#80s boombox portable

What You Need to Know Before Buying a Retro Boombox (If you want to wax nostalgic about the first wave of the cassette, we highly recommend Rob Sheffield’s Love Is A Mixtape). You’ll get the retro vibes you crave, and much more, without breaking the bank. We’ve found some great boomboxes that can do way more than just play cassettes. Original boomboxes aren’t being produced anymore, and can be expensive to buy secondhand, but that doesn’t mean you’re out of luck. As their name suggests, boomboxes are loud, delivering a lot of boom for your buck.

#80s boombox portable

Sure, you can stream music, but contemporary artists - from the White Stripes to Shawn Mendes - have started issuing their music on cassettes as a nod to the original portable music medium. The boombox was a staple of Eighties and Nineties pop culture, and although they changed shapes and sizes, they never went away. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission.ĭon’t call it a comeback.