Angelo's Circa 1980s Quasar Boombox

My companion for this latest snowstorm clean-up was my Quasar boombox, circa 1980s.

It was inexpensive (as I recall, shipping was more than my winning bid).  The cassette deck doesn't work (what else is new) but it's got a useful little equalizer and it plays loud.  I don't like detachable speakers because...well, because they're detachable.  A proper boombox should be a one piece cabinet.  But I like this radio for two reasons:

1) It's a Quasar.  I began the 70s as a young boy and exited the 70s nearly a man.  Coming of age in the 70's means I have a nostalgic feel for the era.  Quasar was a big name----I remember the commercials very well:  "Quasar (da da da da) by Motorola!"  Now, this one looks more 80's than 70's (probably after the name was licensed) but at least that name traces back to the "me" decade.

2) It was made in Singapore.  I love cars.  I hate seeing cars vandalized.  Thus, I admire the fact that law enforcement in Singapore caned that punk who sprayed paint on other peoples' cars.  We no longer have the guts to punish stupidity.  They do.  Kudos to Singapore for caning criminals and exporting a decent boombox. I moved my Sanyo boombox into the house and the Quasar is currently my garage pal (snow shoveling and in the Spring, car wash duty). If the tape deck was working, my neighbors might have heard a strong dose of Parliament-Funkadelic.  Instead, they got classic rock blasted nice and loud.

 

Angelo  

Comments

[Doug T.]

Quasar was so sold to Matsushita back in 1974, so this radio almost certainly was manufactured by Matsushita (not "Quasar by Motorola"). Matsushita's best known consumer electronic brands currently are "Panasonic" and "National".

If you don't remember the 1994 caning of the American 18-year-old that Angelo mentions, the circumstances of the even are described in some detail on this web page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay

[Keith Beesley]

I remember commercials for Quasar tv's, but I think this is the first time I've seen any Quasar audio product. This must be a pretty rare model.