totally junk

NOT a surprise, Radio S*** is not what it used to be. Okay for toys and cell phones. not much else.

 

You'd probably be better off just plugging straight into your power amp--don't expect much volume but you should get at least enough sound for practicing at home until you get a decent preamp.

 

you seem surprised.

They were rubbish in the 70s lol. They are not in business in Oz anymore, who needs crap stereos anyway? The only great product they had was those 9v alkalines for $1 in the 80s lol they outlasted duracells by 3 times.

 

For $39.00 I wouldn't have gotten my hopes up.

 

Radio shaft is not a place to buy pa gear.

 

That's for the speakers in the ceiling at the dentist's office!

 

You did the right thing.

Rule is you have to try it yourself if you want know if it's going to work.

Just think of the controversy you actually found it it usable

I didn't know Radioshack was still in business. Do they sell Radios?

 

Digital camo, no extra charge!

 

I would never think to go to Radio Shack for ...well...anything.

I remember when there was one in just about every shopping strip and mall around. Hardly any left around here any more.

 

Radio Shack used to sell some really cool stuff back in the day. I have a 70's era RS stereo that sounds great. But these days, they're just another phone-n-TV store. Too bad.

 

Used to be you had to buy parts. Nobody repairs anything anymore. I'm old enough to remember those big tube testers. Their actual products never were that good.

Good times.

 

Plenty of radio shack stores around here. They sell cell phones.

They do actually have a few parts drawers left of various switches, jacks, small capacitors, etc. All chinese made of really soft metal....like you could snap a plug in half with your finger, soft.

I think that's just there until they run out of stock.

 

Nah, high school kids still use them for their science projects.

 

Out of curiosity I was reading on the great Wiki, that RadioShack is pretty much circling the drain as we speak.

 

exactly - it's most probably a Bogen PA amp labeled by RS - it's for crappy background music thru 25V or 70V ceiling speakers

NO ONE would even buy this for that anymore - Best Buy has wireless hi-fi systems now for cheap

 

Yeah but it was over priced rebranded junk back then too. To the OP.. You'd be better off using this as a preamp for bass than anything you would find at Radio Shack..

 

Again, their contribution was always parts and repair. They never were a good retail electronics seller. The fact that we are now a throwaway society renders them unneeded.

 

I just gave a friend of mine a "Realistic" 10 band EQ that actually did a nice job when I used it back in the 90's! He hasn't hooked it up yet to see if it still works! At least it's out of my attic now!!

 

tandy corp, based in ft. worth, somehow survived the terrible tornado that took out most of their hq building, but it's been steeply downhill for them ever since. probably won't be much longer for them now, based on employee reports.