Loudest vintage boombox? Panasonic RX-A5 versus RX-6400 (National RXA2)
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- UPDATE: I think I know why the RX-A5 didn't have as much bass. The surrounds on the active woofers are too stiff. They barely even move when touched. They are made of resin-coated cloth, and I think that resin has dried out and become stiff. I have seen that happen on other models too. So I recommend replacing those surrounds with new foam ones, which will be much softer and flexible, producing better bass.
Music: "Object of my Desire" by Starpoint (1985).
As a fan of old school djs like Jellybean, Shep Pettibone, François Kevorkian and Larry Levan I would love to connect some iPods and use it like a rotary mixer, beat matching isn't necessary, everything that matters is good tracks and some knobs :)
Thanks for a great review of these boomboxes!
I got one of these today and was surprised how well it functioned. Even the Panasonic microphone it came with gave good and loud sound, actually very loud. I don't know much about these yet but they seem capable of meeting the sound needs of anyone in a small venue, even the echo feature sounded good.
Congrats, dude!!! Your boomboxes are just beautiful!!! I hope you enjoy them for good!!! :-)
RX-A5 Tocou mais !!! No vídeo teve mais presença e potência !!! Lindos boombox !!! THANKS for vídeo. Congratulations. 1 HUG AND HAPPY NEW YEARS...
Passive radiator means tighter cleaner bass, i have a pair of large sony floor speakers that are configured similarly.
Man I miss the 80's
Those are sooo beautiful! Why can't Bluetooth speakers today be this intriguing!
Bluetooth speakers look like turds
@@80s_Boombox_Collector Most of them sound like turds too.
Rx a45 clear winner simplicity and performance really exceeded
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Listening to this review on my Lasonic 931BT , such awesome memories!! Love that Panasonic on top !
Sweet boom boxes.... Im going keep my eye out for old boom boxes... I have a decent receiver and amp collection (still growing of course).... Boom boxes from the 80s are kinda rare now....
I remember see people sporting some cool boom boxes walking down the street on their shoulder back in the day... I was just a kid but people would bust out cardboard and break dance on the corner with rockin the getto blasters....
From looks alone I’d choose the top model, it just looks so much better, but both are cool as.
Finally, to me neither look like boom boxes.
Ohboy, these babies are huge 👍🏿
non avevo mai visto dei boombox cosi grandi....
I had never seen so large boombox!
sweet
I wants the top one hehe
A5 was definitely crisper and a higher quality sound.
Wow! But how come they do not make the classic boomboxes anymore??👈〰🚨🚨🚨
I like the 10 speaker boombox! + the top one as well!!
Because they are cheap and the people want bye because there to in to there phones
@@jonathan15681 classic boomboxes are not cheap at all, you're wrong about that. Have you seen how much they go for online?
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Holy shit! That’s like carrying your home modular stereo. And damn! I still have that cassette I recorded music from the radio back in 85’ the Teac sound 52.
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Cuando se competía por tener la más grande y la más potente , con buen sonido HI, FIVE.
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You have two very nice items there. Bet they weigh a ton, they're more like a portable hifi.
Yep, the one on top weighs 46 lbs because you have to carry it with the cassette case.
Both are the loudest boomboxes bar none, for the record the RX A5 speakers are bit bigger than a CD/DVD disc so they are 5 inches not 4 inches. Both are 15w RMS on battery or DC input but on AC more than double that! both are very desirable to own.The A5 is much rarer so technically worth more. I own both.
+Jamie Holden You are correct about the 5 inches, it says so in the specs which I posted here: wikiboombox.com/tiki-index.php?page=Panasonic+RX-A5
But how do you know that the power on AC is more than double the DC power?
+anditslikethat I remember reading that the power unofficially was around 50w per channel when used on mains. Anyhow its battery outputs already impressive @15w RMS /Channel its more powerful on batteries than most other boxes are on AC, anyhow as you said on your video for the above reasons the batteries don't last long at all.
Cool !! I prefer the big woofer model ^^
i can sell you that National big woofer.If need contact with me.
Excellent devices, how ever I don´t like most of them have a 100 hz band for bass and I would say speaker boxes not deep enough for low frecuencies. I only have seen a ZONDA boombox with a 60 hz band in a 5 band graphic ecualizer, and believe me, 60 hz instead of 100 hz make a lot of difference.
I'm gonna say the labels were BS most of the time. They could say 60hz when in reality it's 100hz, who knows.....It's not like the government is making sure they tell the truth.
We never got those models in the UK. Most of the boomboxes for sale here were crap.
The only good kind of boomboxes we got were something like the ones cassette decks had were with a proper ac erase head but with automatic gain control.
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@@HamtaroEL I had a Sharp once which had a proper erase head, Dolby, record level controls, programmeable music search, turntable input, bass and treble controls, proper meaningful VU meters and big speakers but machines like that were very much in the minority in the U.K.
@@nathegotule4666 Yeah mate, I'd love to read about them!
Got that sexy 3rd gen iPod? Nice, very nice.
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I have a Panasonic RX - 5250 which is rated at 7.5 watts per channel into 3 ohms per service manual. That is probably at 10% distortion at 1kHz. I will run mine into a dummy load and see what it does in the real world. Can't measure the distortion unless I borrow a THD meter, but I can see where it starts to clip. The Pioneer 1980 receiver was rated at 270 wpc into 8 ohms, but would start to clip at around 280wpc. Will follow up if anyone interested.
I too have an RX5250. It sounds pretty good but I'd be surprised if it does indeed made that much power. So many manufacturers made up bogus numbers because there were no legal consequences.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector Remember those cheap power amp boosters they sold at the flea markets in the 90's? An amp the size of a pack of cigarettes and an input fuse of 3 amps and a 20 gauge power wire was claimed to put out 100 watts. Ya, right.... The joke in the car stereo community was an ILS rating which meant "If lightning strikes" or RBBU watts which was "Right before blow up".
@@80s_Boombox_Collector Let's Run it down the quarter mile and see what it really does. Will put up a short video in the next few days. Will check with batteries and AC power. Will check with both, batteries probably more power. I thought of making a lithium battery power pack for mine due to high cost of D alkaline cells nowadays.
Lovely radios. I have them both, but they are the Nationals AKA's....both very loud and they do take batteries. Just customize the speakers to attach to the body and you got your self a boombox. Which is what I plan on doing so I can at least make it mobile around the house and yard for when ever I want to have a throw back moment.
Or AKA Technics.
Pro tip: Don't adjust the EQ to a V shape while comparing the sound
It makes them sound the best they can be, so why not? Boomboxes have weak bass unless you do that. Especially that one.
I'd be interested in knowing the cost in 1980s?
Did teens have the money or was it the parents?
Somewhere between $400-800. Multiply that by 3 to get today's dollars...
@@80s_Boombox_Collector around 1 thousand to 2 thousands of dollars
Dont feed digital signals into equipment that were pre cd age , if its early 80s it wanted to see tape signal on that input
Are these still available in Mumbai for sale ?
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Them woofers are bigger than my woofers ..and I've got two Great Danes
wow men!!!!!!!!!!!! NICE explanation!
Technically, these aren't boomboxes. But they're great!
The Heelix Wheely 5000, Conion C-100f, and the JVC M90 were all huge boomboxes. I wonder how they compare?
None of them are as loud as these. But the JVC does sound a little better, in my opinion
Wow.
It's amazing
In 1970s boombox's industry made truly sounds of boomboxes, and in 1980s they made large boomboxes. People wanted large boomboxes. Company made it with tiny circuit no bass. In 1990s people did not want to carry a large boomboxes around. Companies tried to come up with a mini boomboxes for ladies. 2000s They tried everything, but with empty boomboxes.. they might tell you it could put out 400 watts. Half of could put out.
I have one from the 80s that says 1000 watts. Puts out maybe 20 watts actually.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector yep exactly
Today everything already digitized, no longer need any button, eq, attenuator, etc, everything are software controlled
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Please don’t sudden blast the volume like that; for their health & well being always ramp the volumes up from zero.
gotta love those specs: 15w / ch at.. how many ohms? producing how much distortion? at least they took the time to print them, I would also prefer the above model.. 2 speakers per side that don't do a thing would be a total turnoff for me.. it would actually make me feel kind of uncomfortable.
Panasonic RX-A2 is the Better Bass Model w/(Dolby) + aka Panasonic RX-6400 (no Dolby) Panasonic RX-A5 More Bling & Less Bass out of 4 inch speakers than 8 inch speakers of the RX-A2 & RX-6400
RX-A2 > RX-6400
RX-A5 > RX-A2 > RX-6400
@@LapisandHamtarolover I don't have the rx-A5. I do have the other two models
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Power specs are not meaningless: actually that is what you get (on a pair of 8 Ohm speakers) when the output signal starts to clip.
But the government does not verify that data. They can say whatever they want and nobody will stop them. Sometimes they say 1000 watts and nobody stops them.
80's Boombox Collector When they say "1000 Watts" it is usually the so-called PMPO. But RMS is a relevant figure. Although, there is always that "Specs are subject to change w/o prior notice" thing :)
Even RMS data can be faked. Sometimes they will test only one channel, then multiply it by 2, which would result in more power than if they had tested both channels at the same time. In the 1960s and 70s, they used the words "both channels driven" so you knew they did it correctly. Also they told you the minimum watts it could achieve across a wide frequency range. In the 80s they started saying "RMS Max" instead, which is just the highest number it ever achieved at some random point somewhere within the entire range. That's not as useful.
Well, it is not all that difficult to check, in case of detacheable speakers at least. A couple of ceramic wirewound resistors 8 Ohm each can connected to the speakers terminals instead of the speakers. Then, a sinusoid signal of, say, 1kHz should be played (either pre-recorded on a tape or via AUX) while the voltage on one of the resistors is being monitored with a oscillograph. Gradual increase of the volume will eventually lead to the output sinusoid maxima clipping. Hence the maximum amplitude (Umax) which squared and divided by 2 times R (= 8 Ohm) will yield the RMS power (Umax^2/(2*R)). I did so to determine the maximum power of my DIY radio tape recorder (I use 4 Ohm woofers driven by two TDA2005's in BTL mode, ruclips.net/video/9AVinXdPyF8/видео.html).
Though, you are absolutely right about the specific frequency at which the RMS was measured.
If the question is the SPL, the most important is the sensitivity of the loudspeaker. The difference in efficiency can be serious. For example 100dB speaker is 20 times more efficient than a 87dB speaker...
Wow ! I like cassette panasonic . Very good !
3:28 which song ?
🤨 ~ not exactly a “boombox” but between that and a HI-FI = as to how big & heavy they are - portable HI-FI, they even have electronic instrument [e- guitar, keyboard] inputs on the front so possibly a portable PA/sound system? I assume the analog meters on the top unit are turning/battery charge on playback, and VU when recording a cassette? The lower unit appeared to just have LED VU meter and not indicating tuning/battery
Really the only way they're not boomboxes is that the speakers don't attach, the fold together, so you can't carry it while playing it. So yeah it's more of a PA system for rappers and church groups. And you're right about the meters.
Mine now :)
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3:28 which song ?
what song is it? (min. 3-4)
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Great review
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this looks crazy but I like it!......
Good morning Friends .i have a question where can i find a Panasonic rx_A5 manual? I apreciate your help!
nive review!, will you be reviewing a diamondboxx?
I dont get it.. If you need to plug it in anyway? if they weigh 21 Kgs without batteries, which considering this size would probably be at least 10 Size D batteries so another 2 Kgs. Then why not just use Speakers? like they do in concerts? why even use this
Because they thought people would take this on road trips and vacations and such.
Top one looks like way better quality.
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16 and 17 inches tall. how many inches wide are they?
3 feet wide
Nice radios.
Same 15Wx2 power output as the tiny (in comparison) 1981 JVC RC M70L
M70 output is only 7Wx2 minimum at 10% THD, according to the service manual. The 15Wx2 was most likely made up by the marketing guys. It's definitely one of the best boxes, but both of these units would blow it away in overall volume.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector yes the 7W x 2 was indeed at 10% THD but max was 15W x 2 but I’m guessing it wouldn’t sound very nice. I believe the L and LB models were the more powerful as well with 47W usage compared to for example the JW model at 40W. I may be mistaken and it’s very likely 😂
Thanks for the info.
@@amnril I doubt many people play their boomboxes at 10% THD, as it would sound like shit lol. So I can't see how they would crank it up beyond that either. These companies made up numbers all the time, the government never forced them to be honest. Even today, look at all the bluetooth speakers that say 1000 watts even though the label on the back says they only consume 30-40.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector Yes, the numbers they quote today are laughable, as is the majority of the rubbish being sold. Thanks
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Where do you get these boomboxes like those two .I bet they're a lot of cash
carry it down the street??
you will need a flat bed on wheels... Lol
those are more like hi-fis
I wouldn't like to take on of these out with me on an outdoor drinking session. ..who's going to carry me and the ghettoblaster home......
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they are for sale ?
sir I need top one howmuch
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Very cool :)
What are you playing?
"Object of my Desire" by Starpoint (1985).
Cool, thanks :)
Hi I have a Lasonic TRC-931 and a Hitachi TRK-8600 they use 10 D battery and they suck them really fast now I use rc battery 2x 7.2v in serie it make some 14.4v compared to 15v if I use 10 D battery my 7.2v last much longer and they are rechargable
What brand name are those rc batteries? Do they fit in the battery compartment?
they should fid depanding of your batt compatment shape Size: 13 x 4.8 x 2.5 (cm
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Is there a modern day high end Boombox to purchase these days? Radio? ect.... Or do we have to buy one of these?
Depends what country you're in. DiamondBoxx is good.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector USA
For USA yeah I would say DiamondBoxx is the highest quality. But it's pretty damn expensive. If you want something cheaper, get an Aiwa EXOS-9, you can get a refurbished one on Ebay for only like $275, and it's the best sound for the dollar you can get. If you want something with more of a vintage look, check out the GPO Brooklyn, but it doesn't sound as good as the Aiwa.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector 3:27 which song ?
subbed, perfect
sorry, but I have to add one more to those who are saying that these don't really qualify as boom boxes or ghetto blasters. Early and ornate versions of a bookshelf stereo, yeah.
So what? I'm still going to use that term, because that's how people search for them. People who are interested in things like this aren't going to search for "PA system" or "bookshelf stereo".
80's Boombox Collector You're right
0:20 RX-5500 got better cassette deck than RX-6400 in since there is dolby noise reduction.
I actually personally prefer RX-5500 over RX-6400 in the cassette deck portion. It's got Dolby NR B.
These actually weren't "BOOM BOXES". They WEREN'T portable, The DIDN'T have HANDLES!
Sure they were portable, they had handles and battery compartments. You latch the speakers to the main unit.
*3:28** which song ?*
Nice. But not a getto blaster.
Lol, no, not this one either :)
Sure it is, its got a handle AND it takes batteries.
Only one can be played and carried tho.. :/
You have to be able to play and carry IMO, but hey.. If the dude is big enough anything can be carried lol..
Ha ha, true. But OK to leave it on the ground.
80's Boombox Collector Is the RX-CW30 A Ghettoblaster? It has the same thing, handle and "8 D-Batteries". It's more compact, but I'm getting mine at an antique shop for $45! Looks flawless and appears to play, thus It doesn't have batteries so I can't test it. But still, it seems like an insane steal for a cheap price!
I hope once I come back there, it shall still be available.
(Note; looking at the frequency response, it doesn't go as deep as I'd like it to. So I'll probably stuff in a great amplifier to really make it shine.)
are either of these for sale? I would love to get my hands on the RXA2!
I sold both of them sorry!
@John Janik Want to sale it?
3:25 3:47 *Stranger Things*
If anyone is looking for a RX-6400 message me.
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What is the song you´re playing?
"Object of my Desire" by Starpoint (1985).
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Song name please??
"Object of my Desire" by Starpoint (1985)
@@80s_Boombox_Collector Thanks brother 💕 from India
bigger speakers are always better. more bass
Hi everybody i ve has this National RX-A2PL big woofer model .If anyone need i can sell it.And for proove i ve also has video on youtube.
Still available?
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carry it down the street??
maybe on a red wagon. .lol
any for sale?
i ve has National 6400 what's on high for sell .If need contact with me.
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@@IgnacioSanchezWebDesign yes its still avialable.If you want contact me.
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RX-A2 > RX-6400
Buy newest IPhone, or buy really nice boombox
Rather have the boombox
3:26 which song ?
RX-A5 > RX-6400
Unless you like bass
@@80s_Boombox_Collector Its the cassette decks not the speakers.
Wtf 30 watts?! There is a cube bluetooth speaker that is 15 watts + 15 watts rms. That cost 100$ bucks! Guess what?! It sounds better than Bose. Its loud too. They sell it on Amazon its called "Axxus" brand is panther.
+TheftHacker You can never trust watts claims. Pyle makes a box they claim puts out 1000 watts, even though it only consumes like 40. They can say whatever they want, the government doesn't care. By the way, those Panasonics just say watts on DC.....Who knows what it puts out on AC. Probably more.
anditslikethat But the thing is loud... especially for its size
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i think the RX-6400 doesn't just sound better, but looks so much better too! it's simple, doesn't have any cheap looking chrome highlights and overall, just looks like something built by the army (mil-spec) to last forever. i've always hated tacky chrome and pointless blinking lights etc. on boomboxes. the 6400 looks more like a home stereo (NAD maybe) component while the A5 looks like a cheap toy made in china. (try having an opinion on boombox forums! people lose their little minds! LOL)
funk toon Prefer RX-A2 over RX-6400.