briefcase stereo (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3284&item=5720097566&rd=1)

Cool looking item. :)


Quote from seller: "I did not have the 4 "D" Size batteries, to see if it works that way."

:rolleyes: I think I could have brought myself to spring for a
few batteries to completely test it.

I'm sure I saw Maxwell Smart, secret agent 86, using one of these....

:eek:

For a while you could get something like that with a Nakamichi tape deck and some Visonic speakers. Not bad for a portable rig.

The briefcase unit is cool.

Pictured below is a Panasonic stereo single-ended tube receiver with hinged/detaching speakers. It won't run on batteries, but the AC cord winds up on the back. I guess you'd call it mobile, sort of, but not portable... maybe just COMPACT.

It will be on ebay soon.

Hi Tubino,

You know, if Panasonic were to reintroduce that "compact" single-ended system today - say, as part of a "retro series" - I'd bet that it would SELL!

Out of curiosity, how does it sound?

Cheers,
Brian

Brian,

Yes, I can imagine seeing some Chinese version of this in a catalog now as a retro item!

I just listed to it once, and it sounded good, kind of in the way a Grundig/Telefunken SE wood radio or similar would sound. The little speakers are a bit of a weak link, and if I had it around and had time to play I'd hook it up to a pair of efficient fullrange speakers. That would probably be a cool party trick -- if it were a party of audio geeks.

The problem is that it has no AUX inputs to try it with CD. Bummer.