Both sound and style is achieved with this piece and built-in 40 watt speakers showcase your music in the best way. It sorta has a hollow feel to it but with understanding that todays tech does not require as much space as it once did. Warning Disclaimer**** I do not recommended opening up your unit and or performing any mods or repairs as you will void any warranty. That might have looked pretty cool I think 🙂 ) It’s a basic CD player not much for me to about it, though I wonder why the USB/Line int out has a connection going to it. With mic input also included, you could clandestinely hold your friends to ransom with digital recordings of all their atrocious karaoke efforts.

It does everything I want it to, from copying old cassettes in digital form and does a fairly good job. A timed run against an mp3 of one of my favorite tracks was correct to the second so its seems consistent. Hip hop is represented in MoMA's collection by artists such as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The tweeters as many should know by now are real and work really well, I hear the highs pretty clearly so no complaint there from me. But the rise of portable personal audio and the arrival of the Bluetooth speaker later still rang the death knell for the boombox.It sports two 40-watt speakers, a rechargeable lithium battery with up to four hours of playback, and most importantly, it’s big and heavy like any good boombox is supposed to be. I'm glad to see they kept an analogue tuner scale for the FM radio, this not only keeps the look right but gives great flexibility as not everyone is enamored with dab and its associated low bit rates, it sounds good but i personally think fm sounds better with more detail.

When rotating the volume control from 0-30, the LED display will notify you when you have reached MIN or MAX volume. The function switch is nice, this actually feels quite solid and as you change function in the switch the changes and selected format are shown on the display to the left of the tuner. Before turning on your Brooklyn Boombox for the first time, please ensure that the device is fully charged. There are various switches on either side with the tape in the middle and tuner on top, the whole look is very Lasonic 920 (no bad thing).As the battery is likely to have discharged during transport, you need to start with mains power, so plug the DC end into the rear of the Brooklyn, fix the plug into the mains socket and switch on at the wall. Cassette assembly still attached to the front of the unit The gain seems to have been turned up probably as test recording to a standard Maxxell cassette yielded in a strong signal on the tape.

The GPO Brooklyn is a fully portable Music System, taking the 80's Boombox and plugging it into the 21st century. GPO Brooklyn Black - Ghetto Blaster Bluetooth Bringing the '80s boombox bang up to date, the GPO Brooklyn gives you sound and style in equal measure. We had fun connecting some microphones to it and recording ourselves (remember recording the Top 40 on a Sunday night?

Packed full of audio options both classic and modern, it bridges the gap well between old-skool charm and modern audio necessities. If CD were mounted horizontally like in a computer then it would have required the unit to be deeper making it even larger than it already is.

The main drivers sound good but are quite still out of the box, leaving this one playing all day seemed to break the woofers in nicely and it sounded even better by days end. Confirm that the battery has already been installed by opening the battery compartment cover on the rear of the unit. These products are something you choose to add colour to your life; you want one because it's nostalgic, cool and fun.Make sure magnetic tape is would tightly on the spools inside the cassette before inserting it into the GPO Brooklyn. Previously he was the Executive Editor for TechRadar, taking care of the site's home cinema, gaming, smart home, entertainment and audio output. The top main circuit board is the heart od the unit, it houses circuits for the FM/AM radio ( in my version), cassette deck input, blue tooth ( you can see the bluetooth antenna trace on the lower left hand side of the board), USB and auxiliary in/out as well as the mic inputs. MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM: Your music can be enjoyed via the top-loading CD player, cassette player with recording function and digital tape counter, DAB and DAB+ FM radio with Info button, USB playback/recording, so it’s time to gather together your music from all media.