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| knave:
Hey guys. I've been into bluetooth speakers for the last couple of years... I've built two inside of ammo cans, and have enjoyed them. Just like with arcades I had a lot to learn. The one I wanted to be my favorite, built out of a metal 30 cal can was a great size with a nice heft, but... The metal, While durable and awesome looking limited bluetooth range and risked damaging anything I set it on (even with rubber feet) So, I have ordered two retro-vintage boomboxes. A General Electric 3-5252A and a Sony CFS-61S Neither were high end units in their day but I will Clean them up and add bluetooth. My plan is to preserve the original functionality...I have replacement belts on order for the cassette mechanism. Reason for two is I found the GE first and liked the look, so bought it. Then while researching found the Sony, it has line in stock and Shortwave which I want to play with. Both will run on a 3S LIPO battery and be portable and look good too. They were just above $20 plus shipping each. Has anyone done this? Anyone else use old 80s radios? Did you have one as a kid? I'd love to hear about it. |
| yotsuya:
I found a non-working one that I put an Apple Base Station in like 6-7 years ago. I need to convert it over to Bluetooth. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
| whammoed:
I've added bluetooth to a 45RPM jukebox before. Same idea. Not sure what you used for your projects before, but when there is a line in it is extra easy as you just tap in between with something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Music-APT-X-Stereo-Wireless-Board-DIY-CSR8645-CSR-4-0-Bluetooth-Audio-Receiver/184323854742?hash=item2aea8ed196:g:2XsAAOSwn-tZNih7 that one will actually switch automatically to bluetooth when connected and still let you use line in when not connected by bluetooth. |
| JimmyU:
You need to find one of those boomboxes with a little TV in it. |
| pbj:
I had one with a front loading CD player waaaaaaay before anyone else I knew had a CD player. 1990? My dad got it as some prize from work. If you didn’t load the cd carefully, it would slide behind a metal hinge and get scratched. He was still using that thing until fairly recently. Cannot find anything remotely similar on google. It was during that short period of time when Walmart still sold uncensored rap cds to children. I used to horrify people with this track all the time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQH5vmbp8w0 |
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