Victrola 1980s Style Bluetooth Boombox Review and Test
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Here's a boombox that looks retro but also has modern features. Let's test it out and see how it holds up against the competition!
CORRECTION: The boombox can be powered with 8 "D" batteries and 2 "AAA" batteries, not "AA" batteries.
UPDATE! I have taken this boombox apart and adjusted the tape playback speed. Video here: • A look inside the Vict...
I’m 15 and Dress like 80’s and 90’s And have 80’s and 90’s stuff but I need this🤩
Buy a decent boom box not this junk
@@simonparnham8179 My dad does have a classic one But I jus wanna see if this Is A real deal good one Homie
Ik it’s a late response but dude it’s the same situation with me except I’m assuming that you are turning 16 this year or already have turned 16 this year like me. Anyways…I would get the Crosley CT201A it’s a much better boombox than this one. It’s got better bass and sounds much better overall.
@@simonparnham8179 Recommended one please
@@mrcheezle3910 yes buy one from the 80s where they were built better
Your a blessing sir for reviewing this. Been searching for this! Thanks!
Don't make assumptions based on previously owned second Owners remorse.
I agree that the older boomboxes, maybe
without BT and USB, from late 1970's to
the 1980's had good receivers and tape features, such as Dolby, which is not
licensed any more. I have bought from
eBay, at a reputable seller two Panasonic
Platinum RX-5000 series boomboxes, for
some money which work well and sound
great.
I have had nothing but trouble with mine. If I had checked it out all over i could've returned it. I had 2 covid deaths in my family two days apart. So time elapsed on me to return. I watched videos and everything before i bought it. Bought it from ebay. Enjoy your videos!
I just bought my wife a Victrola record player and was really impressed with the audio quality. Was thinking about buying this for her to play our cassettes. Thanks for the review
I have the wooden paneled turntable with the front that looks like an old time radio. it looked like cheap crap but when I actually started handling it I was impressed at how sturdy it was. and opening it up, it wasn't too bad looking inside in how it was designed either. looked like real solid components and not lowest bigger cheapo circuit boards from a toy. it sounded great with FM radio too. they have made some pretty quality hardware, it seems like there was actual supervision involved on the victrola name.
The vast majority of modern boom boxes are awful compared to the devices out in the early 1980’s. This one actually ‘looks’ ok to me except for the overly bright LED’s and weird oversized cassette door however there’s no escaping the fact that it’s very low quality with no real sound quality. My 1981 JVC RC M70L is a work of art compared to this and obviously sound quality wise destroys all three of the ones in the video. A final note, that Magnavox sounded boomy, not bassy to me, was the treble turned down as it seemed lacked range thus clarity.
So fn stupid and useless of these companies to put time and effort into replicate old school boom boxes , to never come a hair close to doing them justice , we know quality when we hear and see it with our own eyes , we're stupid , please stop making these cheap ass cheesy flimsy thin plastic toys , it's not only a let down to baby boomers that cherished those years , and would like to have something of highest quality and performance to recapture what we once had one time or another , but its an insult to the younger generation just as well who may happen to like things of the past , but why even bother nowa days when there's plenty of head phones ear buds and computer speakers that will put shame , to these poorly cloned wanna be a real boombox , wish i was a real boom box , ,, to all you companies out there, please stop this dumb retarded shit , if you're going to put time and effort into making and turning out shit , start up a fertilizing business instead , bottom line these boomboxes don't even compare to the cheapest of the old school boom boxes , stop building our hopes up as far as cosmetics, appearance , only to be let down by revealing everything that this cheap shit lacks on , please stop , money is not easy to come by , but like myself , there are people that will spend 5 to 10 times on the amount of this crap rather then to trash $129 on some shiny garbage,
Thanks for the review. I purchased it
for $99.99 several months ago, and
while it works pretty well, but my cassette is not so good recording from
say the radio or from my phone over
BT. The cassette recording quality is
noisy, compared to myTeac cassette deck, as I found with other retro boombox cassette recording too.
I guess like you said, they all use the same Takashin cassette mechanism.
Yeah unfortunately Takashin mechanisms are all you're gonna get on most cassette players made today. I'm actually not even using this boombox that much and continue to use the Sony instead.
@Raymond Martin
I couldnt stop laughing when you
said COMPARED TO YOUR TEAC. Teac are like the HOLY GRAIL of recording quality. No cheap boombox like this is gonna compare. You would need a classic 80s boombox with the VU needle meters to come close to a Teac. Something like a JVC RC--M70. Or Sharp GF 777. But they arent cheap. Any cheap boombox. Where you just pop in a cassette and press record wont compare in quality. The golden age of quality boomboxes was 1978 to 1987.
@@fender1000100 Another thing people are not understanding is bluetooth or phone or any modern input is on a completely different frequency that exceeds the limitations of cassette tape formats. if you are recording to the cassette you have to "dumb down" the audio quality to a sample rate formatted for the maximum limitations of the cassette format, hence why you hear the noise.
Mine has a pin hole to record. no microphone. no place to put one. so guess it's built in. But the one i bought does not record my voice...which is why I bought it. Didn't get a manual either and it was supposed to be new. It ate a tape. Liked to never gotten it out. Can't get support on phone. Does it requre type 2 tapes? No manual......no info. What say you?
No video on the recording feature. It has record, press play and record...........but it doesn't work.
Nice review, thanks
if you use the usb card, will it shuffle tracks
The radio knob is definitely digital not analog. You can tell with the choppy transition between frequencies.
I love it!
Have you tested this with cassette that has stereo test?
Bought one at a pawn shop for ten bucks...the cassette doesnt work...I tried putting in a sd for MP3...they worked but you cant play the track you want...you just get numbers and can only go up one song at a time...when you have 2000 songs...this is a problem...but it hooks up with a normal MP3 aux and BT...radio works fine...we live a few miles from the radio stations in topeka and they all come in great...12 black and decker power tool batteries work for more than 24 hours...I intend to replace the woofers and tweeters in the unit...but havent opened it up yet to look at the options...
I just got one for Christmas!
I love this boom box
Why dont they have crome tape buttons on these if they want the retro look and also what a naff tape door looks very cheap you want to see the cassette in it not just have a small panel.rest doesnt seem to bad.
"Who listen CD`s these days?" Actually much more people than cassette tapes. For me it is little funny to see a new radio with a cassette deck in 2019/2020 when there are practically no cassettes available in stores with music. I like the look of eighties boombox, but please with a CD player. Times have changed since eighties a lot.
Shut the fuck up peter
Tapes are making a bit of a revival at the moment.
How big are the actual speakers inside the cover grill. Of the Victrola unit, 3 or 4 inch? Thank you for your time.
The speakers are 4 inches
They are pretty decent , Compared to the Crosly Ct-200 Radio cassette
Player I had. It was nice looking But, The volume didn’t get loud. Oh, by the way how is the Bluetooth range ?
You're funny.. I listen to CDs.how people have cassettes? I have the studehaker red cd internal battery with lights.. sounds good looks great
How do you turn it off yo
Thank you sir.
This should cost 50$ max..instead 120$...it's garbage (fom China).. compared to the old..original boomboxes.. the sound is like comming out of an iron can..the best where made in the 80's...you can find them on ebay but aren't cheap...
10:00
Some weak stations are not coming in ?? Its because its a weak signal, nothing to do with the receiver. Put that antenna on the top of your house and watch most of them come in.
9:39 I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
9:42, a little more of Freddy.
@@maxispr Queen right?
Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening me.
are the treble/bass able to be adjusted
Dude I'm only 20 and I use cds too
nothing wrong with that I still listen to LPs if you have CD recorder you can your own CD mix's and compilations because you never know when they might delete something from you tube or discontinued something streaming service at least you have your own physical copy with a lp or cd
dude me too haha. glad i’m not alone lol
Same here and vinyl...
Same and am 14
@@Shredded_up same, i am 14 too, i am listening to vinyls, cds...
Now days most of the modern tape mechs are just crap.
Do you like the sound of this? Can you tell me why?
The sound is ok, but there's not as much bass as I would like.
Victrola Boombox vs Crosley CT201....which is better?
Hey Hogan from three months ago. You bought the Crosley and it’s much better lol
you have neglected to include these items
hows the bass
hows the bluetooth connection and sound
our boom boxers ate our cassetes and we fixed them with scotch tape and a pencil.....if you relate your an original..
I got one of these a week or two ago and never abused it and now it won’t turn on. My dad is very disappointed as it was a gift. We only used it plugged in and never used batteries. Can someone please help me?
Contact ion company should have atleast a year warranty like most products
The ac gets easily disconnected
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Hi, unfortunately everything made in the 2000s is very low quality, I’ve had the problem with fast forward on many machines, not sure what causes it. This boombox seems to only have a volume control, that is very bad . Am into vintage portable radios (British made) like my Hacker super sovereign and cassette sovereign radios , made of wood and aluminium almost no plastic, great sound through 7x5 inch oval shape speakers ,as good as it gets Regards. JH
I saw this a Walmart
I know if im gonna get this im gonna use the aux tape
Are the tweeters real a lot of the new radios have fake tweeters ion deluxe and memorex
The tweeters are indeed fake. You can see them in my video where I open up the boombox.
Does it only work with batteries??
You can plug it into an wall outlet
You can plug it in but the slot broke for me
Is that queen at 9:39?
Magnavox got no mid-range or treble...it's just a horrible noise...with added distortion. It sounds like MOST small $30-$60 radios in 2020....i.e. crap. Radios should be CLEAR so you can hear the vocals. You don't want to listen to a talk show on a bass-box or HiFi system, etc. You just want a CLEAR little radio in the kitchen or garage. If we want portable bass, we'll buy a bass blue-tooth speaker or other solution.
To be fair, the distortion you hear is the bass overloading the cameras microphone. The bass boost feature is also a lot more powerful on the Magnavox than on the Sony, so turning it off on the Magnavox would give a more crisp and clear sound.
Studabaker & GPO Boombox is a better quality.
True. I bought one last wk. It's nice with CD
A rechargable battery is what's missing lol
No rechargeable battery wow ill pass thanks for info
@@asenciolosangeles6778 no sweat
The fast forward problem is, chewed up gears. The crappy recording quality is, standard magnet erase head, instead of a proper electromagnet erase head.
The higher end, or more expensive boomboxes from the 80s did have a proper erase head, and did make pretty good recordings.
I have one of those. Its a pos!
Is it really?
@@oxbadcode6573 yessir
Can you put a CD in it👀 or only tapes
Only tapes and digital audio files. There's no CD player unfortunately.
Brett Darien oh ok 😊 thanks
maybe yhr problem is your old tape
6:27 i can tell that they put in a mono head which is STUPID
How does the mic sound?
That's why if you are going to do a utube review on a product this is why you don't buy it used on eBay.
One could also fully test an item before listing it for sale, and make note of it in the item description.
Do you recommend me to buy it?
I would recommend the Sony CFD-S70 over this one.
what about type. it happens to vintage boomboxes. just because of the speed. the motors has high speed. some boomboxes had one motor and type turner is too thin.. don't remember what it called.
0:40: "Who Listens to CDs Nowadays?" I still do I still own lots and lots of Music CD'S from the 90's and 2000's from when I was Growing up as a Child I remember my Dad got me my 1st Portable CD Player I think in 2002 (when I was 4) I got hooked to it ever since I still use one of those to this Day and I'm still Attached to it almost 2 Decades Later since I don't care about Downloading Music on my Phone I had my Spotify for a Year and then I Canceled it Months Ago because I went back to using a Portable CD Player I think that's a better option since I'm Super Attached to it every time I get CD's from Amazon and from Thrift Stores I always Copy them in the Original Xbox Hard Drive and turn them into Custom Soundtracks and sit back and Listen to them I Currently have 67 Soundtracks on my Xbox so yeah I still Listen to Music CDs almost 20 Years Later since 2020 is right Around the Corner I'm going back to the Old School
Cool!
This seems to be Amazon's "legit" version of the van speaker scam.
I watched my cousin fall for that...tried to warn him...but he didnt even know he was being ripped...
Sir please sell me this tape recorder
Can you record radio on cassette tape ?
Yes you can
@@BrettDarien how can u teach me ?
Just bought 1 it was working for 30 minutes not it won't cut on not even with all batteries
Still looks cheap as fk', bad version of a retro ghettoblaster.
19:45 You should just simply play song from youtube and see which one is slower dummy
This boombox isn't stereo. Bad item .
:41
Who listens to CD these days ?? LMAO ... Who listens to cassette's these days ?? CD's are NEWER than cassette's ...
I always enjoyed listening to cassettes way more than CDs. I enjoy recording on them even more. With the right equipment, cassettes can give a nice, warm, and clear sound. CDs sound too "clean", imo.
@@BrettDarien well clean is what most want, most dont want the rustic noise sound from cassettes.
Cassettes are easy to wipe clean and record over where cd's you need to have a writable cd (cd-r) or re-writeable cd (cd-rw)
True. But what people really value most is convenience. Digital files and streaming are king not necessarily because they sound better, but because you have instant access across multiple devices. I'm not saying it's bad; I too listen to music digitally and discover new music through CZcams. But I don't think cassettes, or CDs, should be forgotten about because digital just isn't as satisfying to interact with.
@@BrettDarien well, people today are LAZY and dont want to go to the room to get a cassette or cd and load it into the player and play the song or have to rewind/ff the cassette to find that song or skip thru the cd songs to find the right track.
Their smartphone is already in their hand, browsing on social media and that song they want is 3 clicks away and seconds from playing.
I agree the nostalgia is there and i do like my cd's and cassette's but most of the songs i have on cd or cassette is here on CZcams ...
And not to mention how technology is changing and most people keep up to date with tech and throw old tech out, leaving their children with no history of old tech. Then when you ask these teenagers what this or that is, they look at you like .... HUH ... with their smartphone in their hand .. clueless on what old tech is because their parents never showed them because their parents never kept old tech ...
If I ever have kids, they'll definitely know about old tech. In fact, I'd be using it in front of them and teaching them all about it because most little kids are curious and will be interested. I played with my parents old vinyl records as a kid and I started recording on cassettes when I was 10 so I've always been interested. I suppose it is different if you don't grow up with it though, like many of todays kids.
I had a very bad experience with this particular Boombox .I put a cassette tape in it and it immediately ate the tape. it was almost impossible to get the tape out of the Boombox after this happened. this thing is definitely cheap quality and not worth the money you would pay to own it. also the sound is not that good and it definitely is not that loud .more China junk in my opinion
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