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Thread #119142   Message #2582570
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
06-Mar-09 - 09:51 AM
Thread Name: so we tried the Crosley stereo thing
Subject: RE: so we tried the Crosley stereo thing
I don't know where it was made. The only address in the owner's manual was the address to which to ship the unit in case it was defective. That was in Kentucky, (Lexington, I believe.)

The PR quoted above says 'Reintroductions of original vintage radios and turntables feature the newest technologies graced by unforgettable Crosley stylings.'

Well...there was a cassette player in the unit I bought. It didn't have the ability to play both sides of a tape. If you want to hear or record both sides of a tape, you have to play one side, then go over, pop the tape out, turn it over, pop it back in and push play. This is not what I would call the newest technology.

The unit was nice-looking, and it would have replaced three pieces of stereo equipment, each with dangling black cords. That idea appealed to us.

I can't tell you how the sound compared, because I never got the unit to work.

It seems clear to me that somebody is capitalizing on the Crosley name to take advantage of old people. (Whoever heard of a $400 item with a 90-day warranty?)