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JoshWard · 5th Oct 2006, 7:07 pm

I've always liked the look of them...

GJR 11L · 5th Oct 2006, 10:06 pm

Showed the thread to my BC505 and it's so upset that it won't give me any Big "L" tonight!

I'm assuming that (if these are the sets meant by PWH) that forum member must have mistaken this old thread for the new "Most beautiful radio" one!

Like many older radio sets, these GECs can only be ugly until you've heard one.

Paul_RK · 5th Oct 2006, 11:19 pm

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Originally Posted by GJR 11L

(if these are the sets meant by PWH).. .

Not, surely, the BC561 and 562?

GJR 11L · 6th Oct 2006, 3:30 pm

Dear Santa Claus,

I've been a really good boy this year, saving more pennies than I have spent on old radio sets, so please, please may I have one of those last pair shown by Paul in his pictures?
The one with the telescopic aerial would be nice, but either would do. Obviously, these things must be cheap and freely available since they're so hideously ugly in the eyes of all but the few dedicated to their preservation, so how about it Santa? I have enough socks and alcoholic beverage left over from last Christmas and besides, one of these would be of more use to me than either the socks or the other.

Yours,

JPB

Seriously, did GEC ever put their name to a truly ugly piece of equipment?

FERNSEH · 6th Oct 2006, 4:42 pm

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Originally Posted by stephanie

Why is everyone so down on French radios?

Maybe I should drag the two Frenchie portables I have and photograph them. They're actually kinda cute looking.

How about this one? This one has real style!

DFWB.

GJR 11L · 6th Oct 2006, 6:30 pm

It does indeed, so why's it not in the neighbouring "Most beautiful set" thread? Perhaps now would be the time to blend the two strains of aesthetic extreme into a new thread about the extremes of design. (?)

"Beauty and the beasts" if you will.

PWH · 8th Oct 2006, 7:53 pm

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Originally Posted by Paul_RK

Not, surely, the BC561 and 562?

No I meant this one. (picture stolen from EB..)

PWH · 8th Oct 2006, 8:02 pm

Obviously so horrible the server won't let me upload the picture

PWH · 8th Oct 2006, 8:08 pm

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Originally Posted by PWH

Obviously so horrible the server won't let me upload the picture

Last try

JoshWard · 11th Oct 2006, 6:17 pm

I still think it's beautiful. I must get one soon. Josh.

5th Oct 2006, 7:07 pm	#61
JoshWard Octode Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Near Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 1,962	Re: Ugliest Radio I've always liked the look of them...

5th Oct 2006, 10:06 pm	#62
GJR 11L Heptode Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ellington, Northumberland, UK. Posts: 815	Re: Ugliest Radio Showed the thread to my BC505 and it's so upset that it won't give me any Big "L" tonight! I'm assuming that (if these are the sets meant by PWH) that forum member must have mistaken this old thread for the new "Most beautiful radio" one! Like many older radio sets, these GECs can only be ugly until you've heard one. __________________ John.

6th Oct 2006, 3:30 pm	#64
GJR 11L Heptode Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ellington, Northumberland, UK. Posts: 815	Re: Ugliest Radio Dear Santa Claus, I've been a really good boy this year, saving more pennies than I have spent on old radio sets, so please, please may I have one of those last pair shown by Paul in his pictures? The one with the telescopic aerial would be nice, but either would do. Obviously, these things must be cheap and freely available since they're so hideously ugly in the eyes of all but the few dedicated to their preservation, so how about it Santa? I have enough socks and alcoholic beverage left over from last Christmas and besides, one of these would be of more use to me than either the socks or the other. Yours, JPB Seriously, did GEC ever put their name to a truly ugly piece of equipment? __________________ John. Last edited by GJR 11L; 6th Oct 2006 at 3:31 pm. Reason: spelling

6th Oct 2006, 6:30 pm	#66
GJR 11L Heptode Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ellington, Northumberland, UK. Posts: 815	Re: Ugliest Radio It does indeed, so why's it not in the neighbouring "Most beautiful set" thread? Perhaps now would be the time to blend the two strains of aesthetic extreme into a new thread about the extremes of design. (?) "Beauty and the beasts" if you will. __________________ John.

8th Oct 2006, 8:02 pm	#68
PWH Heptode Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Waiheke Island, New Zealand Posts: 503	Re: Ugliest Radio Obviously so horrible the server won't let me upload the picture

11th Oct 2006, 6:17 pm	#70
JoshWard Octode Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Near Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 1,962	Re: Ugliest Radio I still think it's beautiful. I must get one soon. Josh.