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The Re-Badged Electronics Thread

Eywadude said:
There are also rumors that Zenith receivers in the 70's were made by Samsung. Not sure if anyone can confirm that though.
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I can confirm that this Zenith H422P table radio was made by Samsung, at least every part inside is stamped Samsung and it is built in Korea. Just worked on this same model for my boss last week, had a date stamp of 1980 I think.

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Eywadude said:
There are also rumors that Zenith receivers in the 70's were made by Samsung. Not sure if anyone's can confirm that though.
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TVs?
Not afaik, they were made in Chicago at the Zenith factory. Iirc, Motorola TVs became Motorola Quintrix, made by Matsushita/ Panasonic in Japan and were excellent.
Not TVs ? Dunno abt receivers, Sylvania developed and made their own in Batavia NY, afaik
 
^Well, I think they were at one time, but by the end of the 70's and very early 80's, their receivers (most notably their MC-70xx line) were made overseas in Korea.
 
Quasar is confusing. Motorola came out with it, some of us older folk might remember "works in a drawer". When they got out of consumer electronics about 1975, temporarily as it turned out, they sold the name to Matsushita (Panasonic).

Also most Penny's MCS stuff was NEC, not Technics (Matsushita). Most Sears hifi gear, from the late seventies to the late eighties was Sanyo/Fisher.
 
ggregg said:
Also most Penny's MCS stuff was NEC, not Technics (Matsushita). Most Sears hifi gear, from the late seventies to the late eighties was Sanyo/Fisher.
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The only integrated amp that I own is an NEC AUA 8000e which was also sold as an MCS unit. The only difference is that the NEC is all black, but the MCS model is silver-faced. Beast of an amp--75 wpc with dual power transformers and weight like a boat anchor. Store brands and "off brands" are often way undervalued, since in reality, they may
 
Another couple good examples are Texas Instruments and Vizio. Both were component manufacturers that supplied parts to everyone else, and then evolved into their own retail brands of actual products.
 
My DHC-220 receiver from circa 1972 has also been seen as a Pilot 220...may also show up w/other names as well. Looks a little Rotel-ish to me.
 
savatage1973 said:
The only integrated amp that I own is an NEC AUA 8000e which was also sold as an MCS unit. The only difference is that the NEC is all black, but the MCS model is silver-faced. Beast of an amp--75 wpc with dual power transformers and weight like a boat anchor. Store brands and "off brands" are often way undervalued, since in reality, they may
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Absolutely agree. Much was middle of the road. Some junk, some gems. MCS had some real good pieces.
 
I like my MCS 3248 really well, it was made by NEC. It has the most sensitive tuner I own, I believe.
 
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