{"title":"Boombox Art Prints","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoombox art prints celebrating the portable sound systems that defined hip-hop culture and street style. The Lasonic TRC-931, JVC RC-550 El Diablo, and Sony Sports CFS-902 - each one illustrated in faithful detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese machines were built loud, built bold, and built to be carried. Our prints capture that energy. Illustrated by Simon Tyler, author of the forthcoming book Gizmo (Laurence King, 2026).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced on 250gsm archival matte paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jvc-rc-550-el-diablo-gizmo","title":"JVC RC-550 El Diablo","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe JVC RC-550 earned its nickname \"El Diablo\" on the streets of New York. Released in 1977, it was one of the first truly massive boomboxes - a portable sound system powerful enough to anchor a block party, distinctive enough to become a status symbol. It arrived just as hip-hop was being born in the Bronx, and the two grew up together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis illustration captures the RC-550's imposing presence - the twin speakers, the array of silver knobs and sliders, the sheer physicality of a machine built to move air. It's a monument to an era when music was something you carried with you and shared with everyone in earshot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (70 × 50 cm | 28 × 20 in)","offer_id":45864089616545,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-JVC550-L-700x500-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (100 × 70 cm | 40 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864089649313,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-JVC550-L-1000x700-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-JVC550-mockup-1-2800px.jpg?v=1763576497"},{"product_id":"sony-sports-cfs-902-gizmo","title":"Sony Sports CFS-902","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the mid-1980s, Sony had a problem. The Walkman was everywhere - but runners were complaining that all that jogging made their tapes sound wobbly, and a splash of sweat could kill the electronics. The solution arrived in 1983 with the Sports Walkman WM-F5: impact-resistant plastic, rubber seals around every opening, and a colour scheme borrowed from underwater diving equipment. That unmistakable banana yellow became the uniform of the fitness generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CFS-902 brought the same philosophy to the boombox. Where its grey and silver siblings were designed for bedrooms and living rooms, this was built for beaches, poolsides, and backyard barbecues. The sealed buttons, gasketed cassette door, and splash-resistant construction meant sand and spray wouldn't end the party. The yellow casing wasn't just a design statement - it was a promise of durability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sony Sports line arrived at the perfect moment. The aerobics boom was transforming how people exercised, and suddenly everyone wanted a soundtrack for their outdoor lives. Julia Roberts would later make the yellow Sports Walkman famous in \u003cem\u003ePretty Woman\u003c\/em\u003e, but by then millions of units had already found their way to beaches around the world. The CFS-902 was the boombox for people who wanted to share that music with everyone else on the sand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (70 × 50 cm | 28 × 20 in)","offer_id":45864088174753,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-SON902-L-700x500-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (100 × 70 cm | 40 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864088207521,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-SON902-L-1000x700-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-Sony-Sports902-print.jpg?v=1767885496"},{"product_id":"lasonic-trc-931-gizmo","title":"Lasonic TRC-931","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the boombox hierarchy of the mid-1980s, the Lasonic TRC-931 occupied a peculiar throne. It wasn't the best-sounding - the Sharp GF-777 and JVC M90 could blow it away. It wasn't the most expensive - at around $100 in 1986, it was firmly affordable. But for sheer visual swagger, nothing came close. The chrome speaker grilles. The twin telescoping antennas. The rainbow of LED VU meters dancing with the beat. The TRC-931 looked like what a boombox was supposed to look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced in Taiwan by Yung Fu Electrical Appliances from 1985, this was the ghetto blaster as street theatre. Twin cassette decks for seamless mixtape playback. A five-band equaliser. A \"beat switch\" for that extra punch. Phono inputs so you could connect a turntable. Every surface packed with knobs, sliders, and buttons - form following function following attitude. When breakdancers set up their cardboard on the sidewalk, this was the machine providing the soundtrack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe TRC-931 became the definitive boombox silhouette in popular culture. It appears in \u003cem\u003eClerks II\u003c\/em\u003e, in Korn's \"Got the Life\" video, in The Lonely Island's \"Boombox\", in Cher Lloyd's \"Swagger Jagger\". Mint examples now sell for $400-800 to collectors. Fashion designer Paul Smith redesigned a modern version in 2011. Among boombox enthusiasts, it's simply known as \"The King of Bling\" - proof that sometimes the most iconic design isn't the most sophisticated, just the most unapologetically itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (70 × 50 cm | 28 × 20 in)","offer_id":45864088109217,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-LAS931-L-700x500-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (100 × 70 cm | 40 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864088141985,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-LAS931-L-1000x700-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-Lasonic931-print.jpg?v=1767885880"},{"product_id":"jvc-rc-m90-gizmo","title":"JVC M90","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe JVC RC-M90, released in 1981, is arguably the finest boombox ever made. Four speakers, a built-in mixer, detachable satellite tweeters, and a sound that justified its considerable weight. It became a fixture of early hip-hop culture and remains one of the most sought-after portable stereos ever produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Gizmo print captures the M90's imposing front face - the symmetrical speaker grilles, the central cassette deck, the array of sliders and dials that gave it the look of a professional mixing desk shrunk to portable size. A machine that took music seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (50 × 70 cm | 20 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864085880993,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-JVM-P-500x700-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (70 × 100 cm | 28 × 40 in)","offer_id":45864085913761,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-JVM-P-1000x700-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-JVC_M90_mockup-1.jpg?v=1771858305"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/collections\/Axisophy-Lasonic931-print.jpg?v=1771505011","url":"https:\/\/axisophy.com\/collections\/boombox-art-prints.oembed","provider":"Axisophy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}