The average ghetto-blaster was business-suitcase sized and many a 'cool-kid' lugged one about hauled over one shoulder like a lumberjacks log. However, the drive for better bass meant that there was that 'period of mullets and perms' between in which portable players which were bigger, were better. It wasn't long after the birth of transistor radios, tape cassette players, and CD players that we saw them become as small and portable as a tape cassette playing Walkman which was practically palm-sized. The boom box is a bass dispersing beast in a portable package, modeled on their retro ancestors who saw their popularity peak in the early eighties we have gathered a few of the best modern reincarnations to review as we discuss the 10 best boomboxes in 2021.
