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Argus25 · 4th Aug 2018, 3:18 am

Good news it's fixed !

There is something about the Hacker Sovereign II radio. I think it is a combination of that amplifier, the speaker and the cabinet acoustics.

It is by far the better sounding transistor radio in my collection. Sometimes, after a glass of Chardonnay and listening to some great 60's music on it, on a lazy Sunday afternoon, it sounds better than a fully fledged HiFi and way better than any iPod stage. Whether some of that is "psychoacoustics" I wouldn't care.

So these radios are always worth any time & effort put in to repair them well.

4th Aug 2018, 3:18 am	#55
Argus25 No Longer a Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia. Posts: 2,679	Re: Hacker Sovereign 11 Good news it's fixed ! There is something about the Hacker Sovereign II radio. I think it is a combination of that amplifier, the speaker and the cabinet acoustics. It is by far the better sounding transistor radio in my collection. Sometimes, after a glass of Chardonnay and listening to some great 60's music on it, on a lazy Sunday afternoon, it sounds better than a fully fledged HiFi and way better than any iPod stage. Whether some of that is "psychoacoustics" I wouldn't care. So these radios are always worth any time & effort put in to repair them well.