Phillip's Boombox

A young man struts down a sidewalk, carrying a large boombox on his shoulder.... more

by Walter Neal

Title

Phillip's Boombox

Artist

Walter Neal

Medium

Digital Art

Description

A young man struts down a sidewalk, carrying a large boombox on his shoulder.

The first Boombox was developed by the inventor of the C-Cassette, Philips of the Netherlands. Their first 'Radiorecorder' was released in 1969. The Philips innovation was the first time that radio broadcasts could be recorded onto C-Cassette tapes without cables or microphones that previous stand-alone cassette tape recorders needed. Early sound quality of tape recordings was poor but as the C-Cassette technology evolved, with stereo recording, Chromium tapes and noise reduction, soon HiFi quality devices become possible. Several European electronics brands such as Grundig also introduced similar devices.

Boomboxes were soon also developed in Japan in the early 1970s and became popular there due to their relatively compact size matched with impressive sound quality.[1] The Japanese brands soon took over major parts of the European Boombox market and were often the first Japanese consumer electronics brand that a European household might purchase. The Japanese innovated with sizes, form factors and technlogy, introducing such advances as stereo Boomboxes, removable speakers, in-built TV receivers and later inbuilt CD players.

The boombox was introduced to the American market during the mid-1970s, with the bulk of production being carried out by Panasonic, Sony, Marantz, and General Electric.[2] They were immediately noticed by the urban adolescent community and exploded onto the streets of America's metropolitan centers such as New York, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. [Source: Wikipedia]

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February 12th, 2013