Ah Boomboxes… So many shameful memories, well at least for me… We all know how popular Boombox were in the past, those noisy sometimes really annoying portable Hi-Fi, are something, in most countries, of the past. But Today JVC, decided that it was just about time to get the Bombox trade back to track with a very interesting and promising new set of products, the RD-R1 and RD-R2 (Sounds a bit like R2-D2 too me).

These two new products goes beyond the Boombox concept and are in fact powerful Digital Voice/Audio recorders featuring a pair of Microphone, designed to record street artist performances.
Whether you are having fun in the street with your friend or giving a real “mini” concert, the RD-R1 and RD-R2 will record everything for you on a microSD or microSDHC Cards.

Both models are almost similar and record audio in MP3 or WAV files are well as accept MP3, WAV and AAC audio playback, but the high-end model the RD-R2 comes however with a Guitar and Mic input as well as a KORG connector.

The RD-R1 and RD-R2 will be available in Japan within February and will cost around 37,800 Yen for the RD-R2