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Show us your Realistic (Radio Shack) stuff

Gnesen said:
It looks like the progression of Radio Shack's 'glide path' receivers went something like this (borrowed heavily from @Ed240 's very nice spreadsheet). Presented in chronological order of release, except for the STA-65 variants.

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In general, there appears to have been a less expensive series (~20-35 wpc) that consisted of the STA-65 --> STA-80 --> STA-82 --> STA-84 --> STA-85 --> STA-800, and a more expensive series (usually with mid-tone controls) that went STA-120 --> STA-120B --> STA-150 --> STA-220 --> STA-225 --> STA-235 --> STA-235B
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Just a note on the list you posted, the Sta-65 and 65B didn't use "Glide Path" volume/balance controls, I still own two 65B's, one restored, and the other is a parts unit.....;)
 
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Warren-Oates said:
I saw somebody posted a pic of STA-90 in this thread and I was impressed by the look. Enough that I looked for one online. Has cleaned up nice so far and it will be a keeper for me. So far have not found a thread on a electronic resto project for these, will keep looking. I was not expecting solid aluminum knobs on this, pleasant surprise. And Quatrovox! View attachment 2798439
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An STA-90 was my first decent receiver I bought used for my first system I put together in the late 70's. Sold that one to my younger brother many moons ago, not sure what he did with it. I did buy another several years ago "just because".....:)
 
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I went to my buddies house yesterday for some vehicle repairs and he insisted I take these home. My dog stays in front of my speakers and immediately went and planted herself in front of them. Fresh in the door dirty and untested so far.
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Very nice of your buddy....I still use a pair of T-100's as my "A" speakers on one of my systems. I had a second nice pair of them and sold them to my son who still uses them.....:)
 
old 2080 said:
Not sure if this qualifies, but the early quads and this Modulaire-4 also used "Glide Path" volume controls.....:)
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Mom and dad bought that to replace the Motolola console I had gutted to make my first "integrated amp". The receiver came with 4 very inexpensive speakers connected via RCA plugs. Good times...
 
painttoad said:
i always loved the look of 80s rat shack receivers.

as long as it doesn't have buttons or sliders for the volume, i'm there man
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It seems like e erybody jumped on the band wagon then when it came to complicated block diagram displays and lots of buttons and LED's.
 
Lavane said:
It seems like e erybody jumped on the band wagon then when it came to complicated block diagram displays and lots of buttons and LED's.
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jvc had a really flashy,colorful line that i dug back then but they had buttons for volume. and it wasnt the good buttons that had a motor for a potentiometer, it was the dreaded digital control with the clicking. i'm just not into that nowadays.

i could do without the block diagram but i love the flourescent meters
 
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Not sure if this qualifies, but the early quads and this Modulaire-4 also used "Glide Path" volume controls.....:)View attachment 2799789.....Also the Concert-Master.
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The Concertmaster stereo-radio was very popular when introduced ~1970. It sounded great, and even haf a magnetic phono cart preamp built in.

That Modulaire-4 was well after my time with RS...the old Modulaire/Rhapsodie (sp?) was also popular, had nice wood case and didn't sound bad; it had silky feeling controls not duplicated on anything else. Sadly, just high level/ceramic phono input, but on occasion we would sell a better turntable like a Lab-6 or Lab-12 (BSR-built) and a small preamp with it.
 
Hey guys, loving this thread! I just did a renovation of my Optimus 5B speakers. Did a recap of the crossover (didn't do the VL mod, it's above my station at the moment) and then sanded and restained the cabinet that someone had slopped a ton of red stain on and painted the fronts with a color called "revere pewter" and I think they look pretty sharp! This was my first proper recap project so my solder skills leave a bit to be desired but everything is sounding AMAZING. I've fallen even more in love with these speakers than I already was. Cheers!

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HartOfSound said:
Hey guys, loving this thread! I just did a renovation of my Optimus 5B speakers. Did a recap of the crossover (didn't do the VL mod, it's above my station at the moment) and then sanded and restained the cabinet that someone had slopped a ton of red stain on and painted the fronts with a color called "revere pewter" and I think they look pretty sharp! This was my first proper recap project so my solder skills leave a bit to be desired but everything is sounding AMAZING. I've fallen even more in love with these speakers than I already was. Cheers!

Speaker Og

Speaker Og


Speaker Crossover

Speaker Crossover


Speaker Sanding

Speaker Sanding


Speaker Done

Speaker Done

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They turned out nice. I've been looking for a pair of those for some time now.
 
Bill Ashton said:
The Concertmaster stereo-radio was very popular when introduced ~1970. It sounded great, and even haf a magnetic phono cart preamp built in.

That Modulaire-4 was well after my time with RS...the old Modulaire/Rhapsodie (sp?) was also popular, had nice wood case and didn't sound bad; it had silky feeling controls not duplicated on anything else. Sadly, just high level/ceramic phono input, but on occasion we would sell a better turntable like a Lab-6 or Lab-12 (BSR-built) and a small preamp with it.
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I did buy the Modulaire-4 in the picture, seller lowered the price and took a chance on it and won the listing. After cleaning/lubing the controls and sliders I was pleasantly surprised at how good it sounds, at the moment I'm only running it as two channel, when I have time I'll be trying it in four channel.......:)s-l1600 (27).jpg
 
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