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Arcane Radio Trivia found a really cool banana-inspired portable record player, allegedly from the Andy Warhol era. Plays in any position…even upside down! I’d love to see one of these in person. I wonder how many were ever manufactured in … Continue reading →

Due to a technical problem, this post was initially published with no content on Tuesday, December 29th. Retrovoltage regrets this error. Hints for the service shop, from December 1932’s Radio Retailing: A.V.C. Accessory for Screen-Grid Sets by Joseph E. Soos A … Continue reading →

This Sherwood FM Stereo tuner came into the shop recently. It’s owner successfully completed a re-cap of the unit, but the specialized tools for performing an accurate FM Stereo alignment are beyond the reach of most hobbyists, and so he … Continue reading →

I recently got to work on something quite unusaul, the Eric Engineering model 357 hi-fidelity tuner. Built by obscure outfit Eric Engineering in Santa Monica, CA in 1961, there’s relatively little known about these units. It’s a fairly simple ratio-detector … Continue reading →

A while back I found these Sansui SP1500 (SP-1500) speakers and I’m trying to finish some more projects as summer comes out. There are several radios on my bench right now being worked on, but during a natural break in … Continue reading →