A boombox, also known as ghetto blaster, jambox, or radio-cassette,'s a name given to portable stereo systems capable of playing radio stations and recorded music (usually cassettes and/or, since the early 1990s, CDs), at relatively high volume. Designed for portability, most boomboxes can be powered by batteries, as well as by line current. Origin Boom boxes were introduced commercially by various companies in the late 1970s, when stereo capabilities were added to existing designs of the radio… (More on Boombox)