Cheap boom boxes with line-in?

metanoiastudios · Post by **metanoiastudios** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:29 am

I'm thinking about getting a cheap boom box to place either behind me or to my left whenever I want to do some lo-fi monitoring. Any recommendations? I'd prefer to have something relatively small...

Thanks!

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:21 pm

I have a little Aiwa XR-M131 that's cool for this. The speakers aren't attached to it, which is kind of a pain, but it's not very big or clunky. It's got a cassette deck, a CD player, and a tuner, so it's pretty useful to have around the studio. The extra inputs are RCAs. There are three EQ presets "pop," "rock," and "jazz," but you can set it flat, as well. Kind of good for making quick comparisons. I think it was about $100 new and I think I got it maybe six or seven years ago.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

qball · Post by **qball** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:39 pm

Any cheap boom box with a cassette will work when using a cassette adapter.

rty5150 · Post by **rty5150** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:27 pm

qball wrote:Any cheap boom box with a cassette will work when using a cassette adapter.

beat me to it!

rich

metanoiastudios · Post by **metanoiastudios** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:18 am

Oh, duh! that's true. That means I could totally get something like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/CHARLEYS-PAINTED-GH ... 240%3A1318

Yess

IzovAge · Post by **IzovAge** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:08 am

Durabrand

Marc Alan Goodman · Post by **Marc Alan Goodman** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:08 pm

Don't bother buying one new. Just check out local yard / garage sales and the like. Something'll turn up. I have a JC Penny Jam Box from the 80's with a shitty built in limiter that I love.

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