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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 →
Do you have an old JVC Walkman style cassette player that sounds like life has slowed right down? Or fails to play the tape? Don’t throw it away — it probably only needs the belt changing to restore its sound. Here are… Continue Reading →
Found this relict in an old box recently and thought it worthy of a post. Back in the pre iPod 80s if you wanted mobile music the Sony Walkman was the answer. But if you wanted to ski where the… Continue Reading →
This post features a project from 1981, my second to last attempt at design and construction of a low distortion audio power amplifier. It took several months on the bench, tweaking constant current sources before etching the PCB and… Continue Reading →
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