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Slim stereo radio in a portable package with Sony quality. This is the Sony SRF-A100 bidding currently for $10. I wish radios were designed like this today.
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Try to compare this to newer radios, even compact Sonys. You know what? You can't compare them. It's apples and oranges. This radio was designed with care. It's part electronics, part art. Obvious pride went into every aspect of this thing being drawn up. New ones? Even Sonys? Plain little boxes. No imagination.
Posted by: Angelo | April 09, 2009 at 05:30 PM
Perhaps there is a small market to make well crafted radios profitable. Or there is a good market but Sony is misguided. I fear the former is the truth.
Posted by: Jeffrey McMahon | April 09, 2009 at 06:21 PM
I think there are inexpensive ways to make a radio design interesting to look at and enjoyable to use. If they spent just a little more time developing the product---we're talking an extra few thousand dollars which is nothing----the result could be something fresh and different. I view it as lack of concern, lack of pride and laziness more than anything else.
Posted by: Angelo | April 09, 2009 at 06:27 PM
I am afraid you are right.
Posted by: Jeffrey McMahon | April 09, 2009 at 08:17 PM
Check out the closing bid on the SRF-A100 - $117.82! It looks like two bidders tried to snipe this item at the last second and one succeeded. The distinguishing feature of the A100 is AM stereo reception which is almost non-existent today, though the Kahn-Hazeltine mode can function as a synch detector. I had my eye, well ¼ eye, on this radio for its wide bandwidth filter but decided against buying it. The built-in ~3" speakers offer OK but not stellar fidelity, so to listen to high fidelity one would have to connect a pair of amplified speakers. The extra wide bandwidth can allow AM's HD signal, i.e., IBOC "hash" through. IBOC stations are increasing in number. KFI just turned on its HD stream a few days ago. There are no AM stations broadcasting music in my area, the only real justification for owning this type of radio. Perhaps the buyer wanted this radio for its collector value. Am I suffering non-buyer's remorse? Naaaaaa!
Posted by: ¾ Blind | April 13, 2009 at 07:24 AM
This radio consistently sells for around $100. I'm not sure how good its reception is however. I recently bought a Sony digital made in Malaysia and discontinued a couple of years ago and its FM reception was average at best.
Posted by: Jeffrey McMahon | April 13, 2009 at 09:05 AM
Jeff, check out the one that got away:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150337223584&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:US:1123
Posted by: kr | April 13, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Got away for a cheap $525. Whoa.
Posted by: Jeffrey McMahon | April 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Here is a Sony SRF-A100 follow this link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=270377273025
Posted by: bo | April 20, 2009 at 07:01 AM
I bought a used srf a100 and love it as a battery powered radio. I plugged in an adapter to run it on ac and now the battery function doesn't work. How can I fix this?
Posted by: Lowell Jones | August 25, 2009 at 08:57 AM