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Elwood P Dowd

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13. Anybody here old enough to remember Allied Radio?

Sun May 19, 2013, 04:02 PM

May 2013

They were bought out by Radio Quack around 1970. Prior to that though, they actually sold some very high quality high end gear from companies such as McIntosh, Fisher, JBL, AR, Thorens, Marantz, Dynaco, and others. I use to drool over the stuff in the Allied Radio catalogues back when I was a teenager and later college student in the 1960s. Another large chain of stores back then was Lafayette Radio.

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Radio Shack the technology store [View all] DainBramaged May 2013 OP

Can't watch the vid from my cube, but... Orrex May 2013 #1

I worked as a manager of one of their stores zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #2

It's true of all retail nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #6

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DainBramaged May 2013 #3

Bought solder at a Rat Shack just a few weeks ago, they have about ten different types/sizes Fumesucker May 2013 #7

It's like going into a Montgomery Wards... russspeakeasy May 2013 #4

or Western Auto onethatcares May 2013 #5

That was the other store I was going to mention, but russspeakeasy May 2013 #8

Nothing beats a TANDY! zappaman May 2013 #9

one near me closed last year Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #10

That looks like a nifty device. Morning Dew May 2013 #11

Great, but can you play Angry Birds on it? n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #12

Anybody here old enough to remember Allied Radio? Elwood P Dowd May 2013 #13