Starting in the 1970s boom boxes provided the soundtrack of urban life — on the street, buses, subways, parks, and beaches — boom boxes were everywhere. Now they’re almost defunct, music has moved ...

Fact: Bluetooth was never designed to be an audio-streaming protocol. Sure, it's getting better thanks to higher bitrate ceilings and codecs like aptX. But the 30-foot wireless signal is still more ...

Here’s a 24-year-old JVC PC-X100 boom box sitting atop a brand-new Aiwa EXOS-9 Bluetooth speaker.Steve Guttenberg/CNET How do the latest Bluetooth speakers compare with the sound of boom boxes made a ...

With a retro look combined with brand new tech, the cassette tape format continues to make a bit of a comeback. We Are Rewind GB-001 is following on from the global smash of the original WE-001 ...

Somebody call up Radio Raheem. We have some good news: The boombox is back. TDK's retro-styled portable speakers ditch the tape deck (although they do still have a radio), but otherwise you get an ...

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Several items are synonymous with the golden age of hip hop in the 1980s: thick gold rope chains, fuzzy Kangol caps and enormous boom boxes. It was this train of thought that led Dreams Chow Yin-chi ...

Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes. Apparently someone out there needed to listen to FM radio while playing with the Game Boy Color, and Pelican Accessories answered the call.

Boom boxes, instant cameras, and even landlines are making a comeback. Here are the coolest retro-inspired devices available.