Is This A Transistor Radio
 

It's a Sony Got AM/FM and One built in speaker

I checked my crystal ball and it said...........

If its a Sony, got one speaker, AM/FM, yes, I think its prolly solid state. If you open the radio up, & DO NOT see any small glass cylindrical objects approx 1-3" or so tall that glow & get hot when the radio is playing, yes, its solid state.

look like this?

http://audiokarma.org/forums/attachm...1&d=1215904271

I used to have one of those! The grille (cloth over perforated plastic) rattled, but it sounded great.

Thermal powered?

Here is the Radio is it a Transistor Radio?

I don't suppose you could post a larger image? Can't it be up to 900x900 pixels?

If you do, focus from a closer point, if your camera permits, and also turn the face of the radio to the light. It is all in shadow.

From what little I can see, the buttons on the top make me wonder if it is a clock radio.

Have you plugged it in?
Does it work?
Does the panel in the back have vent holes that let you see lighted tubes? The smallest tubes were about 1 1/2 inches tall. Except for the shielded ones, all gave off some yellowish or orangish light and got hot.

Many early transistor portable and table (plug in) models said right on the front plates (or sometimes on the back) something like "solid-state" or even said how many transisters were in them. It was a big deal to get your first 10-transistor portable, you could look down on all those other kids in high-school who only had 6-transistors!

1970's, if you are going to post threads asking questions about gear, at least take the time to supply us with usable pictures and model numbers, which are almost always written somewhere on the items in question.

Sorr I really can't make the pictures any bigger

sorry

It's got Ten Transistors Model # TFM943OW

Yes I plugged it in It does work

Well, there you go.

Here is a better picture

Solid state or tubes? How did you find pictures that is the same one I have

Well obviously if it has "10 Transistors", it isn't tube.

What are Transistors

Here is a great article explaining the history and uses of a Transistor......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor

Well, I planted a tube in such a radio
http://home.earthlink.net/~rady0/ima...tube-radio.jpg

:D

Very tricky there :naughty:

Great! Does it sound good? My mother, who grew up long before the age of high fidelity had one way of describing whether a radio or record player sounded good. She would say approvingly: "It has a good tone." Very pre-transistor lingo, but perhaps a decent compliment for a typical small radio.

Has this thread been for real or did I check in to the wrong planet again this morning??? :saywhat:

Reece

Sounds Good

Oh, and I was gonna guess neither, as it looks like a chess timer from the 2 buttons on the top.

I remember ads saying a particular unit had "full, rich sound."
Later it was "full, rich stereo sound."
:D
illinoishowie

:lmao::beer::thmbsp:

Now I'm going to find a RaymondLegggs post to reply to.
OK, I'm joking.
Or as the hipsters say now, "playin'."