cfz2882
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smaller,sometimes portable,often plastic, stereo phonos sometimes with a radio. Only have one in collection right now; wooden cabinet,1966 Japanese Delmonico-little series string tube amp and AM/FM mono radio, IIRC 3X5" woofers. Rubber motor mounts turned to goo,so phono inop , but radio works-sound a little grainy, no doubt a proper service would correct that. Others I have had in the deep past include a black plastic GE wildcat from about 1969,a hot pank motorola that had IIRC,4X10 woofers. Besides the wrong color for a guy,the pink was starting to yellow and looked awful,so tried to spray paint black- paint attempt "fisheyed"so junked it-transformer was redeployed and survives to this day, 1973 date code on it 
A Philips,made in Holland was obtained and that one i think was from around 1962: new enough for a transistor amp,but old enough for a selenium rectifier on the seperate power supply chassis. A special fave i got about 1979 at used store was a dark blue RCA from about 1967: some sort of commercial/school model it was a heavy beast with substantial transistor amp, a NE-51 strobe lamp, and a little 2-blade fan on the motor. Loved this RCA until i somehow screwed it up and junked it. I have been unable to identify this RCA and would love to find another
A Philips,made in Holland was obtained and that one i think was from around 1962: new enough for a transistor amp,but old enough for a selenium rectifier on the seperate power supply chassis. A special fave i got about 1979 at used store was a dark blue RCA from about 1967: some sort of commercial/school model it was a heavy beast with substantial transistor amp, a NE-51 strobe lamp, and a little 2-blade fan on the motor. Loved this RCA until i somehow screwed it up and junked it. I have been unable to identify this RCA and would love to find another 
