The Era for Pocket Radio Build Quality

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Originally Posted by KeninDC

I have a Panasonic transistor pocket radio that my father purchased on the way back from Vietnam back in 1970. It is encased in hard, durable plastic and still works today courtesy of Deoxit. I must have dropped that radio over 100 times growing up and it is still working.

I found a mint-in-box Panasonic AM pocket radio from the early Seventies at an antique shop. It is a simple six transistor set powered by two AA batteries. The plastic is super thick and durable. It has great Seventies styling and good performance, typical of Panasonic. It is definitely a radio you could use every day.

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I have a few transistor radios,all with the hard platic case.The earlier ones made it so you had to unscrew the case in half to get to the battery.
Ok,so you have these small,portable devices,made of plastic,mainly,with low fidelity,but very popular,espescially with young people.And most of us have fond memories of carrying the radio around,tunes playing on the way to school,or listening to the ballgame.And I bet audiophiles thought they were the end of Hi-Fi as we know it.Sound kinda familiar,guys?
Jimmy