From the year 1980 comes this Aiwa TPR-968. It looks very classy with all the brushed metal trim pieces, silver grills, and big VU meters. Surprisingly, it doesn't actually have many features. There's no Stereo Wide, no Dolby, no DSL, no music search, and no input level adjusters. But it still sounds very good, with 16cm woofers, 5cm tweeters, and power output of 2x4.2W. The soft-touch mechanical logic tape deck is good quality, and has a very cool air-damped door that uses air resistance against a small fan blade to
Note: there is an upgraded version of this boombox called the CS-75X, which was only sold in Japan. It has additional controls for manual recording level, mic volume, and 5-track music search.
