Got ANOTHER high-power Sylvania table radio

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If you recall, about 6 months ago or so, I showed a little wooden Sylvania solid-state table radio,1968 model, rm-90k, that I had acquired. Unlike most table radios, this one is all BITE and not much bark, meaning it LOOKS sedate, but is anything but. It has a sealed,long-throw 4" speaker, driven by a P-P amp, using a pair of to-3 germanium transistors, and probably at least 5 watts of power. And when it is playing, it has bass better than many large radios with 8" or bigger speakers, such as the acclaimed Zenith h-845, and similar. It WILL trounce the 845.

Now, I have ANOTHER Sylvania radio, similar to the first one, but a little BIGGER, with a somewhat bigger long-throw speaker-5- 1/4". Like the rm-90, this one has a Sealed AS speaker, and foam surrounding it(which has completely diseintegrated). It also has a P-P amp, with to-3 outputs, with a BIGGER sink,0.33ohm,2-watt emitter resistors on the outs, bigger caps in the power supply,and probably at least 8 watts, to drive the bigger speaker. Like the other one, it has bass and treble controls, and a dual-tapped loudness control. THIS one does NOT look as sedate as the other one, but still does not look like the screamer that it is. It has an electroluminescent-lit dial, and a tuning meter.This one is a 67 model, model rm-300r.

I do wonder, it seems that Sylvania ,at one time when GTE owned them knew how to make a good product. IMHO, when they sold out to Phillips, in the '70's, they "wimped out", and became a typical, low-quality company.