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I blew out one really expensive speaker...until I can replace it, I am surprised at how well those old-fashioned boomboxes work! Found one in the garage from the early nineties and another at a thrift store. If you don't have a lot of money you can hook your computer up. They work better than the crap computer speakers at Radio Shack and you can re-live your childhood!
― Die, Foghat, Die (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
four years pass...
I've just put together a system for my garage/shop area.
Onkyo TX-84 (late 80's?)
Pioneer 6 CD magazine that's junk from early 90s (and which i've never trusted, and don't like to load/unload)
Kenwood 3-head Auto-Reverse cassette (fine pro-sumer model from mid-90's)
...and i plug in my Sansa Clip through a $30 headphone amp into the AUX for MP3s
Cheapo Pioneer tower speakers and the matching pressboard rack/glass door.
I rigged the rack with a 110V fan, cut a hole in the opposite side and covered with air-duct filter material (and weather-stripped all other airgaps), and plugged both the fan and a USB charger into the "switched" power plug on the back of the receiver. Power it up, and the Sansa stays charged and the fan keeps it all relatively clean and cool.
Just have to hang the speakers in the rafters to save on floor space, but i'm rocking hard for less than $100, all-in.
I put a Kill-a-watt meter on it to measure power consumption and i can keep the unit powered-up and ready in the winter for less than the juice it takes to run a 60W incandescent.
― bodacious ignoramus, Monday, 27 June 2016 00:56 (seven years ago) link