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kyfeam
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2025
Unlike most of the reviews for this i didnt receive this for free.. so my review is unbiased.. i also made a video on YouTube under my Amazon name.. Aiwa back in the early days of the 80's and 90's made some really high quality electronics.. eventually it was bought out by Sony in the early 2000's.. in 2008 Sony sold off the name.. years later Aiwa made a sweet comeback with the Exos 9 Bluetooth boombox.. which was a highly rated powerful portable speaker system.. now they released this modern take on a old school boombox.. and i say they did a great job! although this version of the Aiwa has been around under different names in other countries it finally released here.. even though the price is a bit steep.. it IS a quality modern take on the retro boomboxes of the 80's with some modern touches to bring it to todays standards.. it's not perfect.. it should use a rechargeable battery instead of outdated "D" cell batteries.. but it does have solid controls and is well built.. and it does sound great.. with punchy Bass and loudness.. so if you want a modern boombox with old school feel and ability to play cassettes and CD's you cant do much better than this beast.. a solid 8 out of 10..
WholeSale152410
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2025
Thank you it works great.
-1
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2025
Everything worked well. Sound is great. We love it!
Eduardo A Fernandez
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2025
Excelente calidad de sonido y muy bello producto.
Thomas Burick
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2025
WOW! WOW! WOW! A (BRAND NEW) LEGITIMATE OLD-SCHOOL BOOMBOX!!Technically this is not an original vintage unit - but it’s as close as you’ll probably ever get to owning a brand-spanking-new early 1980’s boombox.The biggest reason why I love it: It’s LEGITIMATE.I never bought any of the new “retro” boomboxes bc they were cheaply made, generic looking caricatures of real vintage radios. Yuck.The Aiwa on the other hand looks and feels like a brand new old school boombox from the early 1980’s. Even the small details are mostly correct. It’s a nearly identical aesthetic clone to the Sharp GF575 from 1982!It has a high quality feel about it:- Knobs feel solid and weighted.- Cabinet plastic feels thick.- It’s really heavy- Old school handle is solid.Sound quality is on par with most of my better vintage units. I’d call it really solid mid-fidelity. CD’s sound fantastic. Cassettes sound better than I expected and FM reception is also great…pulls in a ton of stations.The yellow color is HOT!! I was worried it was going to look like cheap shiny toy plastic. The yellow is painted on, not molded in. It has a matte finish which adds to the quality aesthetic.Just a few very insignificant nit pics - I think the meters look a little cheap up close, the pink and blue button accent panels are a bit garish, the am/fm dial face plate looks a touch cheap. Lastly, the Bluetooth badge on the CD face plate belies its vintage aesthetic. Nothing to dissuade my joy for this awesome radio. Overall quality exceeds my expectations.I’ve showed the radio to friends and their reactions have been awesome. The radio is huge and the electric yellow color just “snaps”. I get an eye-popping WOW! when they see it for the first time.As a serious vintage boombox collector, I’m overjoyed that we finally have a “real”, brand new, old-school radio to purchase and enjoy!!If you’re on the fence whether to buy it or not - BUY IT. IT’S LEGIT!
Nick Papagiorgio
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2025
This nostalgic factor of this boom box, alone, makes it worth it. From the box, to the unboxing, to the knobs and buttons, to the general size and heft - this is a boom box that would have made you the envy of every kid in the '80s.The boom box, itself, is beautiful - more of a vibrant Lifeguard Yellow than the mustard tones shown in the product photos. With its chrome speaker grills, knobs, and buttons, the yellow really pops giving the whole unit a bright, retro-tech look. This is perfect given the onboard CD and cassette players which, in these days of unlimited streaming, are the things of myth and legend.In terms of new tech, the boom box easily connects to your phone or streaming device. The only hiccup I had in this process was that the volume was down, so I didn't hear a pairing confirmation even though it had immediately connected to my phone. So I spent a few minutes wondering why I couldn't see or hear anything happening. It also has an SD card slot which, of course, didn't exist back in the day but even now feels a little dated as I am long past loading up my MP3s on a disk.The boom box includes toggles for the various modes: FM, CD, Tape, BT, etc. It also has adjustments for treble and bass with a bass boost that does create a noticeable difference. The right and left level meters are a novel touch, but there is no onboard equalizer, so you can't really adjust the levels as was common on many of the original boom boxes. In fact, what looks like the equalizer is really just the mode selection.Considering how impressed I am with the physical build and quality, there is one aspect where I thought it wasn't quite as great as it could have been: the sound.While the boom box pushes out an eardrum thumping level of noise, I felt the quality of sound was a little muddy. Adjustments can be made with the treble and bass dials, but without an equalizer, I could never quite get the sound output to be clean and crisp. No matter what I did, it always sounded a little flat and muffled. I will admit that at distance (~15ft), the sound dissipation was enough to hide the muddiness, so in circumstances where there is going to be a lot of ambient noise and/or you're not going to be right on top of the thing, the sound quality becomes less of an issue.That said, I still feel this is an incredible throw-back to bygone tech. It is a beautiful appliance and well worth the spend in my opinion. True audiophiles may have some issue with the sound quality, but most will simply enjoy how cool this boom box is. Would definitely recommend it.
Fred
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2025
Great boom box right speaker cover dented are the covers availed to purchase?
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