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Man, I loved the designs of boom boxes. All the new tablets, phones, etc, try to have that low key, curvy, sci-fi look. Boom boxes were always designed to look like the control panel of a space shuttle. And the cheaper they were, the more buttons, slides, and dials they had, usually set in a faceplate that looked like a circuit board designed by a graduate from a clown college. They were pure techno bling, an electronic peacock display that had no bearing on the quality of the electronics.
No wonder they were so popular. Just like some cars look fast just standing still, some boom boxes just looked loud.
I think someone should make a business out of taking old boom boxes and inserting smartphone docks into them so that we can have our MP3's and our retro style. Maybe a conversion kit that replaces a cassette door with a smartphone cradle.
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