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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I thought boomboxes were peak coolness in the 80’s.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My dad wouldn't let me get one with 2 speakers. Only one speaker. I still don't understand that reasoning.

Like this:

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lol, that’s weird. “I forbid you from listening to music in stereo!”

[–] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably too much stimulation like that Kellogg brother was talking about.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or maybe he thought two speakers would be louder, and he didn’t want to be constantly bombarded by your satanic rap music.

[–] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

That configuration allows for a much larger driver than if you had stereo mains—probably get some decent boom out of it

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Two speakers, meh. A lot of them had two tape decks and could copy tapes at 2x or 4x speed, for one-click music piracy.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago