07-08-2011, 04:07 PM
I agree and it's sad to see good companies fall away. It seems unavoidable - companies with good design and quality manufacturing get blind sided by cheaper mass produced products. In fairness the cheaper ones allow more people access to these types of product but it would be nice if the high quality ones could continue without becoming the preserve of the very rich. The PYE P53 I'm working on sold for somewhere just over £20 in 1951 which I'm told was about equal to one weeks salary back then for the average factory worker. Compare that to Rob's Tesco radio which costs less than a days pay today. I don't think there's much one could do to repair it though - except maybe the power supply!
The tragedy is that the companies with the quality products seem to peak at a certain time but then can't keep on top and new companies come along who found a way to do something similar but much cheaper. I wonder how long it can go on - the cheap labour in the Far East can't stay like that forever and some companies are now taking their manufacturing back 'onshore'. Anyway I'm glad there are still those lovely old radios around for us to mess with and get them back in action.
The tragedy is that the companies with the quality products seem to peak at a certain time but then can't keep on top and new companies come along who found a way to do something similar but much cheaper. I wonder how long it can go on - the cheap labour in the Far East can't stay like that forever and some companies are now taking their manufacturing back 'onshore'. Anyway I'm glad there are still those lovely old radios around for us to mess with and get them back in action.
Time flies like an arrow, fruitflies like a banana!
