Another roundie found local, truetone.

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Originally Posted by AlanInSitges

I remember as a kid in probably Jr. High wandering into the Western Auto store in town on the way home from school and seeing some stereos on display; one had a TRUETONE logo that was crooked and was clearly just a sticker that had been slapped on the front. Of course I peeled it off, revealing that it was actually a SOUNDESIGN POS. After that I realized they probably knew it was me who revealed the secret behind the TRUETONE brand and was a too scared to ever go back in the store.

I remember some of those soundesign console stereos. Damn they were lousy. 5 watts a channel, 6 or 8" woofer and a 3" tweeter, BSR turntable, 8 track, and a reciever with such a weak amp that a table radio could keep up in performance.

"Simulated woodgrain" sawdustboard cabinet. The wood detailing was hard foam that was blown into molds and painted brown with little black flick and smudges to try to hide to fact that the speaker grill and all the detailing was foam.

Circuit board screwed right to the sawdust board, and a little transformer sitting in the bottom of the cabinet. Powering everything but the turntable motor.