If he wanted to create the world’s thinnest boombox, the PCB would need to contain all the electronics, including the speakers. That would be the seed for one of Grand’s more original design concepts, but we’ll come to that later. As it would be a one-off, the design of the front panel would pay homage to street art culture – making it an original masterpiece.īoomboxes were closely related to TDK because we were one of the major cassette tape vendors during the 70s and 80s when cassette players were at their peak. His project was to recreate his childhood memory by building a boombox – one that has several high-tech twists and is evocative of those gigantic monsters from the 80s. People must have thought we were crazy I thought we were the coolest thing ever.” “I had a friend with a boombox, and we’d listen to hip-hop innovators like The Fat Boys and Grandmaster Flash while walking around the neighborhood. “Growing up in the 80s, I remember clearly the sounds that were coming out of New York,” said Grand. Being an avid lover of hip-hop music and growing up listening to it play from TDK-branded cassette tapes, he came up with a concept that would interest not only the engineering community but also the general public. After combing through our product portfolio, he found our PiezoListen™ speakers, which are widely used in the automotive industry, and it all came together. We initially got in touch with Grand with the hope that he could create a new project based on our parts.
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