In the 1968 HiFi Stereo Review Annual Tape Guide, the Concord F-103 is the only radio cassette combination listed in the buying guide. Philips...
As a side-note, Concord might have had the first "kangaroo" model, check this out with the removable tape deck, I've seen at least one other...
Here's a current ebay listing for the Concord, the seller must know something, it's priced at $199 USD. https://www.ebay.com/itm/125800438472?...
Topaz has a comparison of the National RQ-231 and AIWA TPR-101...
HiFi Stereo Review (USA) had their first Tape Recorder Annual Released (I think) in 1968, this ad from concord has the F-103 about 1/2 way down on...
A few more magazines have popped up on the internet, just wonder what the first compact cassette portables with a radio were, they don't have to...
It's always nice to get that last screw back in....
Fixing the VU meter, that looks like fun.....
There was a full set of Nakamichi Alignment Tools on Craigslist a year or so ago, lot's of rare cool tools but they wanted something like $1500...
Sorry, no idea.....
I wish they had old What Hifi! issues on the net, they do have newer issues over on archive.org.
TDK 1978, with the cool ultra-new VHS [ATTACH]
Maxell 1978 [ATTACH]
Ampex 1978 [ATTACH]
Harman Kardon always seem to get good grades but I've never seen one in person, from 1979. The top unit really looks nice. [ATTACH]
Wow, Shortly after Sinclair came out with a calculator watch, from 1978 [ATTACH][ATTACH]
EMI from 1978 [ATTACH]
Found this early article from 1978, Kiplinger Magazine. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
An interesting article in the Gavin Report (over on www.worldradiohistory.com), was cueing holding up cassettes being used instead of carts back...
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