For years boomboxes have become a generic term for any portable audio device with speakers. The word started out as a description of the basic sound they all made--plenty of muddy "boom" to fill a room with no high-end clarity. Modern technology has improved the sound quality, but the name remains the same. Boomboxes are commonly confused with minisystems. However, minisystems don't have carrying handles and they only run on AC power, where as boomboxes usually run on both AC Power and batteries.
Most players have the basics, such as an AM/FM tuner, a cassette player, two speakers, and a CD player. Then, the options take over. The radio can have a digital tuner, which makes preset selection easier. The cassette player can be a dual transport (double deck) that allows for hours of continuous playback or dubbing from one deck to the other. A number of newer units omit the cassette decks entirely. Programmability of track order, track repeat, and random playback are features that add to the usefulness of a boombox. Another feature of interest is a synchronous start that coordinates between the CD player and cassette to start recording. Playback of MP3 and other digital audio files is a relatively new feature in boomboxes, and this will no doubt become more common in the near future.
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