond Teller are very proud, I'm sure.
@excavatoree3 жыл бұрын
@@nintendoeats You've seen that too? It's a great piece. BTW Teller changed his name to just "Teller."
@nintendoeats3 жыл бұрын
@@excavatoree Yeah, they really burned it into my head. I always try to get it right now.
@justinpipes853 жыл бұрын
In 1999 I was 14, I saved up for most the year to buy a $300 JVC "kaboom" box. Its was a weird looking tube with 52 watts of power. I loved that thing till i built my component system. At the time that was about the last big battery operated boombox around at the turn of the millennium.
@justinpipes853 жыл бұрын
@@danielknepper6884 the fact they had powered subwoofers still blows me away.
@pcallas663 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine I think had the JVC version of this machine in 1981. I remember the VU meters on his and it sounded incredible. Thanks for sharing.
@ceyhunpasaoglu3 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! It's always like an adventure; you show a boombox, use an album cover to navigate through, stop in the middle of the video to give extra information and so on... Thanks a lot for all the effort! :D
@dcflake56453 жыл бұрын
Techmoan loves his hip hop.
@samsicles_jr3 жыл бұрын
One of my fave aspects!
@CT-vm4gf3 жыл бұрын
He sure does
@heggy_693 жыл бұрын
mc t-moan
@abzhuofficial3 жыл бұрын
@@heggy_69 lol
@thaddeusmcgrath3 жыл бұрын
I always knew Techmoan was fresh
@edwardsp19163 жыл бұрын
"I don't think anyone needed to know any of that" Techmoan. There was so much in the video I did not need to know, but none the less, I really enjoyed it. Thank you.
@harishmadhu54443 жыл бұрын
The video I was waiting for, This is the best video of RC M90 in KZbin, Thank you very much. Infact 4 years back one of your old videos made me search for my old RC90 which was given away in 2002, I found it and I'm in the process of restoring it. The moment you put that thing on the table, I was sent back to my childhood. I have so many memories with this device. When I was a 10 year old kid this particular machine tought me what is stereo, bass, treble, balance, dolby NR and so on. During the mid 90s, Somebody gave this to my father free, and I realize now that this was the most expenisve thing at my home back then. I always knew this was a great boombox. But I came to know that this is an iconic machine only after watching one of your videos. Thank you Techmoan.
@johnfinnegan84743 жыл бұрын
I remember my brother bought the Sharp GF-990 boombox during the early 1990's. What made it stand out for me was that it had a music processor built into it. Maybe it was the only boombox model ever made to include a music processor as I have never seen any others since.
@JohnKelly23 жыл бұрын
Techmoan now has more street cred than half of Death Row
@GeeFunk843 жыл бұрын
When you grabbed the microphone, I was hoping for a bit of 'Passion Fruit'.
@kavyman10663 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of WAP!
@macdaniel60293 жыл бұрын
Passion Fruit? That 90s pop band that died in 2001?
@attack0nmem0ry3 жыл бұрын
First cup of coffee moment 🍵: "Your meter's faded, bro!" would make a great audiophile burn. 🤓
@freepress84513 жыл бұрын
@10:32 Matt explains differences
@brooklyncarmelena57553 жыл бұрын
Great video! I also collect these old Boomboxes. I think my favourite one I own is the Sanyo M9994 made in 1978. I bought it from a friend who owns a record store. He got it clearing out a hoarders home. This radio was filthy and non functional. I fell in love with it instantly and bought it for the 30 USD he asked. When I took it home I opened it up and completely cleaned every part and got new belts for the cassette deck. It now works and it's bright and shiny. The sound is incredible. I then managed to also find the original 2 microphones and mic stands that attach to the body of the radio. I found the original Demo cassette it originally was sold with and I also found a repair manual for that model. Strangely, I see this radio sells for asking price of up to 4 thousand USD on eBay. Insane. I remember about 20 years ago in Brooklyn New York in Coney Island there used to be street vendors in shipping / storage containers that sold useless crap. One of those venders was strictly these vintage boomboxes. No higher priced than 40 USD. I was almost going to buy the one you featured for 30 UDS but the thing that really turned me off were the dead cockroaches inside the tuning dial. Maybe I was right for not buying that one, but I sure regret it now that those vendors across the street from the Cyclone Roller Coaster are all gone now. Especially at those low prices I could have bought quite a few just in need of a good cleaning. Then again, 20 years ago, eBay wasn't really a huge thing yet and the peices of these relics weren't unreasonable yet as they are today. I also collect vintage Sony Walkman and Soundabout models from the early 80's.
@simonfarquhar60043 жыл бұрын
Love the 9994. And yeh if only we’d bought more when they were still cheap we’d be rich lol. I’ve got 100+ of the damn things tho lol
@rebibotic3 жыл бұрын
"I would like to introduce to you the amazing popping and locking crew" is so English and proper. That is the best
@mackpines5 ай бұрын
What a beauty. A true symbol of the 80s.
@davidharkins88803 жыл бұрын
Matt I love your videos, even rewatch ones I’ve seen and watch ones kitchen utensil related lol - keep it up , appreciation from Scotland 🏴
@newphilmz36053 жыл бұрын
I liked the part at the end where you talked about their settings on the album covers. Maybe LL really stands for Left Louder.
@AutPen38 Жыл бұрын
Ladies love lopsided levels.
@mrgee9183 жыл бұрын
Got one. It was the king of boom boxes because it was the bassiest, best sounding and loudest out there. Blew away all the rival Sharp boxes. Even the one Run DMC had on their back cover. Thanks for the nostalgia trip
@destruktolux3 жыл бұрын
I was excited to hear a mention of Super ANRS. I use a JVC deck with this and even with prerecorded tapes it adds in a spectacular amount of brightness and headroom that ANRS/ Dolby B eats up. That setting always stays on for me.
@denniseldridge29363 жыл бұрын
I doubt it was the same model, but I recall that on a school outing in about '81 someone brought along a large JVC blaster. All I remember is that it has astoundingly good sound at astoundingly loud levels. JVC were truly the kings of this sort of thing
@KalebKronic3 жыл бұрын
So cool and so many memories. I remember LL having a big mocked up version of one that seemed the size of a van on stage when he was opening for Run DMC on their Raising hell tour. Awesome show BTW.
@jfh4003 жыл бұрын
I laughed so hard at "using the very latest in augmented reality technology" that I had to stop and go back because I missed the next 3 things you said!
@TimothyONeill_84.3 жыл бұрын
That’s the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time, thanks for showing it and to be honest I’m a little bit envious that you have one, GRRRR!!!! lol
@WinstonSmith19973 жыл бұрын
Techmoan you have good taste in Japanese boomboxes. I repair electronics from 1970s and 1980s as a hobby and side hustle. Panasonic rx5200 from '82 Sansui Au517 from '77 Much respect from SF!!!
@7272nighthawk2 жыл бұрын
I had a Panasonic model that looked similar to that They were all the rage back in the day like phones are now. One was loud enough but get a bunch of friends together and we would all stack them in a wall tune in the same station and rock the whole area !!
@KarlandKristy3 жыл бұрын
Actually JVC made something called the Kaboom Box And it is definitely the most awesome one out there. It looks like a giant bass tube and it has base speakers in either end and it hits like super hard. They still make the things
@Hubjeep2 жыл бұрын
Yup, I remember that!! Bass was scarce back in the day. My brother had a CRT tv with built in subwoofer in the 90's.
@2ToneWalt3 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid my dad had a Sharp GF 9191, it was the monster that sat on top of the fridge in the kitchen. 😎
@emmareporter43243 жыл бұрын
my god do you have it now?
@2ToneWalt3 жыл бұрын
@@emmareporter4324 Sadly no but I'm looking to replace it though.
@emmareporter43243 жыл бұрын
@@2ToneWalt good luck on finding yourself a new chonky boi my deck btw is my forst one i am 15 and have a yamaha kx-w 262
@2ToneWalt3 жыл бұрын
Very nice deck, take care.
@2ToneWalt3 жыл бұрын
@Craig Sheppard I agree, it was a monster of a machine and sounded great.
@brolydictcumberbatchmontou4013 жыл бұрын
Man I loved the JVC MX GT90, and the JVC HX-Z3. JVC has a name written in my heart. JVC always have made monster systems. Though the ones I mentioned came from their spaceship phase.
@LastStopGaming3 жыл бұрын
NICE I own the same things!! I wish I had the jvc hx-z3, I have the jvc hx-z30 and I love it. I want to collect the jvc mx-j900 and jvc hx-z3 next. GT90 is a beast of a system though. If you look at the subwoofers in them, they are really good quality subs too. nice big magnets on them. Here is a video of my gt90: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6G5oIqsqaqHn7c
@TheJVCguy2 жыл бұрын
Sweet dude! I have a bit of a collection of those types of things actually lol.
@Aetila3 жыл бұрын
My friend (in Hungary) had one of these, it's was like a miracle from the future, with great sound and features, settings. Thanks for making a presentation!
@davidlopez23543 жыл бұрын
Still have my mine,,,my brother bought it in Japan for me,,, he was station there for 6 months in the 80s ,,,,,,,and it still works!!!
@mikethekhotmailcom3 жыл бұрын
I learned that JVC was Japanese Victor Company when I was today years old!
@adambedsaul70485 ай бұрын
I just learned after reading your comment
@marvingarden45873 жыл бұрын
Well done! I love these old JVCs, the quality was superior. I couldn't afford these back in the day, but I had a lovely Toshiba RT 7170S that was amazing. cheers, and thank you!
@josefbrett79713 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Been really looking forward to this, thank you
@PongoXBongo3 жыл бұрын
Love a good "loudness" switch! Seems to drastically improve the richness or fullness of the sound. 👍
@robertkees60483 жыл бұрын
Hey, I even found my old JVC RCM70 on that boom box wall from when I was a teenager in the early 80's! That was a great boom box, and today it's considered one of the best there were. At the time it was like $400, and I bought it for $295 at Crazy Eddies in NY, saved a long time for that beast. Big but not the biggest, it was all about sound quality and solid volume, took 12 D batteries, but I never once walked around with it, it was land based but still movable. I loved that thing, that model is sometimes available on Ebay and it's way expensive, even saw a new old stock RCM70 in the box for $1500 if you can believe it. Nostalgia almost grabbed me, but then I thought what would I do with it now anyway, so it'll just live on in my memory. Good times. EDIT: Geez, just looked on Ebay, $2400 $1800 $1500, the cheapest one are $500 can't believe my old baby is so coveted today, it was one of the best and time has bared that out.
@gregc36143 жыл бұрын
Found one at an electronics recycling box about two years ago. Was in bad shape but I fixed it up and I take it to the beach with me now! Beautiful piece of kit!
@youregrammersucks3 жыл бұрын
When he turned the lights off and just the two red LEDs were left, I had sudden flashbacks to my childhood. That was my bedroom every night with my portable stereo radio cassette thingy in there. Consider me freaked out for a few seconds :-)
@ebutuoy82723 жыл бұрын
Boom Boom Boom, lets go back to Techmoan's room
@Pepsiphopia3 жыл бұрын
Im afraid to countinue those lyrics
@emmareporter43243 жыл бұрын
@@Pepsiphopia do it anyway
@sephyryn3 жыл бұрын
the best Dead or Alive song that was never a Dead or Alive song
@holzwurm_hd70293 жыл бұрын
why can i hear this comment?
@CraigandJane13 жыл бұрын
Ha! Showing your age there. I danced to that in nightclubs when it was released.
@simonbeasley9893 жыл бұрын
Awesome machine, love the way the cassette is almost lost in the huge size of the entire thing. Excellent video again Mat!
@morelenmir2 жыл бұрын
That through-hole construction is what catches my eye, although there were bits of simple PCB as well. Lovely machine. This is what electronics means to me, not Arduino's and RaspberryPi's!
@Milnoc3 жыл бұрын
I used to have a JVC 656CII. I used it a lot to record mix tapes off the radio! 😁 I no longer have the boom box (wore it out completely), but I still have the tapes!
@AdeptPaladin3 жыл бұрын
It was all about the Karoke for that FM over the speakers, can confirm given that karaoke is far more popular in Asia than it is here in the West.
@Stuartrusty3 жыл бұрын
"This is what a proper boombox looks like." Yesssssss!!!
@RecBr0wn3 жыл бұрын
8:05 The Japanese LOOOVE karaoke so this makes sense to have on the Japanese model
@3rdalbum3 жыл бұрын
Based on my unscientific experience, everybody loves karaoke if you can convince them to give it a try!
@carpo7193 жыл бұрын
Did they do karaoke in 1981?
@inthefade3 жыл бұрын
The Japanese love karaoke?!?
@80s_Boombox_Collector3 жыл бұрын
Japanese models often had Echo and adjustable tape speed too.
@6581punk3 жыл бұрын
When you said Respectable, I immediately thought of Mel and Kim.
@popindosin2283 жыл бұрын
I felt that
@frederickleo23863 жыл бұрын
Take or leave us, but please believe us.
3 жыл бұрын
@@frederickleo2386 *Cos we ain't ever gonna be...*
@edwinvargas79949 ай бұрын
I was born in NYc, raised in the Bronx I remember them, you brought a smile to my face, thanx❤
@xeroinfinity3 жыл бұрын
I still own my 80s JVC jambox. Its a black version and has an EG to the right of the C-deck.. i forget the model. I use it in my shop jammin out! I modified it tho with a nice BT receiver, the tape area is full of dust and EG needs cleaned but sounds just as good as day one. I bought a bigger one with 12" speakers, and it used 12 D batteries! Needless to say it wasnt fun carrying around loaded with all those batteries. And it eat them up really quick. I cant remember the make or model but i wished I'd kept it. But i sold it and bought the first gen Sega Genesis which still works. They sure dont make things like they used to! Thanks for sharing a trip down memory lane.
@marcberm3 жыл бұрын
"I don't think anyone needed to know any of that." But we did, though! We really did!
@cjmarsh5043 жыл бұрын
Back when they made real boomboxes. I remember my cousin had a ge boombox that sucker was heavy. Until i had A JVC Kaboom series in the early 2000's it had two subwoofers on the side. That thing sound great. I miss that big thing!
@justinpipes853 жыл бұрын
I got one in 1999 or 2000 when i was around 14. Took me a whole year of saving up to afford that $300 thing. There was just nothing like before or since.
@cjmarsh5043 жыл бұрын
@@justinpipes85 I put mine on layaway to get it. Unfortunately, Hurricane Katrina came through and took it later on.
@justinpipes853 жыл бұрын
@@cjmarsh504 i loved that thing but damn was that 10 D battery monster heavy. I think it was like thirty pounds with batteries. I consider it the last boombox. I still have the remote for mine some where. Wish i had never sold it.
@cjmarsh5043 жыл бұрын
@@justinpipes85 Yeah, that boy was heavy. I'm glad it had a strap, however, still a beast to carry. It carried 10 D's, plus the AA's for memory. I loved it when it came with a remote.
@cjmarsh5043 жыл бұрын
@@justinpipes85 Those were the last of the true boomboxes 4 sho. They later came with one model that you can remix on it too, I was pissed when they came out with that one.
@lukeo59083 жыл бұрын
"There were some wireless microphones that transmitted over FM" Hey good lookin', we'll be back to pick you up later!
@brooklyncarmelena57553 жыл бұрын
Mr. Microphone. I remember that cheesy commercial from when I was very little.
@TheGreatAtario3 жыл бұрын
Greetings, fellow oldster
@djmajiktuch823 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha! You did not just go there!!
@DanJohnson053 жыл бұрын
Nice Simpsons reference
@R-Lee-3 жыл бұрын
@@DanJohnson05 while he may be referencing The Simpsons it's not originally from The Simpsons, he could be old enough to remember the actual commercial it's from
@javidridgeway75632 жыл бұрын
I just found my grandfathers old one barely used with the manual! I’m 21 and this RC M90 is awesome.
@gbanger25753 жыл бұрын
I bought a toshiba rt-sx3 in 1985 when I was 11 years old for the price of $200 aud. For that sort of money, it was about the best you could get here in Australia at that time. These are definitely a nice looking machine. Thanks again for your excellent content I always enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!
@flyingdutchman283 жыл бұрын
When he said he was going to open it up, I did a mental “hooray”.
@RobCamp-rmc_03 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t be a Techmoan video if Mat didn’t show of the guts of his machine of the week then, would it?
@102Help3 жыл бұрын
This product is a genuine certified hood classic
@heggy_693 жыл бұрын
Introducing the popping and locking crew! *Plays smooth jazz*
@LakeNipissing3 жыл бұрын
For those searching for a vintage boombox, the Sharp GF-9696, Panasonic RX-7700, Clairtone 7979, Citizen JTR-1292, Aiwa TPR-990 and Conion C-100F are up there with the kings of the street, and offer the size, style, features, and early 1980s build quality. (and may or may not be more affordable than RC-M90). Also, if you essentially want the same features as the RC-M90, and gain lighted dial scale, the RC-M70 is the one (and it allows searching more than 5 songs on the cassette), although it has a different appearance with slide controls on the top, instead of rotary controls on the front.
@simonfarquhar60043 жыл бұрын
Good advice :-)
@alfredallram18153 жыл бұрын
always loved that picture on the cover. pure essence RADIO.
@peterbinkley75453 жыл бұрын
"You're left fiddling around with your knob in the dark." We've all been there, man.
@deandupont55033 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what Mr. Techmoan's last words will be: "I'm sure this giant stack of consumer electronics is perfectly stabLAAAGGHHH!!"
@toomanymarys73553 жыл бұрын
I hope he has a barn!
@MrMegaManFan3 жыл бұрын
"I can't live without my radio!" With respect to Mr. Smith, at those prices, I CAN live without it. Classic piece of kit though!
@nobodynemoq3 жыл бұрын
Just after watching your video I went to the basement, just to see my old JVC RC-M70JW I've got since I was a kid in the beginning of 1980s. So many memories... Thank you!
@TMBGTransformer2 жыл бұрын
OMG THE FLOOD PICTURE DISK!!!! thanks so much for including that little snippet, while i do own it i don't have any equipment to actually play it on so seeing it in motion is such a treat!!!
@xaenon3 жыл бұрын
"You're left fiddling around with your knob in the dark." Thanks, Techmoan. I was drinking a soda when the video hit that bit. Now I have to clean up far more of my desk than I really planned to.
@bboydrew713 жыл бұрын
80s bboys weapon of choice, classic
@stephenlozano28162 жыл бұрын
My New Wave Toys kickstarter Bluetooth micro M90s arrived this week! The sound quality and attention to detail on these little BoomBox’s are incredible!!!
@jamesdharrington85773 жыл бұрын
This is A BOOM BOX Panasonic Platinum RX-DT680! I would love to get my hands on this again. A remote with 21 buttons, 4 AMPs= 80WATTs volume control on remote servo turns volume dial ! Mind Blowing!
@khachaturian1003 жыл бұрын
Rubycon capacitors from 1981: Still working great Chinese capacitors from 2019: Sorry, only 1000 hours
@80s_Boombox_Collector3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, Russians made their own because they refused to import them
@khachaturian1003 жыл бұрын
I've only seen Russian oil, film or wax capacitors... Do you have any examples Russian electrolytic capacitors?
@80s_Boombox_Collector3 жыл бұрын
@@khachaturian100 How about these in an East German radio: boomboxery.com/forum/uploads/reli-2290/dsc06594.jpg
@tookitogo3 жыл бұрын
@@khachaturian100 In all fairness, the caps in many modern gadgets get run way harder than in an old boombox. They’re smoothing the much larger current spikes of switching power supplies, and that in much smaller spaces, so running hotter.
@tveasy51723 жыл бұрын
Russian electrolytic capacitors were different for civil and for military use, as you can guess the first especially made in armenian factory midel K 50-6 were of low quality product, while other were no so bad.
@lysergicserpent76763 жыл бұрын
"you're left fiddling your knob in the dark." Phrasing, my guy. Phrasing.
@giorgiopergliamici79623 жыл бұрын
In my workshop, in Italy, I have a JVC RC M90, dented, scratched, full of dust and with broken antennas, but it still sings very well. I didn't know it was such a great value radio. I will try to keep it with more care. :-D
@waynenewberry10323 жыл бұрын
Wow, great features on this machine- I had the "3 band equalizer with 6 sliders" models that were just "frontin".
@m801162 жыл бұрын
The IRRELEVANCE part is actually very interesting. 👍The close up shots of all the bells and whistles makes me grin, amazing content.
@padawanmage713 жыл бұрын
*Technoan records his own voice and plays it back* KZbin: CONTENT MATCH! Techmoan: ( moans)