13-10-2012, 10:44 PM
Oh indeed. I could afford to buy Fidelity sets at jumble sales when I was a kid, which I guess is why I have a soft spot for them...
To be fair, Fidelity used the same resistors and transistors as Hacker! The price difference was mostly in the case and loudspeakers.
It could be argued that their preference for a single large PCB seems to improve reliability...
The RAD21 is pretty respectable, using a large Elac loudspeaker - it makes me wonder how it would sound in a wooden cabinet.
The biggest problem for the restorer is the thin aluminium panels glued to the plastic cabinet - these dent very easily and lose their screen printing. But then. that's also the biggest problem for Grundig sets too...
To be fair, Fidelity used the same resistors and transistors as Hacker! The price difference was mostly in the case and loudspeakers.
It could be argued that their preference for a single large PCB seems to improve reliability...
The RAD21 is pretty respectable, using a large Elac loudspeaker - it makes me wonder how it would sound in a wooden cabinet.
The biggest problem for the restorer is the thin aluminium panels glued to the plastic cabinet - these dent very easily and lose their screen printing. But then. that's also the biggest problem for Grundig sets too...
