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mister_skippy t1_iv6asnp wrote

This is definitely not BIFL material. These are overpriced collectible radios that were sold by places like Sharper Image and the like.

Quality of components are average or lower. Performance is, at best, meh.

The only way this is BIFL is if you put it in a box or on a shelf for display and never use it.

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whichgustavo t1_iv82vwb wrote

Used to sell one at Brookstone when I worked there in HS.

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Dandan419 t1_iv8md9y wrote

Yeah I have one I got from my uncle when he passed. It’s extremely cheap. The dials all feel like they’re falling apart and it has terrible reception. It does look cool though.

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MeEvilBob t1_iv969oa wrote

I fixed one for a friend of mine. He said most of the lights didn't work. I opened it up and found that a bunch of the LEDs in the front panel were never even wired up.

It looked like a big steel box but it was actually a thin sheet of aluminum over a particle board box and inside it was a tiny circuit board and nothing else.

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mister_skippy t1_ivb8cn2 wrote

I did a bit of digging and came up with an internal view of a SOSL radio. And it’s worse than I imagined. Not this exact model, but representative of the build quality of these products.

https://i.imgur.com/HxLsiFI.jpg

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