My new favourite radio is this superb little ITT-KB "Tiny Super", in grey livery.
The Tiny Super crops up regularly on auction sites but you dont see many of the Grey ones make an appearance, the rarity reflected the fairly high price I had to pay for what is nearly a 50 (actually 46) year old tranny.
This example is in much better than average condition and because of the smart grey, black and silver trim styling the usual issue with the printed wood effect becoming rubbed away is not a problem. The radio has obviously been looked after very well all these years.
I cleaned away a tiny amount of oxidation from the terminals, fitted 6 fresh batteries and away it went. The performance of this little radio is the best of its class, and it far outperforms many radios maybe 2 or 3 times its size. The audio is clear and rich from its largish elliptical speaker, the quoted output of 600mW appears staggeringly loud, and gives more than adequate volume with no noticeable distortion up to a volume level which is becoming uncomfortably loud for near listening. It certainly has a B I G sound from a little radio.
Radio wise it has really excellent reception on MW and LW pulling in the weaker stations that many of my radios struggle to find. Distant "local stations" like Gold and Caroline are now like the national BBC stations. On FM nearly all stations are adequate with just about 4 inches of aerial extended. The AFC works very well giving a broad tuning point for distortion free reception and easy tuning.
You can see the radio in more detail on my web page together with its simulated wood grain brother, http://www.kbmuseum.org.uk/itt_images/ti..._super.htm (click on an image to see full size)
It features towards the end of the 1972 ITT-KB catalogue in the radio section, together with its specifications on the following pages, which is also on my website. http://www.kbmuseum.org.uk/itt_1972_catalogue.htm
Mike
The Tiny Super crops up regularly on auction sites but you dont see many of the Grey ones make an appearance, the rarity reflected the fairly high price I had to pay for what is nearly a 50 (actually 46) year old tranny.
This example is in much better than average condition and because of the smart grey, black and silver trim styling the usual issue with the printed wood effect becoming rubbed away is not a problem. The radio has obviously been looked after very well all these years.
I cleaned away a tiny amount of oxidation from the terminals, fitted 6 fresh batteries and away it went. The performance of this little radio is the best of its class, and it far outperforms many radios maybe 2 or 3 times its size. The audio is clear and rich from its largish elliptical speaker, the quoted output of 600mW appears staggeringly loud, and gives more than adequate volume with no noticeable distortion up to a volume level which is becoming uncomfortably loud for near listening. It certainly has a B I G sound from a little radio.
Radio wise it has really excellent reception on MW and LW pulling in the weaker stations that many of my radios struggle to find. Distant "local stations" like Gold and Caroline are now like the national BBC stations. On FM nearly all stations are adequate with just about 4 inches of aerial extended. The AFC works very well giving a broad tuning point for distortion free reception and easy tuning.
You can see the radio in more detail on my web page together with its simulated wood grain brother, http://www.kbmuseum.org.uk/itt_images/ti..._super.htm (click on an image to see full size)
It features towards the end of the 1972 ITT-KB catalogue in the radio section, together with its specifications on the following pages, which is also on my website. http://www.kbmuseum.org.uk/itt_1972_catalogue.htm
Mike
