old radioshack catalogs

kappclark
kappclark Posts: 136
edited May 2011 in 2 Channel Audio
Now you can see those old catalogs online..blast from the past

here is 1961

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1961/
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2011
    That's pretty cool...I'm sure mhardy knows about this already though?

    I didn't realize that RS sold so many well-known brands back then. AR, KLH, THORENS, MARANTZ, Altec Lansing, etc. What happened?

    I did have a transistor radio very much like that one on the front page!

    cnh
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited May 2011
    Cool,how might I access cats. from the late 70's-early 80's?
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited May 2011
    Doh,OK found it.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2011
    Nowadays yer pretty much "SOL" if you want something besides a TV, cell phone,home security system etc. from RS! Oh yeah, I forgot their crappy alkaline batteries!:rolleyes:







    :biggrin:
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited May 2011
    I loved looking through those when they came out. I even loved to receive thier sale cat. more. Yea, I spent money with them. I bought a 10" 3-way with a ribbon tweeter. They were nice until I heard the ESS AMT 1D. Then I knew what I had to spend to get Better Sound.:frown::biggrin:
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited May 2011
    That's a neat link and I passed it onto my older friends.
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,642
    edited May 2011
    I used to love looking through their catalogs as a kid.
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  • Obsession18
    Obsession18 Posts: 191
    edited May 2011
    Very cool, something to keep in mind, if you were making about $6000 a year back then you were doing good. Now look at those prices relative to 6K a year, the stuff was expensive, just like the good stuff is now.
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited May 2011
    Very Nice! Thanks for the link.

    This is like finding a gold mine for a Vintage junkie.

    They have nearly all catalogs from 1939-2005.

    Just go to the main page at

    http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited May 2011
    Very cool links guys.

    Got I miss the old RS... :(
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited May 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    That's pretty cool...I'm sure mhardy knows about this already though?

    I didn't realize that RS sold so many well-known brands back then. AR, KLH, THORENS, MARANTZ, Altec Lansing, etc. What happened?

    I did have a transistor radio very much like that one on the front page!

    cnh
    :-)

    yup, long since - it was pointed out on AK quite some time ago; the site owner actually contacted R/S and they were quite willing to let him do it. It is a tremendous resource.

    FWIW, I have a fair collection of their paper catalogs - I mostly focus on the old (pre Tandy-merger) Allied Radio Corp, though (they generally had more interesting stuff).

    Thanks to the last local vintage radio fleamarket, I have paper copies of the 1949 and 1951 R/S catalogs sitting on the coffee table in our family room even now :-)
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  • camp21178
    camp21178 Posts: 273
    edited May 2011
    What a great post. Thanks for the links. I love the old vintage catalogs. Old JC Whitney catalogs were fun too.
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  • kappclark
    kappclark Posts: 136
    edited May 2011
    indyhawg wrote: »
    I used to love looking through their catalogs as a kid.

    SAME ! I would pour over it and also the Lafayette catalog (I used to have that crappy little Lafayette tuner)...thought it was so cool that it said $1 on the cover, but I got it free at the store ..
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2011
    Me too, plus Heathkit's catalog as well.:smile:
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited May 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    That's pretty cool...I'm sure mhardy knows about this already though?

    I didn't realize that RS sold so many well-known brands back then. AR, KLH, THORENS, MARANTZ, Altec Lansing, etc. What happened?

    I did have a transistor radio very much like that one on the front page!

    cnh

    I did too, I even remember the smell of it. Early 60's transistors had a very distinct aroma heating up, the good 'ol days :cool:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited May 2011
    gdb wrote: »
    Me too, plus Heathkit's catalog as well.:smile:

    Heathkit1961flyercover.jpg
    Heathkit0001.jpg
    heathkit1978christmas.jpg

    ... a few from the collection (of which I happen to have scans handy) :-)
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  • rubin
    rubin Posts: 565
    edited May 2011
    I still have the SA 2000 int. amp,TM 1000 tuner, optimus 5B speakers, SCT 5C cassete deck, all from 1977-78. Everything works except the cassete player/recorder.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Heathkit1961flyercover.jpg
    Heathkit0001.jpg
    heathkit1978christmas.jpg

    ... a few from the collection (of which I happen to have scans handy) :-)

    Cool!! Those are really taking me back through the decades!:biggrin:
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  • kappclark
    kappclark Posts: 136
    edited May 2011
    Wonderful Heathkits .. my older brother built an Eico 35W stereo amp -

    Does anyone have any Lafayette Radio Electronics catalogs ? Maybe CP should start a whole catalog forum !
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited May 2011
    kappclark wrote: »
    ... Does anyone have any Lafayette Radio Electronics catalogs ? Maybe CP should start a whole catalog forum !
    m...m...maybe :-)

    Actually, the best of the bunch, as far as I am concerned are the Allied Radio Corp Catalogs. Interestingly, Tandy briefly merged Allied's consumer business with their own Radio Shack, and the thick 1971 "Allied Radio Shack" catalog is a real trip, since it contains basically the full product offerings of both legacy companies! The merger apparently fell victim to anti-trust regulations.

    A teeny bit of info on the ARS merger at:
    http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/history-2.html
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited May 2011
    wow Growing up i used to always look through the radio shack and Heathkit catalogs. I had several receivers from radio shack. They would go on sale for 1/2 price when they closed out the models and would have a where is as is sale. Some of their stuff was made from foster ( like the 2100 or 2100D as well as some of the smaller ones) or pioneer and as much as I hate to admit it, some of the receivers sounded darn good and could hold their own against some of the marantz, pioneer, sansui, and kenwoods of the time. JC penny was another one that had a few receivers that sounded darn good ( as well as looked cool.)

    I personally love the classic looks of a lot of the old receivers especially the one with a lot of vu meeters!!! What can I say, I am a sucker for vu meeter's.


    My 1st new receiver was a Realistic sta820 and i put it up against my friends Marantz 1060 int. amp and even as kids all of my friends would pick the 820 over the 1060. What was the speakers we used back then? Jensen LS6 lol.


    Anyway thank you for the links and bringing back the memories!!
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