SheaJeff Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 From eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/262435907695 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I'm half tempted to buy that and change the front face plate with crashmann's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 I'm half tempted to buy that and change the front face plate with crashmann's Don't. It's much smaller (at least the width). Unless you want to buy it for sentimental reasons of course ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I guess that's why no one jumped on it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanDallas Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 What happened to the mfg’s of our particular version? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk The actual Sonix folks have been bought a few times over and mainly make USB parts. I reached out to their American rep and two things are clear. 1. He has no clue about any of the details of the manufacturing process behind this old unit. Its a dead end. 2. He thinks I am very much insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 yeah, went the same road, same results. Also as there are multiple companies by that name today I haven't been able to trace back a clear heritage line (so to speak). But even if I had it probably wouldn't have made a difference. Some time ago I discussed this with some guys on a vintage transistor radio forum and they said that there weren't sole radio producers around in the 70s in Hong Kong. Just manufacturers for different pieces which were finally assembled and released under different brands. I think if we had gone out instead searching for the holy grail we already had it in our hands by now ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanDallas Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I am still convinced we're using the wrong search terms as nearly everything we search for leads back to this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 We need to just keep checking flea markets and antique shops....7 years of Ebay searching has given us nothing lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Do we have any members in the Chinese garrisons? Someone probably has one in their parent's basement over there lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 The Sonix, at last! Uh, wait...something is different ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraulein Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Got my new laptop done. I am trying to figure out a way to organize the images of the different types of radios, and their manufacturers, maybe a spreadsheet style. Something that is just one image that I can link to. Anyways - While researching a radio I currently own, I stumbled upon a K-Mart advertisement. There is a radio in the ad (top right) that looks similar to one of the models of radio that were manufactured In Hong Kong. So, another avenue of research. However, that ad has a radio listed with an incorrect model number. So I am not sure how reliable the model number on the one in the top right (if found) would be. The K-Mart radio in the top right of the ad looks like this ElectrBrand on the first page of the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 You know, I bet there is an electronics recycling facility somewhere on this planet that has hundreds of these babies just waiting to be loved once again.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJF Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Found a cavalier ntr 1000. Looks close enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustyTrooper Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 2/27/2016 at 4:07 PM, Fraulein said: I had always understood that "Solid State" meant that the item was constructed of materials that kept the electron charges inside the material. The use of transistors instead of old technology that utilized vacuum tubes. It was a way of marketing electronics, when that was on them, you knew it was "high tech". I did not think Solid State was a brand. On 2/27/2016 at 4:29 PM, Strider said: Just looked it up and you are absolutely correct of course. Always sounded like a brand to me so I didn't give it that much thought Cheers Solid State absolutely refers to the lack of Vaccum Tubes, Solid State signal amplifiers utilize much more modern Diodes instead. Unlike Vaccum Tubes they last forever, are much more durable, and far less subsceptible to damage from physical shock than Vaccum Tubes. So Solid State Technology is certainly more rugged! However that being said: ask any guitarist and they will explain it to you. Vintage guitar Tube Amps are very valuable and highly sought after, because they sound much more "pure" than your average conventional Solid State guitar amp with clipping diodes. The sound of Guitar Overdrive/Distortion was born inside the vaccum tube after all. So while Solid State is newer technology and definitely more "High Tech" than old vaccum tube technology, it's not always considered "better". Especially to guitarists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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