Technics - Panasonic models from 1971 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Mike-repairman · 27th Jun 2012, 10:19 am

Just found this site...
http://wegavision.pytalhost.com/technics.html
Ideal for identifying TV, Hi-Fi models of yesteryear.
Mike.

Nickthedentist · 27th Jun 2012, 10:23 am

Very interesting, although when I read your title, I expected it to cover only 1971!

Annoying "Wait 30 seconds" popup though.

Nick.

Mike-repairman · 27th Jun 2012, 10:33 am

Didn't get any pop-ups Nick, block all that type of stuff.

Very comprehensive with flyers for all the major models, must have taken some time to compile.

marconimen1901 · 27th Jun 2012, 9:29 pm

An interesting collection of vintage information, but be aware that Nat Pan did not arrive in this country until 1973 at 109 Whitby Road Industrial Estate, Slough, Berkshire. Taxi drivers christened it Nat Pan!

Prior to this time some items were imported by Unimec at Southend on Sea, mainly expensive short wave transistor radios.

The big feature of 1973 was the CD-4 quadraphonic system for which they equipped their range of direct drive turntables with semi conductor cartridges.

This was to avoid the loss of the 30Khz carrier used on these analogue records.

Many items to be found in this country now and pre-dating 1973 are likely to have arrived via the Armed Forces, the NAAFI and the American Post Exchange or PX for short.

If any of my original purchases are anything to go by, not only are they well made and reliable, they are still working after almost 40 years. All seven of them! Plus any number of those strange cartridges for which I bought up all of Tottenham Court Roads final stock some years later, in order to keep them alive into the present time. (I must have been crazy.)

Best wishes.

DAVID

Mike-repairman · 28th Jun 2012, 7:24 am

Thanks for all the extra info David, very interesting.
I used to have Technics equipment many years ago and found it to be very well built and reliable.
Mike.

tri-comp · 28th Jun 2012, 8:50 am

Nat Pan is OK byt why not go for the whole deal?

---> http://wegavision.pytalhost.com/

rgds,

/tri-comp

27th Jun 2012, 10:19 am	#1
Mike-repairman Heptode Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 613	Technics - Panasonic models from 1971 Just found this site... http://wegavision.pytalhost.com/technics.html Ideal for identifying TV, Hi-Fi models of yesteryear. Mike.

27th Jun 2012, 10:23 am	#2
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,865	Re: Technics - Panasonic models from 1971 Very interesting, although when I read your title, I expected it to cover only 1971! Annoying "Wait 30 seconds" popup though. Nick.

27th Jun 2012, 10:33 am	#3
Mike-repairman Heptode Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 613	Re: Technics - Panasonic models from 1971 Didn't get any pop-ups Nick, block all that type of stuff. Very comprehensive with flyers for all the major models, must have taken some time to compile.

27th Jun 2012, 9:29 pm	#4
marconimen1901 Retired Dormant Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 34	Re: Technics - Panasonic models from 1971 An interesting collection of vintage information, but be aware that Nat Pan did not arrive in this country until 1973 at 109 Whitby Road Industrial Estate, Slough, Berkshire. Taxi drivers christened it Nat Pan! Prior to this time some items were imported by Unimec at Southend on Sea, mainly expensive short wave transistor radios. The big feature of 1973 was the CD-4 quadraphonic system for which they equipped their range of direct drive turntables with semi conductor cartridges. This was to avoid the loss of the 30Khz carrier used on these analogue records. Many items to be found in this country now and pre-dating 1973 are likely to have arrived via the Armed Forces, the NAAFI and the American Post Exchange or PX for short. If any of my original purchases are anything to go by, not only are they well made and reliable, they are still working after almost 40 years. All seven of them! Plus any number of those strange cartridges for which I bought up all of Tottenham Court Roads final stock some years later, in order to keep them alive into the present time. (I must have been crazy.) Best wishes. DAVID

28th Jun 2012, 7:24 am	#5
Mike-repairman Heptode Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 613	Re: Technics - Panasonic models from 1971 Thanks for all the extra info David, very interesting. I used to have Technics equipment many years ago and found it to be very well built and reliable. Mike.

28th Jun 2012, 8:50 am	#6
tri-comp Heptode Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Aalborg, Denmark Posts: 903	Re: Technics - Panasonic models from 1971 Nat Pan is OK byt why not go for the whole deal? ---> http://wegavision.pytalhost.com/ rgds, /tri-comp