As Seen In

48 verified references

Every identifiable piece of audio gear from film, TV, and music history — verified and linked.
Movie
Say Anything
Sharp GF-7600 boombox
$300–$800+
Movie
Do the Right Thing
Tecsonic J-1 Super Jumbo
Rare, high collector value
Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Sony TPS-L2 Walkman
$200–$800+
Movie
A Clockwork Orange
Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference
$2,000–$10,000+
Movie
American Psycho
Harman Kardon 700 system + KEF
HK $200–$600
Movie
The Departed
McIntosh system — 6 components
$1K–$5K+ per piece
Movie
High Fidelity
Marantz receiver, Sansui, NAD
$300–$2K
Movie
Leave the World Behind
McIntosh C2800 + MC275 V6 + MT2
$2K–$7K+ per piece
Movie
Love Potion No. 9
Full Krell system + Oracle Delphi 2
$1K–$4K per piece
Movie
Diva
Revox reel-to-reel + Nakamichi + Nagra
$500–$5K+
Movie
8 Mile
Technics SL-1200 DJ setup
$400–$1,200
Movie
Iron Man
Technics turntable + vintage amp
Broad market
Movie
Tomb Raider
Clearaudio Master Reference
$10,000+
Movie
Star Trek (2009)
Turntable + tube amplifier
Vintage tube market
Movie
What Women Want
Revel speakers
$500–$3K+
Movie
La La Land
AR (Acoustic Research) turntable
$100–$500
Movie
Almost Famous
Russco turntable + SME 3012 tonearm
$500–$3K+
Movie
Mo' Better Blues
Teac 10" reel-to-reel
$300–$1,500
Movie
This Is Spinal Tap
Marshall "Goes to 11" JVM410H
Collector grail
Movie
Baby Driver
iPod collection + E-MU Emulator II
$300–$8,000
Movie
Beatles Rooftop Concert
Fender Twin Reverbs + Rhodes + Ludwig
$800–$10,000+
Movie
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Full Carver stack + E-MU Emulator II
$500–$1,500
Movie
Pulp Fiction
Teac X-2000R reel-to-reel
$2,500–$4,000
Movie
Risky Business
Phase Linear equalizer
$100–$800
Movie
9½ Weeks
Nakamichi RX-505 + Dragon CT
$1,500–$5,000+
Movie
The Mechanic
Tube amp + turntable setup
Varies
Movie
Back to the Future
CRM-114 amp (fictional) + Gibson ES-345
$3,000–$15,000+
Movie
The Shawshank Redemption
Grado HP 1000 headphones
$1,500–$4,000+
Movie
Indecent Proposal
High-end turntable (unidentified)
Aspirational
TV
Stranger Things
Technics SL-1200MK2
$400–$1,200
TV
American Dad
"JCL 100" = JBL L100
Vintage ~$1,500/pr
TV
Suits
Pro-Ject + PrimaLuna + Klipsch
$300–$3K
TV
Empire
B&W 801 D4 + Classé Audio
$5K–$15K+
TV
Friends
Martin Logan Aerius electrostatics
$400–$1,000/pr
TV
30 Rock
Mark Levinson / Revel system
$2K–$10K+
TV
Seinfeld
Bose 901 speakers
$300–$800/pr
TV
The Simpsons
Pioneer C-5600 component system
$100–$500
TV
House MD
SOTA turntable
$500–$3,000+
TV
Daredevil
Bowers & Wilkins speakers
$500–$15,000+
TV
Californication
Avid turntable + Krell amp
$2,000–$10,000+
TV
Elementary
McIntosh C2300 preamplifier
$3,000–$5,000
Album
LL Cool J — Radio
JVC RC-M90
$500–$2,000+
Album
Madonna / Lady Gaga videos
Vela Discolite DK-990R
Niche collector
Album
Kanye — 808s & Heartbreaks
Roland TR-808
$4K–$6K+
Rig
Steve Jobs apartment
Acoustat + Threshold + GyroDec
$500–$2K each
Rig
Jimi Hendrix London flat
B&O Beogram 1000 + Garrard 401
$200–$2K+
Rig
Marvin Gaye studio
McIntosh MC2505 + Thorens TD-125
$1K–$3K each
Album
N.W.A — Straight Outta Compton
Roland TR-808 + E-mu SP-1200
$4K–$8K+