Yes Pye was controlled by Philips from 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pye_(electronics_company) I have read that in the 1970s the brands were...
Do you still have the turntable? I have a black SL-N5 bought a couple of years ago. I have also seen the SG-14L casseiver in red to match the red...
I would guess that as a "Micro Component System" the Goldstar would come apart. However, many similar systems from the likes of Sony and Technics...
That is £572 in 2023 according to the Bank of England inflation calculator. Did mono radio cassettes of that size ever increase in price. Fast...
1998 and it seems prices (and quality) is being miniaturised on everything but MiniDisc. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Sony Centres were still...
Back in the day shops selling car audio often had a display board allowing you to compare the different systems and different speakers at the push...
Doing my bit for charities at Christmas [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This Boots PSX200 was a buy it now for less than £10 plus postage from a Charity Shop...
Proving it wasn't my imagination https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126192582743 Trio / Kenwood were and are one of the three most famous Japanese names...
Yes that is another example I had forgotten about. In the U.K. they used the Trio name for years because Kenwood is the brand name of a popular...
JVC = Japan Victor Company [MEDIA] A similar situation to the use of National, National Panasonic, and Panasonic brands in different...
I wonder if Brian May got a free stereo out of this back in 1990 ? What else did he get paid? 2/3rd of the advert was just a silhouette of his...
In 1990 Woolworths were still convinced that blank cassettes were the ideal stocking filler. Strangely I haven't seen any newspaper adverts from...
You realise it would be a JVC outside of Japan.
I'm not surprised there is an AKA as I don't think Dixons ever made anything themselves. I wonder which company actually made it ? Looking at...
Tempus used to advertise in ETI and Hobby Electronics every month. Back then there was usually a new model in every advert. Of course, earning...
The first time I have used the Canadian inflation calculator [ATTACH] I'm not surprised. I have a Weltron 2001 which inflation adjusted cost...
This will bring back some memories for anyone who was in the U.K. in the 1980s. It also solves a mystery of whether we had Eveready (like on cheap...
Cheap for a Seiko even in 1988. Did they over gadget it ? [ATTACH] There again how much would those Earrings be today ? They certainly might...
A full page newspaper adverts for a Hitachi in December 1988 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Looking at the later newspapers the cassette adverts seemed to be tailing off with just a week until Christmas. However, back in 1988, 35 years...
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