I FOUND THE WORLDS LARGEST COLLECTION OF VINTAGE RADIOS

A Massive Radio Collection That Spans Seven Decades from the 1920's to the 1970's! Including some of the RAREST Radios Ever Made!
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Chapters:
00:00 Largest Antique Radio Collection Ever!
00:20 1970's
06:00 Panasonic Dynamite 8 Track
06:51 1960's
11:27 1950's
16:36 1940's
20:41 1930's and 1920's

[@TorontoJon]

I have a very small collection of radios from the 30's, 40's, 50's, and 60's (Maybe a dozen old table top radios and one large Marconi floor model from the 20's or 30's; the latter of which I bought for a mere $35 from a local auction), but I also keep an eye out for modern radios, speaker sets, or other electronics that have appealing industrial design. I don't buy them in the hopes of future profits or resale, but when I see what I think has museum-worthy design, I scoop them up if the price is right for my own enjoyment. :)

[@dennisheadley4408]

I loved the tube sound of the radios from the sixties. That's what I listened to until 1965 when my parents bought me a Panasonic solid state radio for Christmas.

[@TorontoJon]

Lots of amazing radios and I like how the collector displayed them so beautifully and organized them by era. Fantastic! :)

[@jasons8479]

So this is why I can't find these very often anywhere. This guy has them all! Super cool collection.

[@LennyFlorentine]

Thanks for watching!

[@wipatriot510]

When I was 12(1973), I had a Panasonic Dynamite 8, I used to sit out in the boat in the bay, and play Alice Cooper as loud as it would go...

[@keithkamps77]

I love the back in time videos you do, I've had quite a few of the equipment components throughout the years and totally forgot how good they actually were. Thanks.

[@LennyFlorentine]

Glad you like them! Thank you

[@jagathon777]

This was awesome. I wouldn't have minded an interview with the owner or curator of these.

[@gli7utubeo]

Awesome collection. Thanks! Still have a Zenith Royal 66 that works.

[@mikecampbell5856]

I have a 1936 Silvertone that belonged to my grandparents, and 1942 and 1947 Silvertones. I also have a 1940 RCA Victor which has an RCA jack in the back.I sometimes connect an Echo Dot to it and listen to old music or Christmas music. They all work. I love old radios! Thanks for this video!

[@LennyFlorentine]

Glad you enjoyed Mike! You are welcome!

[@Bloomcycle]

1982ish I had the king of the boom box . The JVC Quintet the whole school and neighborhood could hear it at half blast 😎

[@ReginaldDj1]

This was seriously so cool I actually remember some of those radios/ 8 track players

[@andrrru9]

I know this is a year old but it made me think about the golden age of boom boxes. The almighty panasonic platinums and the beautifully made jvc units. Would love to see a video on them.

[@LennyFlorentine]

Glad you enjoyed this one! Very underrated collection!

[@hifi.david.]

Loving your videos with tours, keep them coming guys!

[@LennyFlorentine]

Thanks! Will do!

[@MrProvinspoul]

You should come to Denmark and see perhaps the world's largest collection of Bang & Olufsen products, it is a retailer that has a private collection of their products, everything from 1925 until today. He also has a part from Scandyna who made the A25 loudspeaker, it was made in Humlum in the early 70s. and as far as design is concerned, almost all other brands come to look like the boss designs his lunch box compared to B&O

[@simonbeasley989]

Wow, what a collection, thanks for sharing.

[@LennyFlorentine]

Thanks for watching!

[@DEEPCYCLEGARAGE]

SO COOL! I love old radios!

[@LennyFlorentine]

Thank you!

[@RedSinter]

🎉 Awesome 👍 Cool Radio's...I missed all that with exception of a little hand held Nuetone or Sears...hand held the size of an 8 Track Cassette...and smaller... Then it was Weed lol... LSD...Mescaline... Psilocybin Shrooms...Richard Avadon...Art Neuvo...Art in General... hitch hiking to SF to see the Doors at the Avalon Ballroom... buying my first LP...Cream...Rubber Soul...Stones... Love various Models from the 50's on up... That was also when my dad bought me a 3 piece Silvertone Record Player with 2 separate 5 or 6 inch speakers, even had a dust cover... Man talk about be'n High Cotton ..😂 I wouldn't mind having a couple of those old units... There are some pretty sweet designs... Though I had my little desktop radio then as well again Silvetone...tuned to Dr. Don Rose...Tom Donahue, Wolfman Jack... Rachael Donahue...Thanks for the walk down Radio Memory Lane...

[@LennyFlorentine]

Thank you for sharing as well!

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

Nice collection. I mostly collect what are call personal radios, very small portables made between 1940 and 1955. Also have made a few homebrew sets.

[@LennyFlorentine]

That's great! Thanks for sharing!

[@espiritudelviajero3882]

Te agradezco por mostrar estas joyas, he viajado al pasado en tu maquina del tiempo, abrazo fraterno.

[@robertdavis5714]

I like these commercials you dug up. That was it in the 1970's, especially 1975-1979, I even owned one (very similar to that GE) that I would bring to High School to listen to. As soon as 1980 hit, cassette took over and literally put 8 track out of business. There were radios in 1950's with FM, only problem in Mono, Stereo did not Broadcast until 1961.

[@aussie8114]

Awesome 👍🏼👍🏼

[@antigoseraros]

Perfeição! Parabéns

[@docstahl]

very nice, just picked up a 1949 GE oak cabinet AM/FM, with an Emerson turntable. Minty!!!

[@LennyFlorentine]

Very nice!

[@LarryEvans]

John Facenda did that Zenith commercial. Very cool

[@mr_fixer7229]

Not sure what you base "best" on but a 1935-38 Zenith Stratosphere 1000z radio would sell for more than the combined value of all of the radios in that room. Last one sold for over 24,000 dollars at Bonhams in 2022

[@MDchaz]

Love radios, there still are great FM stations out there like WTMD 📻

[@jeromezielinski8773]

At 4:55 you pick up the Realistic player from radio Shack , I still have the , just the 8 track version , I bought in 75 or 76 , in the blue color , And I'll be damned I plugged it in and hit the bar inside it , and it still worked , heard the motor running , I just don't have any 8 tracks to see if still plays .

[@muhammadfazalradioshop2308]

So buatifull So nice So amazing

[@albertpipkins6611]

Beautiful collection of radios but I didn't see my first radio the panasonic ball and chain I had a bright red one 😊

[@LennyFlorentine]

Oh yeah I'm sure it was there somewhere in another room

[@johnhood3172]

Hi great collection, I have a much small collection of classic British radios ( 16 ) 5 are Hackers , a super sovereign 1974, a cassette sovereign 1977, a sovereign 2 1969, a sp80 stereo, check them out on google they are all made of wood and metal great quality, the company collapsed in 1979, it couldn’t complete with cheaper imports from Asia , I can’t see radios made in the 2000s lasting 50+ years probably in the garbage in 2 years. Regards JH

[@alexanderpowell1528]

Yeah, I once owned that 'Swiss cheese' as well as owning that black one with the circles in the plastic over the speaker. Lovely styling but hmm, has anyone ever seen that episode of Cowboy Bebop where they go deep underground to find the vintage electronics museum? They're just things and *people don't own things, things own people.*

[@blackice5363]

The realistic boom box would jam that thing would get loud I had the one that was just a 8 track no radio it was blue 😊

[@jeromezielinski8773]

I still have mine .

[@robmata474]

Golden age for me was the 80s all that silver and flash much less double cassette decks and power meters❤ Jvc,Hitachi.

[@danielknepper6884]

Nice radios but I'm more interested in what the radios are sitting on with that lighted display shelf system. I could use those 😁

[@LennyFlorentine]

Yeah aren't they awesome!

[@8000Time]

Super!

[@LennyFlorentine]

Thank you very much!

[@bikdav]

My parents had the 1960s Bulova clock radio that you showed.

[@LennyFlorentine]

Awesome! Hope it brought back some memories!

[@mikrophonie5633]

They probably sound better than Apple's homepod.

[@LennyFlorentine]

No doubt

[@jimihendrix1575]

Didn't see any Panasonic TOOT A LOOP's. I have every color but green.

[@LennyFlorentine]

Those are great, I'll be getting a yellow version one day

[@michaelodendaal5776]

Video killed the radio star 🌟

[@Bloomcycle]

📻⭐

[@johnbailey9408]

Back when Radio was 🤴

[@andershammer9307]

Do you realize that some of those "radios" are not radios but they are UHF converters for TV sets. The Mallory and the Crosley are UHF converters.

[@LennyFlorentine]

No, had no idea but that's great info! Thanks

[@j.t.cooper2963]

👍🏻😎

[@EmaadSidiki]

📻‼

[@LennyFlorentine]

Haha

[@itskbtv]

Bama

[@dtr2058]

first

[@LennyFlorentine]

Acknowledged!

[@mikecampbell5856]

You win!

[@DEEPCYCLEGARAGE]

@@LennyFlorentine Ahh shucks! I wanted to be first! I never win!

[@keithbrown7685]

see this is boring, because you're not demonstrating any of them. If you don't know how any of them sound, they're just heavy objects that do nothing... rather like my siblings.

[@TimmyAndTammyScumbag]

When talking about the Panasonic TNT "Dynamite" 8 track player (T shaped "detonator" handle,) you said, "One of the best." ... I'll assume you meant "One of the more collectible (models)" because those things sound absolutely atrocious. In fact, they probably have the worst sound quality of literally every 8-track player in that entire 70s era display. For the best sound quality among those, it's the red Realistic- which, btw, doesn't "resemble" a boombox. It *is* a boombox! -albeit from a time a few years before the term was coined.

[@LennyFlorentine]

You mean it sounds like an 8 track?

[@TimmyAndTammyScumbag]

@@LennyFlorentine 🤣 Hey, if you have a well-taken care of tape pad and splice foil and a decent quality deck like a Pioneer, Wollensak, or Akai with a clean head and capstan, they can sound pretty damn good!