Collectors have a whole different set of reasons for buying a radio
than users. Compare the price for that radio with the $600.00 for an
FRG-7, $800.00 for a Sony 6800, $3,000 for a SonyCRF320 or $800.00 for
a Zenith TO. Prices no user would contemplate, but several collectors
would not blink twice at.

The Sony you mentioned was one of many luggable radios in it's time.
It probably priced out lower than but was meant to compete as a
reasonably priced alternative to the Panasonic Rf-5000a, Zenith TO,
Nordmende & Grundig offerings. All were reasonable performing radios
in their time with notably pleasant audio - much mellower than anything
found today. In all cases time will have taken a toll on their
electronics and there's a good chance controls will be noisy, dial
accuracy will be frustrating, plastic started to fade, etc. For my
purposes the Sony would be fun to use for a while, but that's about it.
That there have been 32 bids to date tells me there's more than one
collector that have a different view.


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