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:tears: I miss Radio Shack! I used to work for them as a Car Stereo & Car CB installer (pre subwoofer era). They sadly left Canada a few years ago and "The Source" by Circuit City took them over, and we know how well Circuit City is doing in the U.S. ....

Other kids would salivate at the Wish Book...I'd do the same with Rad. Shack catalogs!
 
Flipping through the "pages", I swear I could smell the paper and ink.

Certifiable, I know.:nutz:
 
Great stuff :banana:

I worked at the shack from approx. 1982 - 1986 part time while I was in school. Bad job for an audiophile and electronics junkie (kinda like having an AA member as the bartender) :sigh:

We had a great selection of old cats (wish I had 'em) and was real cool when someone would bring in something for repair and never (after many calls and a letter) pick it up... I could buy item for cost of repair only !

Finally after almost a multi decade hiatus I am back into the electronics hobby... this time with tubes ("professor, ready the way back machine").

Another great thread on AK... thanks :thmbsp:
 
My God. In '62: McIntosh MC-240's for $288! KLH 6's for $134 each! Pages of HK gear! A Sony 2/4 track R2R for $795!! Dynaco ST-70s for $100! :cry:
 
gee THANKS Aldo..i loved reading the 64 and 69 RS catalogs.... some fun and reminiscing there!! tanks..:)
now if ONLY i could find an Allied Radio catalog for 68 to 70.
 
I worked at a Radio Shack store in Tysons Corner in Northern Va in the summer of 1971. It was a small store but the highest grossing store in the DC area. We moved more combination stereos, the ones with a tuner/amp and turntable and speakers attached, speaker systems, car speakers, audio cable adapters, cassettes you name it. We even had a tube tester, one of the few left. The place was run by two laid off EE's and they knew their stuff. Oh and battereis too.

There were a few groupies that hung out in the store, one was a DC Aux cop. I guess he had no life.

There was a company president who would come in and buy 10 or 20 boxes of cassette tapes so he could record his meetings. He loved us.

The store is still there but I don't know how much stuff they move.
 
Thanks for the link Aldo. :thmbsp: I'm sure it will eat up a lot of my time looking for old systems.
I think also we should mention the work of AK member Ultra-Hog. He has provided us with many, many scans of old RS catalogs over the past couple of years. Thanks for all your hard work Bruce. :yes:
 
God do I miss the Radio Shack of the past. I just took a look at the 1977 and 1978 issues, I remember them well...

Here is the turntable I bought February 1978 when I was 18 years old. A direct drive Lab-400 for $200.00. I still have it...

Sal

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WOW!

Radio Shacks were called "Tandy" in the UK, but I still used to collect their catalogues, same with Maplin Electronics.

Anyone remember the Goofy-Lite kit, that flickered and flashed 5 neon lights?

Lee.
 

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