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In the Thread: Forward in the past with old radios.
Post Subject: "Memory"Posted by Paul S on: 2/19/2011
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Romy, this is a classic case of our "memories" telling us something that our ears refute. Here, you are working against not only the initial limitiations of the design but also the effects of age on everything that did not get replaced during the refurbishment. It might take a while to re-condition the speakers through use, and it might take a while to learn how to listen to this thing.
As for the more modern table radios, I wish you good luck. The most "determined" models seem to be the Boze Waveguide and the like, and of course they are all very bad, indeed. The rest are pretty much random assemblages, as far as I can tell. I wound up getting a tiny Kaito 1107, and I mostly use truly crappy headphones. I may try a friend's M-50s, now that he only uses one pair and is selling his leftovers; but I think I would go for a more modern receiver with little BBC or Jap "monitors", or something like that, before I went for an admittedly-beautiful old console, despite the fond memories of the great old operas on shortwave.
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site