HI everybody!
This morning I bought a box of brand HIFIVOX anyone knows this brand? Is this a factory of Philips because it reminds me of a Philips!
thx

Picture?

Tomorrow because where i am, i don't the cable of my camera...
but promised tomorrow i post some pictures
Today I just informed

Hifivox: Rks 5303H

Pictures:

The tuner dial certainly has a Philips "look" about it but the unit itself looks like an early Ferguson to me ?

i never seen a Ferguson!!

here you go:
hifivox-rks5303 IBBN 7-15165

aka:
ferguson-3t22 IBBN 7-01184
tec-4040 IBBN 7-01107
thorn-emi-ferguson-3t22 IBBN 7-01052


hifivox:trademark for
japan brown goods

UK:HIFIVOX at CHS, Charles Hyde & Son the UK's leading supplier of electrical spares and components.

FRANCE:Hifivox was originally a french manufacturer, later distributor.
Hifivox, 3 rue Laffite, Paris (9e). PRO 89-28
spécialités: Amplificateurs BF - Electrophones - Electrophones à transistors - Chaînes haute fidélité - Enceintes acoustiques avec HP - Portatifs à transistors. Trademark registered 1958.(I`m sure the factory itself was older)


cross reference for hifivox products:
castelli
fonica
(not complete)







Do not change with the poland trademark "Hifi Vox" .


A back side sticker picture of your one would be great!

Jens,on the ball again,i've tried to think of the model number but it wont come to me and there you are to save the day "again".Thank you

you`re welcome.

Thanks *TPR* !
My "Hifivox" Is not exactly like the Tec2020... look !
But thanks!

you are right ,I made a mistake:
it`s the tec2020 in the pic above ,not the 4040,(which is like yours).
now here you go:

That is a nice find! Very nice looking and seems to be loaded with features.

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Originally posted by oldskool69:
That is a nice find! Very nice looking and seems to be loaded with features.

I like the switches with this round surroundings.
Nice Details which make it look high quality.
How does it sound?

Edith askes if this is a bass reflex port between the speakers?

thats one cool looking boomer. its really a interesting design. am i reading things properly in the literature only 1.8 watts a side. they are probably good euro watts tho.

Yes, the TEC above i found this summer on the flea.
It sounds and looks very well.
It´s one of my favourites.
The cheaper 1212 is not so beautiful.
But both are good sounding for the small speakersize.

For comparing:


At the left side of the frequencyscale is a LED-VUmeter.
The Bassport i think is a fake.
But i must look nearer next time.

And Kriesler !

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And Kriesler !

WOW - another rare brand!!!

thanks for sharing,aza!

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Radio manufacturer, Sydney, 1928-1983

The Kriesler Radio Company was founded in 1928 by brothers Alec, Leo and Rae Weingott. Their original registered office was at 43 Alice Street, Newtown, in inner city Sydney; in later years the company relocated to premises in Caringbah, in Sydney's southern suburbs. The Weingotts originally intended the name to be spelled "Kreisler", referring to the legendary composer and violin virtuoso Fritz Kreisler, but they changed the spelling to avoid any legal complications.

For its first five years of operation Kriesler concentrated on the manufacture of "stencil lines" (house brands) for music emporia such as Elvy's and Palings. But by 1933, as the Depression worsened, the company was in financial trouble and liquidation seemed inevitable. Kriesler was at this time one of 243 registered radio manufacturers in Australia.

The company was rescued by an investor, Percy Tuit, who had made his money from a hosiery wholesaling business. He offered to buy the about-to-be liquidated Kriesler Radio Company, and he generously loaned the youngest of the Weingott brothers, Rae, sufficient capital to purchase a 49% interest. Kriesler continued to make stencil brands, but from this time on they concentrated on making and promoting their own Kriesler brand.

"Rae Weingott had flair. To see him present a new season's range of products at the Trocadero or old Wentworth Hotel, was an experience never to be forgotten. He was the master of the remotely controlled "magic lantern" and "voice over" techniques, well before it was used by others. One would believe he was presenting a new season's range of motor vehicles, not mere radios."

Kriesler made a major contribution to Australia's 1939-1945 war effort, and this was commemorated in the special 1948 Mingay's edition commemorating the effort of the Australian radio makers. After the war, Kriesler made good use of its special advertising account, which had been "put aside" during the war; that, plus inspirational phrases from Rae Weingott, such as: "Mirrorscopic Tuning", "Triple Throat", and those "Three Little Words - Kriesler Triple Throat"; resulted in Kriesler being ranked third in Australia's radio manufacturers prior to the advent of television in Australia in 1956.

Perce and Rae sold Kriesler to the Dutch music and electronics giant Philips around 1950 because they did not have the capital to go into television manufacture without floating Kriesler as a public company. They also believed their loyal staff deserved consideration and did what they felt was best for them. The model 121-1 was the first Kriesler TV set, made in 1956. Based on Philips circuitry, it was nevertheless of all-Australian design and manufacture. Kriesler continued as a leading radio and TV manufacturer during the Fifties and Sixties. In 1966 Kriesler's director of industrial design Harry Widmer (who was also a noted rock band manager/agent) won the prestigious F.H. Edwards Laurel Award for his design for the Kriesler Mini 41-47 portable radio. Prior to this time most portable radios were made from bakelite, but the 41-47's great innovation was its polypropylene plastic casing. The use of this material would later become almost universal in consumer appliances, but the competition judges noted that this was the first such application anywhere in the world.

The indigenous consumer electronic industry collapsed after 1973. In part, this was because many manufacturers, protected by punitive tariffs and import quotas, became complacent and the quality of locally made goods declined. Another major stumbling block was the 1974 decision to introduce colour TV in 1975. Designing and building the technically complex colour sets locally was considered too great an investment risk for most companies.

But the single biggest cause for the catastrophic decline of local manufacturing was the Whitlam government's controversial 25% across-the-board tariff reduction. Overnight, it cut the tariff protection for local manufacturers, opening the consumer market to a flood of cheap, high-quality Asian imports, against which local manufacturers were, in the long run, unable to compete.

Over the next 20 years the gradual winding back of tariff protection led to the demise of virtually every Australian-made brand, including Kriesler. Their Caringbah factory was closed in 1982 and the Kriesler name finally disappeared from the Australian market when the company was offically wound up on 31 December 1983.

In a final irony, as noted by Age journalist Greg Strong, vintage valve radios produced by companies like Kriesler, Astor, Healing and AWA are now fetching enormous prices on the international collector's market. Top-quality sets sell locally for hundreds of dollars but the best examples are regularly being bought in bulk by cashed-up Asian dealers, who resell them to collectors in Japan for thousands of dollars each.

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there is currently a Kriesler BOOMBOX of strange nature on auction...

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Originally posted by *TPR*:

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And Kriesler !

WOW - another rare brand!!!

thanks for sharing,aza!

You are welcome
and thankyou for another great read Jens.

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oh,I edited instead of a reply...:-/

You are welcome
and thankyou for sharing those pictures!

The sound is very clear!!!
The power button doesn't work when i bought it but now it's cool!

Great.

And both decks are functional? That`s quite unusual after all the years...nearly 40....

The balance is not optimun on the two decks... i don't comes from?

Est ce qu`il ya une différence entre le canal droit et gauche?

I´ve just seen the "4speaker" label at the Kriesler. So the "bassport" must be a fake.
And thanks to Jens, the King of Boombox for the competent infos!

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Originally posted by ViennaSound:
I´ve just seen the "4speaker" label at the Kriesler. So the "bassport" must be a fake.

No, bass reflex doesn´t mean that there´s another bass woofer behind. It means, that the air, which the bass woofer moves in the inside of a speaker is chaneled through a bass reflex port to the outside. Most Subwoofer these days have this bass reflex design.

Wiki-Page

Hey, thanks!
Interesting discription.
Ok, this is possible so!

*TPR*

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I din't understand - je ne comprends pas votre question!

Nice BBX, I Wish I had it at home !

Welcome aboard Zaiz!

This is a great thread! Thanks everyone for sharing their knowledge.

Id like to have that Burl Ives album from the Australian auction link! Ha! I cant imagine what shipping would cost on that 'box'.

Just picked up a Ferguson 3T22 today for £3.00 found this thread thought I'd post some pictures.







The radio works fine now after I cleaned all the switches but the decks do not they have good belts and turn ok but no sound, I think it may be the internal switches.I think it's worth sorting so when get more time I will have a go.

NIce found mrp32Dave!!
after reflection, I find that this unit is one of my favorites from my collection: light, sound good, to take, and in very good condition!