Ben Branch
October 1, 2026
The new Orbit custom turntable configurator allows you to build your own turntable, selecting from a variety of platters, plinths, speed controllers, preamps, cartridges, and more to create your own personalized record player. Turntables…
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Ben Branch
August 5, 2026
This is the Igloo Kool Tunes™ Playmate® Boombox Cooler, and as the name implies, it’s both a cooler and a boombox, meaning you now have one less thing to carry when setting up a…
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Ben Branch
July 6, 2026
This is a musical cassette tape that belonged to NASA astronaut and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart, who took it with him aboard Apollo 9 – a 10-day orbital mission that served as the…
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Ben Branch
April 14, 2026
This is the new Trettitre, it’s a wall-mounted system than can play your vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes – and it looks like a work of modern art while it’s doing it. The good…
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Ben Branch
March 14, 2026
This is the 1960s-era Rickenbacker electric guitar that was played by John Lennon during the band’s residency at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in December and January of 1964. Lennon would later gift it to Ringo…
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Ben Branch
February 26, 2026
This is the Orbit Theory turntable, it’s widely regarded as the best sub-$1,000 USD turntable that money can buy, having received fave reviews in Wired Magazine, and on CNET, Digital Trends, and many other…
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Ben Branch
May 29, 2025
This is the new Boombox by We Are Rewind, it’s a 21st century take on the classic boombox design that can play regular cassettes – but it can also play from a Bluetooth connection…
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Ben Branch
February 3, 2025
This is a rare World War II-era Wurlitzer Juke Box, it was called the “Victory” model as it was built after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor when the United States had joined the…
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Ben Branch
January 27, 2025
This is the Record Runner, it’s the world’s smallest record player, consisting of a miniature VW Bus model containing batteries, a speaker, and an Audio Technica stylus and cartridge system. In order to use…
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Ben Branch
January 17, 2025
This is the Ion Stereo Boombox, it was developed to look just like boomboxes from the 1980s. It includes both tape and AM/FM functionality, it also has Bluetooth streaming capability and USB input, allowing…
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Ben Branch
December 23, 2024
This is a NASA-style briefcase boombox built by the team at The HiFi Case based in Chicago, Illinois. This boombox is modeled after the portable cooling systems carried by astronauts before launch and plumbed…
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Ben Branch
December 18, 2024
This is a 1983 Fender Telecaster that was owned and played by Bob Dylan for many years. It was built for him by Fender, and his name was stamped into both the neck heel…
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