{"id":4320,"date":"2012-08-26T07:47:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T11:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4320"},"modified":"2012-08-26T07:47:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-26T11:47:54","slug":"gizmodo-shortwave-radio-deserves-a-place-of-prominence-in-the-home-of-any-audiophile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/gizmodo-shortwave-radio-deserves-a-place-of-prominence-in-the-home-of-any-audiophile\/","title":{"rendered":"Gizmodo: “shortwave radio deserves a place of prominence in the home of any audiophile”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Source: Gizmodo<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Classic turntables may get all the glamour, but the shortwave radio deserves a place of prominence in the home of any audiophile. For a stylish way to surf the airwaves, try this stunning late 1950s\u00a0Trans-World T-9, produced by Philco (that’s the Philadelphia Storage Battery Company, for those who don’t like to abbreviate).<\/p>\n

[…]Its four-foot antenna can pick up tunes, blast right-wing talk radio, or catch up on the\u00a0endless, mysterious recitation of Russian numbers<\/a>.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though this article points to eBay auctions–which, in truth, tends to favor the seller, price-wise–they make a point: classic radios deliver audio fidelity that, in my opinion, surpasses all modern portables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Gizmodo) Classic turntables may get all the glamour, but the shortwave radio deserves a place of prominence in the home of any audiophile. For a stylish way to surf the airwaves, try this stunning late 1950s\u00a0Trans-World T-9, produced by Philco (that’s the Philadelphia Storage Battery Company, for those who don’t like to abbreviate). […]Its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,1271,43],"tags":[1148,1326,1146,1324,1325],"class_list":["post-4320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-boat-anchors-2","category-shortwave-radio","tag-antique-radios","tag-antique-shortwave-radios","tag-boat-anchors","tag-gizmodo","tag-philco-t-9"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-17G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49071,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/marwan-discovers-this-philco-console-at-a-family-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":4320,"position":0},"title":"Marwan discovers this Philco console at a family home","author":"Thomas","date":"May 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Marwan Baayoun, who writes: Hello Thomas, I hope this email finds you and yours well and in good health. Before our trip to Turkey next Sunday, my wife and I went to see our three month and only grand kid we have. 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Managed to add 4 old 1940's 1950's era broadcast band radios to my collection, had a great time.\u00a0[Here is a]\u00a0picture of my 1938 Wards dial tone with tuning eye, $35.00.\" Jerry continues: \"Found this GE-P780 at an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"wardsradio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wardsradio.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wardsradio.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wardsradio.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3590,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/boatanchors-and-antique-wireless-at-the-dayon-hamvention\/","url_meta":{"origin":4320,"position":3},"title":"“Boatanchors” and antique wireless at the Dayon Hamvention","author":"Thomas","date":"May 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I've always found the Dayton Hamvention flea market to be a great place to find antique radios, but this year, the selection (along with the weather) seems to be exceptional. 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