GE Model 7-4691 "Fidelity I" AM-FM Clock Radio Found today
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Hello Everyone today after work I found on the floor a late 1970s vintage GE AM/FM Clock Radio called the "Fidelity I" which is actually a high fidelity clock radio complete with seperate bass and treble controls a 5x7 oval speaker a super sensitive AM/FM Tuner with built-in antenna and external 300-Ohm antenna terminals, a display dimmer switch, and AFC for the FM Band. This little radio has really good sound for what it is and sounds pretty comparable to a vintage Hi-Fi radio. In fact when I first saw it on the shelf I thought it was one of GE's Super Radios (which it may very well be) until I saw the VFD clock dial on the radio. It also has a backlit tuner dial that still works when you turn the radio on using the mode switch.
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Looks like a quality unit! Those GE radios from that era were good performers. I think that is a very early 80's model.
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It's amazing, that the chip can put out that kind of power, The radios sound great! :thmbsp: |
I think my folks had a similar radio when I was really young...I remember it having a blue digital display....IIRC it was digitally tuned, but I think that one was gone before I was 8 years old so memory is foggy.
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Yeah, this radio is analog tuned with a backlit analog tuning dial, but the clock display is blue. and I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't considered one of their superadios.
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http://earmark.net/gesr/ Your clock radio may have the same receiver chip as three portables, but likely does not have the added circuitry that made these radios truly "super". If it does not have the "Superadio" logo, it is not considered a superadio. jr |
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There is also a Super Radio with cassette deck. I dont have one but
have the other 3 models. IMHO the SR1 is best. I dont think this is a TRF set, the sales sticker would make a big deal about that. Everyone claims good reception..... 73 Zeno:smoke: Quote:
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Wooow. An alarm clock that actually protects the time set controls from being accidentially touched by a half-awake person at 6AM looking for the snooze button.
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http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/...?f=15&t=221103 Congrats on having the three models! I agree the first was likely the best. jr |
This is cool! Love the VU meters.
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Interesting! The shelf stereo likely does not have the same chip as the three portables, but GE must have considered it good enough to label it "Superadio Series"... wonder how many models used the Superadio Series logo on?
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I think I did find one of the GE Superadios today at Goodwill, one of the ones with the tape player and its a stereo Boombox from the early 1980s, it doesn't say "Superadio" on it anywhere but it does seem to have the chip inside for the tuner that the Superadios had and it has excellent reception, and it also has a few options like the Superadios have like an Oscillator switch and a Stereo Accent Switch. Its a Model 3-5253A.
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