New AIWA launched two boomboxes CSD-M20 & CR-BUE30

New AIWA and his new website have just launched.

- AIWA (Japanese)

English version seems under construction.




The new AIWA has released the following two boomboxes;

+ Party boombox(CD radio cassette recorder) CSD-M20 (Japanese)

AIWA CD Boombox CSD-M20

The CSD-M20 supports CD(playback), Cassette(rec/play), AM/FM radio and Karaoke for duet. It has two dynamic microphone jacks.

Price is about $60 excluding tax.

English translated specification of the CSD-M20 is here(click to enlarge);

+ Memory REC CD boombox(CD radio digital recorder) CR-BUE30 (Japanese)

AIWA CD Radio CR-BUE30

The CR-BUE30 supports CD(playback), SD card(rec/play), USB memory(rec/play), AM/FM radio and Bluetooth playback.

Price is about $80 excluding tax.

English translated specification of the CR-BUE30 is here(click to enlarge);

I don't feel like giving it a go because it looks cheaper. Hope new AIWA releases new Shortwave SSB radios or two-way radios!

What do you imagine for new AIWA?

Recently AIWA brand has been obtained by Towada Audio, a communication equipments manufacturer placed in Akita Japan.

Towada Audio is one of the well known manufacture as most of the products are made for SONY. Many well-known radios such as ICF-SW7600GR, ICF-EX5mk2, ICF-801, ICF-SW22(discontinued), ICF-SW77(discontinued), ICF-SW55(discontinued), ICF-SW1(discontinued), ICF-SW100(discontinued), ICF-SW07(discontinued), ICF-J1 and ICF-J40 also seem to be engineered or/and manufactured by Towada Audio.

The new AIWA corporation has already been established in Tokyo this year (2017). The announcement said that though planning and conducting products are done in the Tokyo office, products are manufactured in China. Release date of the products will be this Autumn (2017).

So what do you have image for AIWA? I imagine that AIWA produces higher quality and innovative value than the price tag.

New AIWA has planned to release 4K UHD TV, bluetooth audios, record players and boomboxes. Now let's check the boomboxes which include a CD/SD/USB/Bluetooth radio recorder/player, a CD boombox and a CD/SD/USB/Bluetooth radio player like below;

I used to see some similar pictures for the upper left one.

...oh there!

Almost same shape! This CD/SD/USB radio has already been sold around the world excepting Japan, not new.



From the pictures, it merely seems only to be rebranded Chinese products and I doubt what new AIWA is. Better sound or better features? I think neither. There is no originality.

If the new AIWA sells only relabeled Chinese TV and audio products without sufficient effort, she will be beaten by other products and ceased soon. What on earth is the purpose of resuming AIWA?