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paulsherwin · 26th Jul 2018, 11:33 am

To be fair, late 50s radiograms aren't in great demand - they don't appeal to the 'retro Dansette' market and are big and bulky. Many of the cheaper ones will be live chassis so difficult to use with modern audio sources. It's all very well to spend months restoring a radiogram, but what are you going to do with it after you've finished?

I get as irritated by trendy 'upcycling' as anybody else, but realistically it's that or the skip.

26th Jul 2018, 11:33 am	#7
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,947	Re: Decca radiogram on BBC's 'Money For Nothing'. To be fair, late 50s radiograms aren't in great demand - they don't appeal to the 'retro Dansette' market and are big and bulky. Many of the cheaper ones will be live chassis so difficult to use with modern audio sources. It's all very well to spend months restoring a radiogram, but what are you going to do with it after you've finished? I get as irritated by trendy 'upcycling' as anybody else, but realistically it's that or the skip.