Ion Audio 1980S-Style Portable Bluetooth Boombox AM/FM Radio Cassette Player Recorder, VU Meters, USB Recording, Dual Full-Range High Bass Speakers (Gold Edition)

First off...I've been searching for an actual 80's boombox for quite a while. When I say "actual" I mean literally from the '80s...a Panasonic, Sony, etc that was built and used in the '80s. The issue is that to find one in good shape that works really well costs around $400. I've looked at the modern Bluetooth boomboxes before but reviews were iffy and I just wasn't impressed. BUT THEN...I found this. Now this thing may crap out in a month...but at the time of this review this thing is everything I wanted. THE SOUND It sounds as good or better than the vintage radios of my childhood. The tape player works great and the Bluetooth is flawless. RETRO FEEL This thing nails it. It's substantial. It doesn't feel cheap at all. Plastics are of good quality and the knobs are fluid and smooth. Some have complained that it doesn't come with a rechargeable battery. Honestly and personally, I don't care about that. I actually like the retro experience of clunking in 6 D batteries. Again..the reason I wanted this so badly was for the retro feel and this thing delivers!

Very nice. This must be the best deal I've ever had with a portable stereo it has everything that is described in the description x2! I'm very impressed with this stereo it has the power 28 full watts and bass is good enough very clear sound. We'll worth the 129.00.

So after returning two other Boombox’s one really expensive I have settled on this one sound quality is OK it beats the rest that’s for sure it’s not total up-to-date sound quality but it’s just good enough made very well claims to have best cassette player in a boombox but they didn’t include Auto stop for rewind and fast-forward disappointed in that. Easy to operate pretty happy with it although I think these companies can do better with sound quality surprised they don’t put the time and energy and money into making them better but this one works for me I recommend it. If your looking for a lot of base in spectacular in the sound quality you’re probably going to need to get a Bluetooth speaker because most to all of these boom box stereos are not mean to sound very well these days just can’t get over that

As a guitarist of over 30 years, I've long appreciated the convenience of cassette recorders as a handy means of capturing new ideas before they're lost to the void. I purchased this unit for doing just that - but also, with the intention of digitizing old recordings in a simple, no-fuss manner. This item definitely fit the bill and more. It has a cool, retro look and feel about it - reminiscent of the 80's. The functionality is superb, with all the familiar features one would expect from a traditional boom box. Though I don't really don't use the radio, it works great. The bass boost feature is a plus, too. But the ultimate selling point for me, are the converting capabilities. I have boxes and boxes of old cassette tapes and in times past, I would need to connect a cassette deck to my computer and use software for converting recordings into MP3 or WAV file format (a time consuming hassle). With the Street Rocker, all you need to do is plug a thumb drive into it, press play and go - so much simpler! I've found that I can get roughly, 3-90 minute cassette tapes converted onto a 256 MB zip drive. Then, it's as easy as connecting the flash drive into your computer and saving the files into the folder of your choosing. For all the more this unit costs, one really couldn't ask for more than that - it's an exceptional value for the list price.

Speakers sound blown at any volume and with any tape. The tape cassette itself does not sit right when inserted. I don’t understand how this got any good reviews. The only pros I can offer are that it feels sturdy and looks good. Another piece of garbage from Amazon.

Recently received and so far mostly satisfied. One of the reasons I chose this one one over others is because the unit supports type 1 2 3 and four cassette tapes. I have numerous recorded cassette tapes from yester year and most are type 2. The sound quality is decent on unit. The radio tuner works well also I have not used the thumb drive. I did notice that the blue tooth works ok but not as loud as other functions. Over all a decent unit . The user manual was straight forward and the build quality seems good

Product was awesome. As soon as I opened up the package I was transported back to my teenage years. The sound quality is pretty legit and is easy to manage with the radio equalizer dials just as it was when I was a young adolescents. Purchased some chargeable D batteries to use with it and couldn’t be happier. I get a lot of compliments from company when I have it out for gatherings. Definitely worth the money and happy I made the purchase.

I wanted a decent boombox similar in looks to my last late 1980's classic boombox I had for many years til it stopped working and decided to give this ION boombox a try. It has AM/FM radio with a stereo cassette tape recorder deck....which was the main reason I got it for was the stereo cassette recorder deck. It's kinda heavy without the 6 "D" size batteries you can use if you're outside or during power outages. It also runs on AC, plug is included. Features on this ION boombox includes: AM/FM radio, Cassette Recording Deck, Bluetooth connections, USB 2.0 and MicroSD card slots for MP3 players or microSD cards to play/record music, headphone jack, bass boost, separate volume....bass.....treble controls [surprised there's no balance control on this unit as it's a stereo boombox], 2-way stereo speakers with estimated 4 inch woofers and maybe 1 inch tweeter x2 each for pretty good sound, stout carrying handle, cassette deck has auto stop on it, 1 or maybe 2 built-in condenser microphones for live recordings on cassettes and probably MP3 units too. It does have dual VU meters and LED power meters, but I had to turn up the volume all the way to the max to get those VU meters to move and LED power meters to even work.....not worth blowing out these small stereo speakers on this smallish boombox. This unit reminds me of an older Panasonic and GE boomboxes I had in the mid to late 1980's. If you want something retro-looking in a boombox, there's quite a few out there now, but many are rubbish....but a few are decent to pretty good. I don't really know how well this ION boombox will be for me as I have never had anything from the ION company before....until now. Sound quality on AM radio for this unit is OK with lots of static with not very good reception. FM radio sound quality sounds pretty good....provided you can find any FM radio stations to find that out. I live in a fairly remote area, but what few FM radio stations I got in, I was able to keep it on Stereo Mode and it does sound really pretty good and loud. Sound quality from the stereo cassette deck is pretty good with no problems at all with tape speed and such.....which surprised me greatly! I'd say if this ION 1980's inspired retro boombox keeps working this well, this would be a winner for me. Right now, it's very nice and sounds good. So, I'd say if you want a decent-sounding boombox with AM/FM radio with a Cassette recording deck that can also handle MP3 player via the USB 2.0 input and microSD card slot with a good carrying handle that has a bit of heft to it, this seems to be a pretty good one. Right now, I'd rate this....my opinion only as 4 out of 5 stars. Reasons why, I rate it 4/5 stars is because of the dual VU meters and LED power meters not working until you crank up the volume basically all the way to the top....that makes no sense. I am keeping this unit because it plays my cassette tapes quite well....so far.

Me gustó mucho su sonido, para ser una grabadora no lo esperaba así. Buena calidad de material y de los acabados.

Exactly what I wanted!!! 1980's + Bluetooth = Perfection.