Who actually made Realistic Receivers?

[Soundit]

I picked up a STA-95 Realistic Receiver today in mint condition and I am impressed. In fact in my opinion it sounds better than a Marantz 1550 I have. What I was wondering is if anyone knows if there is info available that shows who made what Realistic Receivers for Radio Shack by model number. I have heard possibly the STA-95 was made by Sansui. Thanks for any info you may have.

 

[AudioSoul]

I believe it was Panasonic........

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

Most receivers, integrateds and tuners were made by Foster (aka Fostex) and a few were made by Pioneer.
Most of their belt drive and direct drive turntables were made by CEC with the earlier idler drives made by Elac-Miracord and BSR.

 

[Soundit]

Most receivers, integrateds and tuners were made by Foster (aka Fostex) and a few were made by Pioneer.
Most of their belt drive and direct drive turntables were made by CEC with the earlier idler drives made by Elac-Miracord and BSR.

Yes from what I was able to gather here on AK that is somewhat a concensus, but is there any where to find exactly who made what model receiver? Did Radio Shack (Tandy) ever release a list or such like of such info?

 

[Frank Sol]

Yes... the Foster name comes up every time. Many people believe those RS Receivers from that era were made from parts of several main brands. Sorta of a hodgepodge.

I dunno for sure.

 

[terra1]

My STA-250 has circuit boards with GTE/Sylvania printed on it. The STA-250 was also sold as the CR-2743 under the Sylvania brand.

 

[KentTeffeteller]

No hodgepodge. Foster Electronics (now Fostex), Hitachi, and some Pioneer manufacture. CEC, ELAC Miracord, and BSR for turntables.