UncleBingo
Super Member
Funny that the "Ugly" in some of these only comes out when I think about possibility of having to service them...
It is homely, which is why i keep mine in a cubby in a credenza. But mine has a factory upgrade and outputs 300+ wpc with Nuvistor tubes in the pre amp section. Sounds lovely through a pair of JBL 4365 speakers. I crack the door enough to let the remote work and i have sublime sound without having to look at it.
Right? Like this 80's Technics BPC sitting on my bench right now waiting on a couple chips.Funny that the "Ugly" in some of these only comes out when I think about possibility of having to service them...
If all those buttons weren't plastic I could actually stand looking at them.
But if you keep your razor blades under it they will stay sharp forever! Bananas will keep longer.......
We actually had one of these at a shop I worked at, man what a p.o.s. that thing was! When one of the guys was leaving we kept joking he needed to take "his stereo" with him, he started to become pretty heated snapping at us " I'm not taking this stupid stereo" ...... I went ahead and helped him out by loading it in the car for him. I wish I could have seen his face when he opened his trunk and saw that turd sitting there! hahahahaha
But if you keep your razor blades under it they will stay sharp forever! Bananas will keep longer.......
Bananas?But if you keep your razor blades under it they will stay sharp forever! Bananas will keep longer.......
I just bought some pipework for my kitchen sink that looks exactly like that...
I know they were all for cost cutting on the lower line amps but every time I have to take something down to a thousand bits, each connected to the other by wires and/or fragile flat flex connectors in order access the underside of the board I kind of want to toss the whole thing in the trash and forget about it.Right? Like this 80's Technics BPC sitting on my bench right now waiting on a couple chips.
Now that Is hideous!
We actually had one of these at a shop I worked at, man what a p.o.s. that thing was! When one of the guys was leaving we kept joking he needed to take "his stereo" with him, he started to become pretty heated snapping at us " I'm not taking this stupid stereo" ...... I went ahead and helped him out by loading it in the car for him. I wish I could have seen his face when he opened his trunk and saw that turd sitting there! hahahahaha
My grandmother would have loved that radio. Her only problem would be that she would paint it the color of whichever room it would be sitting in. Always loved the look of aqua or turquoise table radios.But that's just me.There's an aesthetic to certain vintage British stereo that makes my eyes gag:
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Great sound, but I wouldn't want to look at it.
Some of the vintage radios are even worse:
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