What is the history of CD Boomboxes?

People joke that a crazy black man with a shaved head came up with the idea for CD boomboxes. Whether or not that is true, that would be a very interesting story! I think the name stuck because whoever came up with it knew that a bigger boombox would make a louder thumping sound, and they were soon on the ground singing "Freaky Freaky" on their phones.

CD boomboxes are ways to get around; they first became popular in the late 1970s. Back then, music was put on vinyl records, and people would travel with them to listen to their favorite songs. It wasn't easy to play vinyl records over 500–700 km, so big speakers played music for everyone.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, CDs were very popular. People used to put vinyl records in their boomboxes and radios to play music. 

When a new development in this area is found, the history of CD boomboxes starts over.

Before vinyl records, people listened to music on cylinders with spun wire attached to them by a needle that touched a copper wire.

 But it isn't just about CDs. For example, vinyl discs, tapes, and cassettes all came out at the same time between 1947 and 1956. However, vinyl discs gradually lost their marketing promises and popularity to smaller, cheaper recording formats like cassettes.

 Around 2008, the solid-state disk revolution brought about by magnetic recording tapes and memory cards caused vinyl discs to become less popular.

CD boomboxes give a lot of commuters comfort and sound.

 Instead of carrying around a physical CD player, they seem to be too big to be useful.

Stan Meissner and Wayne Davidson made the first interactive device for the elderly in 1968.

 It mostly played records made by the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).

Because they couldn't find anything good on mainstream radio, these two men, who lived alone on Long Island, New York, decided to make this machine.

At first glance, these small gadgets look like old cassette tapes. 

When they first came out, compressed Dash vinyl and 8-track tapes that competed with those that had taken over stores across America were seen as strange. 

Now, they are popular. Since 2003, the category of products has changed quickly, with electronic speaker systems, MP3 players, and portable electronic players that can play music from CDs taking the lead. Because of these changes, the cost per unit of a long-playing recorder is now 30% less than the cost of playing four audio CDs.