{"id":562451,"date":"2026-03-25T03:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/562451\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T03:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:08:07","slug":"the-bumpboxx-bb-777-is-the-ultimate-in-boombox-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/562451\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bumpboxx BB-777 is the ultimate in boombox nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bumpboxx is fully embracing nostalgia with its latest boombox, the BB-777<\/a>, which is modeled very closely on the legendary Sharp GF-777. A real deal GF-777 will set you back over $2,000 for one in working order. Plus, that vintage unit lacks modern amenities like Bluetooth or a rechargeable battery. Heck, it doesn\u2019t even have a CD player.<\/p>\n

The BB-777 takes the core of the GF, right down to the dual-cassette decks, control layout, and speaker specs printed above the subwoofers. It\u2019s undeniably a gorgeous piece of gear with its vintage silver finish and extensive physical controls. But then it adds a replaceable battery pack, Bluetooth, and an LCD screen. One unfortunate loss is the analog VU meters, something that We Are Rewind managed to include on its Blaster boombox<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are six speakers: Two Super Woofers with dedicated gain control, two coaxial speakers, and two horn tweeters. They\u2019re pushing out a total of 270W, so volume shouldn\u2019t be a concern. Unless, of course, you\u2019re worried about it being too loud. The speakers are ported too, to help with bass response.<\/p>\n

In addition to the dual cassette decks, the BB-777 has a slot-loading CD player, an AM \/ FM \/ shortwave radio, USB audio playback (MP3 \/ WMA \/ WAV \/ FLAC \/ ACC), an aux input (with an included RCA adapter), plus Bluetooth. It can even record directly to a USB drive from the tape decks, CD, or radio for digitizing and archiving. Basically, the only thing it can\u2019t do is stream audio directly over Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n

There are also two microphone inputs on the front in case you want to get real old school and use the BB-777 to host a rap battle in the park or MC a break dancing competition. There are also two built-in mics for reasons that I\u2019m not entirely sure of. But it might come in handy if you just want to quickly record your kid saying something funny on cassette.<\/p>\n

There is a handle for lugging it around, but you\u2019ll probably want to make use of the shoulder strap if you\u2019re going more than a few yards, as the BB-777 weighs in at a chunky 28-pounds. Instead of going straight to market, Bumpboxx is taking the BB-777 to Kickstarter<\/a> first. A pledge of $649 will secure you one when they start shipping, supposedly in June. After that, they\u2019ll cost $1,049 at retail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bumpboxx is fully embracing nostalgia with its latest boombox, the BB-777, which is modeled very closely on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,1590,63,213,44,1996,105],"class_list":["post-562451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-audio","tag-australia","tag-gadgets","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}