GE Model 3-5253A Boombox

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Originally Posted by Captainclock

The reason why I suspect it might be a Superadio (even though it doesn't say it on the radio anywhere) is because I did see the Superadio chip in the tuner section of the radio

Just what is the "superadio chip?"

We worked GE Audio warranty from 1979 to about 1990. I saw TONs of Superadios - portables, clock radios, and yes, the one boombox (which also had the VHF TV bands on it, the dead giveaway). Never saw a "Superadio Chip" in any of them - just the early Murata narrow-band ceramic filters, an additional IF stage, or the GE EA33X367 IC (a Sanyo LA1201 variant GE used).

I still have the GE Audio parts guide, with the cross from GE Audio part number to manufacturer number. Thomson expanded it to include VCR/TV, but ruined it by dumping all the older RSXXXX and EA stuff - they kept only the EW part numbers (which are also shared with GE/Hotpoint, a real pain, as they duplicated part numbers across both lines, without coordination between Thomson and GE/Hotpoint)....