Rare Vintage Sony ICF - S5W FM/AM Radio - Partially - Made In Japan
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:19970740 | Product Line: Sony ICF |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan | Featured Refinements: Vintage FM Radio |
Sold in the USA for only two years: 1980 - 1981. Considered by some to be one of the best radios ever produced. Made in Japan.
FM section works fine. AM section is weak. Helps to use a loop antenna but still not as good as it should be. Fix the AM section and you could resell it for much more. Local AM comes in acceptable.
Comes with power supply adapter (4.5 V) (7 foot cord) with polarity reverser. (It has center pin negative....) Requires 3 - C batteries (not included) if running from battery. No corrosion in battery compartment.
Power supply adapter is class 2 transformer - not switching power supply. This means no noise is introduced from the power supply.Need to wiggle the power connector at the radio sometimes when plugging in to make good electrical connection.
Ferrite AM antenna is 6.5" long. Speaker is 3.5" 2W marked "Sony Japan".
Radio measures 8.5" wide 6.25" high and 2.25" thick. FM antenna is 33" high and straight, true, and tight.
Has AM low-high sensitivity switch and FM AFC on-off switch encircling the AM-FM selector. Has region selector that changes the AM scale to show the most popular stations in your region. The sensitivity switch does not appear to make any difference.
The tone slider does not seem to cause any effect to the sound to my ear. Speaker sounds just fine without the adjustment.
There are a few dings and marks. Pretty good condition for a radio this age.
Shipping to USA only and payment expected within 48 hours.
FM section works fine. AM section is weak. Helps to use a loop antenna but still not as good as it should be. Fix the AM section and you could resell it for much more. Local AM comes in acceptable.
Comes with power supply adapter (4.5 V) (7 foot cord) with polarity reverser. (It has center pin negative....) Requires 3 - C batteries (not included) if running from battery. No corrosion in battery compartment.
Power supply adapter is class 2 transformer - not switching power supply. This means no noise is introduced from the power supply.Need to wiggle the power connector at the radio sometimes when plugging in to make good electrical connection.
Ferrite AM antenna is 6.5" long. Speaker is 3.5" 2W marked "Sony Japan".
Radio measures 8.5" wide 6.25" high and 2.25" thick. FM antenna is 33" high and straight, true, and tight.
Has AM low-high sensitivity switch and FM AFC on-off switch encircling the AM-FM selector. Has region selector that changes the AM scale to show the most popular stations in your region. The sensitivity switch does not appear to make any difference.
The tone slider does not seem to cause any effect to the sound to my ear. Speaker sounds just fine without the adjustment.
There are a few dings and marks. Pretty good condition for a radio this age.
Shipping to USA only and payment expected within 48 hours.
