What's your Ideal Boombox?

Romeo Wolf

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I've been thinking about DIY and while I love boomboxes, I think the vintage ones may be quite costly and don't perform at my expectations. And because I've gotten so inspired by them, I decided why not build one hell of a behemoth to end my speaker game and see how people think of it?

But first, plannings! We need to know what we want on our Boombox, and how we can achieve it. Do we want gigantic 10" woofers, Dual cassettes, or even a burglar alarm for all that? I'll go first!

Mine is deathly massive, and comes with 15" woofers, 5" full range with Whizzer cones for the mids and highs, Woofers play full range but they have their limitations so Idc. The enclosure may be 3/4" Vented Particle board with Colored Vinyl Laminated wood wrap and twin 2" flared ports for each woofer. Insane, right? Well, it's about to get more insane with all the features and nits!

This Devilous Behemoth will have built-in Wheels for how heavy it is, and a gigantic Luggage handle plus Adjustable strap for "easy" transport. It's going to have a VFD Clock, and an Analog AM/AFC/FM radio with superior reception (and LONG-ass antennas!), Analog VU meters, an Analog Battery indicator and voltage meter with it's rechargeable 12V Lead-Acid Batteries, and you can plug it into AC if you want. Antenna jack to "boost" reception too! Bluetooth, AUX, and stereo headphone jacks included! Especially the regular 3.5mm kind. There will be Bass, Mid & Treble controls, a Loudness control, an 8-band EQ for both L/R Spkr, and Balance control. Dual cassettes and CD player are a necessity, and an SD card can be played too. If you want to Save battery, there's a switch you can flick that will cut off the Woofers and only the Whizzer cones will be playing full range. there may be more, but That's all I can think out of my head for now. It's a 2-way, Single piece tweeterless design.

Here are the estimated dimensions for the enclosure:
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Here are the drivers I may use for this first of a project:

Woofers: https://www.parts-express.com/grs-15pf-8-15-paper-cone-foam-surround-woofer--292-415

Mids/highs/full range: https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-pa130-8-5-full-range-pa-driver--295-010

Amplifier: https://www.parts-express.com/wondom-aa-ab32189-2x100w-tda7498-class-d-amplifier-board--320-303

Knobs: https://www.parts-express.com/penn-elcom-m1320c-brass-amplifier-knob-chrome--240-212

https://www.parts-express.com/large-aluminum-receiver---amplifier-skirted-knob-15-brushed--240-2220

Switches: https://www.parts-express.com/spst-toggle-switch-with-red-illuminated-indicator-12-vdc-25a--060-571

https://www.parts-express.com/spst-heavy-duty-toggle-switch-with-screw-terminals--060-370

https://www.parts-express.com/parts-express-rotary-switch-2-pole-6-position-non-shorting--023-664

Other switches will be used for different purposes but yeah.

Meters: this Goddamn instrument cluster
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-1971-Dodge-D-Series-D100-D200-D300-Dash-Instrument-Cluster-White-Face-Gauge/381684761435?hash=item58de2f435b:g:VIMAAOSw-4BXcbIP&LH_BIN=1 (fuel is Battery indicator and Alternator gauge is Voltage meter)
VU meters: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tascam-22-...833071?hash=item260643546f:g:tlkAAOSwElxbz-j6

Those are just the basic links for some specific parts of the Boombox, not all until I find all the parts I need in the future. Perhaps you can help me find the rest of the parts?

Btw, What's YOUR dream Boombox, and what features you want on it? This is gonna be a fun one for sure!
 
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