Wikipedia says that Blaupunkt was liquidated in 2016. It could mean that some Chinese company bought the rights to the name and started naming their products this famous German brand. It makes sense as the Walmart review says XOVISION is another brand that sells this same unit.
Still, for <$10 it sounds like a deal. I paid $60 for my JVC unit 3 years ago with the same features.
The three I ordered showed up today. Like john said I was astonished at the size when I opened the box. They are very light and the small size could allow installation in unusual or different locations.
The aftermarket radio in my Miata has a remote. While I don't use car radios often the remote is handy, even in a Miata, because it's easier to hold at steering wheel height and operate. The Rice Krispies sized buttons on the radio face are impossible to use unless the car is stationary.
I'm going to have to weigh it when I get mine tomorrow and see how it stacks up.
Whenever I see Blaupunkt on this site with so many Miatas all I can think of is the MacGruber movie with him carrying it around throughout.
That is a BLAUPUNKT!
Adam
I ordered three a while back. The delivery date was 12/26 but I got them 3 or 4 days ago. I think they just put that day after christmas date to make sure your expectations are low, but mine arrived in a normal time.
I haven't used them yet (and dont actually need them currently per se) but I like what I've seen so far and I second the idea that the depth could make them useful in some non-standard locations.
One particular thing that comes immediately to my mind is that the size of this thing would allow you to fit this tiny, powerful amp right behind it inside the radio cavity of most cars. I've used a couple of those already and they are awesome for the size. Grand total at Walmart prices for this ~750w head unit (amp dyno vid) is... $128 shipped.
Some of the guys over on the mye28.com board have ordered this radio, one took his apart and posted a picture of the innards. There's not a lot to them. 
Well the site says $16.34 now so it isn't quite the deal that it was originally.
I have (ironically) a very old aftermarket cassette Blaupunkt radio in my K3500 (GMT 400). On these trucks there's no real place to put a radio (factory radio was some odd-shaped deal- mine was a radio delete model so there's a clutter bin there) so they usually end up cutting a hole in the dash and plopping it in. Trouble is, on mine the hole is right over an A/C duct so the radio sticks out of the dash an inch or so. Looks very ghetto. Like this:
A low-profile head unit would be perfect for this, though. Especially since my Blaupunkt died about a year ago.
I bought one. I paid $12. Just waiting for my next car to install it into.
First time I ever bought a stereo first, then found a car to put it in!
adam525i said:Whenever I see Blaupunkt on this site with so many Miatas all I can think of is the MacGruber movie with him carrying it around throughout.
That is a BLAUPUNKT!
Adam
My miata has a Blaupunkt. I assume that Petegossett put it in.
In reply to mtn :
Pete probably put it in back when he had long blond hair and wore a vest.
I missed it..... back up to $16. :-(
This one is only $10, it's just missing AM and FM
Edit: As volvoclearinghouse noted, this does have AM/FM.
Damn I didn't realize Blaupunkt went bankrupt and was sold off.
Aurelius (Unternehmen) is the new holding company. The German pages suggest it's a long term investment company that owns a couple chemical suppliers and has some real estate holdings. It'd be a shame if they were just producing low end units from such a legendary company.
I had a Blaupunkt head unit in my first car and a composite speaker setup from them as well.
In reply to Slammo :
Just bought it.... Ill review when I get it. :-)
In reply to Slammo :
It says AM/FM in the title.
In reply to volvoclearinghouse :
Oh that it does. Probably the same unit then. Normally I'd claim that I just didn't read the fine print but in this case it was in bold.
Update, BT works awesome, aux works just fine, AM/FM work great and it works in the cold. Winner in my book so far.
9.5 ounces the with mounting rack and the wires. I'm a few ounces below that with my dumb home brew, but this is so much easier and about 1/4 the cost. $10 BT stereos are clearly the new hotness.
Dang you guys...now I have 2 Blaupunkt on the way with no specific plans for which cars to put them in...but my mid-90s cassette tape cars definitely need them.
Slammo said:This one is only $10, it's just missing AM and FM
Edit: As volvoclearinghouse noted, this does have AM/FM.
That's the one I put in the Civic before I sold it. I had no complaints with it.
The stripped down board-only option opens up all kind of cool mounting ideas.
I bought a couple yesterday, they were $8.50 each! Back up to $16 tonight..
Most of them are just big empty boxes now they don't need tape or CD transport inside. I'm glad the "Blaupunkt" is finally a shortened version to deal with mounting depth issues with custom installs. Both sad and relieved I didn't hear about them when they were $8.50.
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