Pioneer M-73 amplifier
This amplifier is quite a beast. Switchable Class A and B. Customer has owned this for some 30 years and just wanted it checked over. Not the easiest thing to work on and luckily didn’t require any ...
Browsing Archive September, 2020
Pioneer MB-91 CD player
A very nice CD play in for a service. The machine has been looked after by the same owner from new and was in perfect condition. A check over, with the trusty service manual to hand. The problem with ...
MasterRadio LW-MW-SW portable
This portable holds a special place with me. MasterRadio, Sobell, GEC etc.. all became one and these sets sported those names in different colour cases. My Granddad “acquired” this set around 1965, ...
Vista 36 Transistor 7
Such a dinky little set. Very small and only takes 2 x 1.5v batteries. The owner said I could have it after he saw my little face light up when he bought it in. Took the back off and all seemed to be ...
ITT/KB SL75 radio cassette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPfmKL8SQ30A friend in the UK sent this set out to me in a box of other radios, some for keeps and some for repairs. As a teenager in the early ‘70s, I always wanted ...
Bush TR230 AM portable
Sorting through a box of portable radios, a Bush fell onto the bench. There was a range of these sets brought out by the Rank Bush Murphy group over quite a few years. This one felt quite light, so ...
Early 1970s Transistor AM-FM portable
These were all the rage in the early `70s. They were badged under silly names like Satellite, Sky King and so on. They were sold via mail order companies like Shopertunities, and Laskey, Home Radio… ...
Marconiphone Transistor portable / car radio
I remember my physics teacher having one of these sets in his car. I think it was nicked out of the car whilst parked near the Odeon Streatham High Road. Funny how you remember things. Quite a nice ...
Hacker RP35 Transistor Portable radio
These radios were meant for grown-ups. Well made, solid and Mr. Hacker showing off his engineering skills obtained in a previous life at Roberts. You can see why these sets were expensive. A little ...
Roberts Valve RMB
This is a nice valve portable set. Mains or battery operation. It dates from around mid 1950s and uses the new range of “D” low power valves, having 1,5V heaters and an HT supply of 90V. DK96, DF96, ...
Hitachi 6 Transistor radio
Hitachi 6 Transistor radioThose of us over a certain mature age will have probably had several of these little radios as child. This set came in as a donation. Complete with it’s leather case. On ...
Alba Thorn 1691 chassis, B+W portable TV
Someone came in and said “ere ya go, was going to dump it, wanit?” Feeling rather sorry for the early ‘70s Thorn portable TV, I thought a Spanish bin would be a rather undignified end. So, as a bit ...
