For everyone's information, just found this new review. It's only 2
days old! It looks like Sangean is coming out with a new radio. It
looks pretty good too. Something unique is that there is a user
feedback form so you can send a message to the CEO of Sangean. This is
a must read for everyone intersted in radio. The radio won't even be
released for another 2 months.

http://www.radiolabs.com/Articles/woodradio.html

Just thought I would let everyone know!

Ciao!

Lee

Very nice radio. AM/FM for the U.S., and AM/FM/LW for the U.K.

Too bad no SW. Very nice though. Finally some class, liberation from simple
black and silver plastic.

Regards.


In article ,
(Lee Marcus) wrote:
For everyone's information, just found this new review. It's only 2
days old! It looks like Sangean is coming out with a new radio. It
looks pretty good too. Something unique is that there is a user
feedback form so you can send a message to the CEO of Sangean. This is
a must read for everyone intersted in radio. The radio won't even be
released for another 2 months.

http://www.radiolabs.com/Articles/woodradio.html

Just thought I would let everyone know!

Ciao!

Lee

Never say never.
Nothing is absolute.

Its (The Dawn Soliloquy) wrote in message
...
Very nice radio. AM/FM for the U.S., and AM/FM/LW for the U.K.

Too bad no SW. Very nice though. Finally some class, liberation from
simple
black and silver plastic.

Regards.


I saw a repro tombstone radio at the Salvation Army store the other day.
The design wasn't half bad. I would have bought it if it the veneer wasn't
damaged in a couple of places, exposing the chipboard underneath. Or if it
had a SW band. I'm guessing it was around 10 years old.

I hope they reproduce metal cabinet radios. Not like VCR box metal. Like
SX-28 metal. That would be cool.

Frank Dresser

No doubt. Me thinks that the radio manufacturers are missing a market in
nostalgic items, especially if they can offer at least a moderate degree of
performance. As those of us that are in their 40s, 50s, and 60s age, we would
make ideal purchasers especially if they can market the items like "mom's
apple pie", from a seemingly more innocent age when radio ruled supreme.

Regards.


In article ,
"Frank Dresser" wrote:

I saw a repro tombstone radio at the Salvation Army store the other day.
The design wasn't half bad. I would have bought it if it the veneer wasn't
damaged in a couple of places, exposing the chipboard underneath. Or if it
had a SW band. I'm guessing it was around 10 years old.

I hope they reproduce metal cabinet radios. Not like VCR box metal. Like
SX-28 metal. That would be cool.

Frank Dresser



Never say never.
Nothing is absolute.

Its (The Dawn Soliloquy) wrote in message
...
No doubt. Me thinks that the radio manufacturers are missing a market in
nostalgic items, especially if they can offer at least a moderate degree
of
performance. As those of us that are in their 40s, 50s, and 60s age, we
would
make ideal purchasers especially if they can market the items like "mom's
apple pie", from a seemingly more innocent age when radio ruled supreme.

Regards.


It's a niche market now, but it could develop beyond that. Most of today's
common radios are commidity items(not the most of the radios of interest to
this group) , there's little to distinguish one from another besides price.
Maybe they will try to compete more on cosmetics. That's how things were in
the AA5 era, when nearly all the table radios had the same performance, and
they competed on price and appearance. And the retro look market is growing
for alot of products now.

Frank Dresser

(Lee Marcus) wrote in
om:

For everyone's information, just found this new review. It's only 2
days old! It looks like Sangean is coming out with a new radio. It
looks pretty good too. Something unique is that there is a user
feedback form so you can send a message to the CEO of Sangean. This is
a must read for everyone intersted in radio. The radio won't even be
released for another 2 months.

http://www.radiolabs.com/Articles/woodradio.html

Just thought I would let everyone know!

Ciao!

Lee

The color suggests one of the Hallicrafters table radios of the 50s.

All they need is an aux 110 volt outlet on the front for my coffeepot, and
I'm sold.

But no shortwave?

"Bill Hennessy" wrote in message om...
But no shortwave?

Tragically no shortwave. It would be nice to have about 3 shortwave
bands added to this rig. Say 5 mHz to 18 mHz. With Sangeans
shortwave experience it could be a very nice radio. A major step up
from the Grundig Classic 960.
Bob

Bob wrote:

"Bill Hennessy" wrote in message om...
But no shortwave?

Tragically no shortwave. It would be nice to have about 3 shortwave
bands added to this rig. Say 5 mHz to 18 mHz. With Sangeans
shortwave experience it could be a very nice radio. A major step up
from the Grundig Classic 960.
Bob

I think they'd clean house on the entry level tabletop market if put the guts of a 909 in a cabinet like this with a nice tuning knob and a so-239 or BNC antenna connector.

Lee Marcus wrote:

For everyone's information, just found this new review. It's only 2
days old! It looks like Sangean is coming out with a new radio. It
looks pretty good too. Something unique is that there is a user
feedback form so you can send a message to the CEO of Sangean. This is
a must read for everyone intersted in radio. The radio won't even be
released for another 2 months.

http://www.radiolabs.com/Articles/woodradio.html

Just thought I would let everyone know!

Ciao!

Lee

The 'radiolabs' server wasn't working when I tried to see the review,
late Sat. night.


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