For the trip to the Dessau meet, I did not take my Lasonic TRC-920. I was at odds with myself about taking it all the way up to 30 minutes before walking out of the house, but decided not to take it. The reason is, I had bought a radio off of eBay.de and it had already been shipped to Max's house and was awaiting me to bring it home. My options were, bring the Lasonic TRC-920 in my flight case and package up the new radio and "Check it" at the air port or leave the 920 at home, bring the flight case empty and fly the new radio home safely. I opted for the later.
The flight case has been getting some mileage on it, but so far, it's holding up.
The Shock Watch is still intact after two trips now.
The locks are also doing their job keeping people out!
So what did I bring back?
A beautiful PALLADIUM, in Black...
This particular radio is a survivor, un-restored. She will need a full cleaning and rebelt, but the deck does work very well, but did slow a little after some time playing. The sound quality of the deck was still very good.
This is a model I have been after for a very long time. Ever since I saw and analyzed the Radio Heir super stack photos and saw this multi-button radio, I new I just loved the design. Last year when I acquired a Clairtone 7979 I knew I needed more radio's that featured the analogue tuner presets. This also features the "Sensor Tuning". Basically, when you are set to tuner and you touch the tuning knob the VU meters become tuning strength indicators and when you let go, they go back to VU meters. The 7979 also has that feature and I love it!
It has a digital clock with a light as well as a tuning light that you can leave on.
The most impressive part of this radio is the solid bass. It's not boomy, but has more of a low THUMP. Anything below half volume allows you to use the Loudness button and it hits. Above half is when this thing takes off, plenty of Bass and Treble adjustment is on tap and I found myself needing to dial back the treble as there was so much crisp clear treble to be had.
I would put the condition in a solid 8.5 with the only issues being minor cosmetic. The sound is fantastic and way better that I would think for it's size. The speakers look to be around 5", but it's sounds better than many radios with 6" speakers.
On the down side, there is no REAL RCA line in, but once rebelted, I can see this being a real cassette go to power house.
To me, the aluminum on black just does it for me.
Thank you to Max for helping me with this deal by letting it be safely delivered to his house!
The flight case has been getting some mileage on it, but so far, it's holding up.
The Shock Watch is still intact after two trips now.
The locks are also doing their job keeping people out!
So what did I bring back?
A beautiful PALLADIUM, in Black...
This particular radio is a survivor, un-restored. She will need a full cleaning and rebelt, but the deck does work very well, but did slow a little after some time playing. The sound quality of the deck was still very good.
This is a model I have been after for a very long time. Ever since I saw and analyzed the Radio Heir super stack photos and saw this multi-button radio, I new I just loved the design. Last year when I acquired a Clairtone 7979 I knew I needed more radio's that featured the analogue tuner presets. This also features the "Sensor Tuning". Basically, when you are set to tuner and you touch the tuning knob the VU meters become tuning strength indicators and when you let go, they go back to VU meters. The 7979 also has that feature and I love it!
It has a digital clock with a light as well as a tuning light that you can leave on.
The most impressive part of this radio is the solid bass. It's not boomy, but has more of a low THUMP. Anything below half volume allows you to use the Loudness button and it hits. Above half is when this thing takes off, plenty of Bass and Treble adjustment is on tap and I found myself needing to dial back the treble as there was so much crisp clear treble to be had.
I would put the condition in a solid 8.5 with the only issues being minor cosmetic. The sound is fantastic and way better that I would think for it's size. The speakers look to be around 5", but it's sounds better than many radios with 6" speakers.
On the down side, there is no REAL RCA line in, but once rebelted, I can see this being a real cassette go to power house.
To me, the aluminum on black just does it for me.
Thank you to Max for helping me with this deal by letting it be safely delivered to his house!
Make the speakers look bigger than they are.
