Sony TCS 470 - Manufacturing Year?

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  1. ElisioClio

    ElisioClio Member

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    Hello. Does anyone know year model sony tcs 470? Internet says 1992? I do not think so. I have manual service book says 1985. what is difference?


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  2. Mister X

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    One of the members has a cool website with this model showing 1992 as the build date and radiomuseum.com also shows that date. I don't know if it's correct or not but someone was putting together a spreadsheet on S2G with release dates several years ago that you could try to find. Here's the website, looks like a pretty cool model, and then there's a photo of the build information, I can't see a date on the photo. Some models are also on the pocketcalculator website.
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    thank you comment But I have book, manual service says 1985? see photo. Weird.....
     
  4. ElisioClio

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    And TCS-470 has an orange sticker and I think it's 80's.

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  5. Machaneus

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    You're correct. It appears in a 1986 Sony catalog, page 18.

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    Wow, that thing was expensive, $301.00 USD, $684.00 adjusted for inflation.....

    The flat mics are very interesting, I don't think I've ever seen a set-up like that.
     
  7. ElisioClio

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    Machaneus:

    Great, you have a catalog book. Maybe they manufactured year 1985 and public sale year 1986. Example "news". for 1986.
     

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