Portables Get It Together

September, 1980

Guys standing on the corner watching all the chicks go by have nicknamed this new breed of portable hi-fi the Box. And, in a way, that name fits, because these rugged self-contained sound systems are a real surprise package of style and value and a delight to play, on the shelf or on the road. All house an AM/FM radio and a cassette unit--plus twin speakers, of course--but there the similarities stop. If you want to bring back live sounds, Sanyo has a unit featuring both built-in condenser mikes...