Going through my collection of National Lampoon magazines from 1977, I came across this beauty of a rockin’ stereo system! Only $169.95! What a bargain! I know a lot of crap products are made every year, but this one is killer.
A real product for “a person on the move”. Battery operated too! Who could ask for more? Yeah, you certainly could pick up chicks at a bar with this thing. “Hey, I’ve got KC and the Sunshine Band’s new album in my car. Wanna hear it?” Imagine the look on her face when she realizes you *live* in your car. “It’s only until I find a job…. Hey, where you going?”
Anyway, things like this came and went back in the day (and today) but I got a real kick out of this one. Imagine the schmuck who thought he was getting a quality product… all in a briefcase! God Bless America and Tone Control.
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Don’t laugh, but I had something very similar to this. Mine was a record player and (AM) radio in a briefcase – no cassette player (we’re so cheapskate in the UK). The speakers detached just as shown to enlarge the stereo field (Ha!) and it was mains/battery operated. I’d almost forgotten about it but this just brings the whole ghastly memory back to me. The sound was atrocious but at least I could play LPs in my own room and that was a huge plus in 1971! Shame that the tracking ruined most of my LPs at that time…
Never really had a portable stereo. I remember the Close N Play things for records that literally scraped the vinyl of the records. But I did have a really crappy Sears record player with attached speakers and the tone arm probably weighed about 10 pounds. Yeah, had to re-buy a few albums due to scratching!
Things like this make the iPod seems like a complete waste of time! 🙂