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Have you ever wondered what others are looking at on Retro radio? This site started blogging back in 2009 as a way to catalogue some restoration projects that had passed through the workshop. We then added posts detailing common faults… Continue Reading →
Is your central heating running when only the hot water should be heating? If so and you have motorised valves this may solve your problem! Retro radio usually blogs about radio valves rather than the sort that control water. But… Continue Reading →
This iconic cassette recorder manufactured in Austria by Philips in the early seventies represented state of the art at the time. Boasting ‘automatic’ in its model name, the N2225 had several innovative features. Automatic detection of the tape end switched… Continue Reading →
Champion Electric Corporation manufactured this 4 valve radio in the mid 1950s at their factory in Newhaven East Sussex. This one is serial number 44986. Encased in cream Bakelite the single waveband radio receives only MW (600 – 1500 kHz)…. Continue Reading →
Here’s a rare novelty transistor radio from the seventies, manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial company branded National Panasonic. The design has several unusual features the main one being wearable as a bangle on the wrist although you may look rather… Continue Reading →
Rummaging in the loft I found a cardboard box with my Rega Planar 3 bought in the late 70s from Hampstead Hifi. Inside alongside the glass platter and acrylic lid were two large sheets from Rega — Hints and tips on… Continue Reading →
This bakelite radio is smaller than many transistorised sets but runs on older valve technology. It’s just 20cm wide, 13cm heigh and 11cm deep but a hefty 2Kg – never designed to be portable given the reliance on a 240v… Continue Reading →
Do you have a sub woofer with flapping distorted bass? Maybe the driver surround has torn with the dreaded foam rot? If so don’t throw it away, replacing the sub woofer speaker drive unit takes less than an hour and… Continue Reading →
Manufactured by Philips the L6X38 T Transworld de Luxe radio featured in the 1971 James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever, where Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray) uses the Philips L6X38 T Transworld de Luxe Antoinette radio. This example needs some TLC as you… Continue Reading →
Manufactured by Sanyo in Japan in 1971 this elegant RP 1711 dice radio evokes the era. Measuring approximately 8cm square the case mimics a dice with the tuning dial representing face one. Only the rear has s smaller set of… Continue Reading →
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