VOXSON ZEPHYR Mod. 725, Circa 1957, Made in Italy by F.A.R.E.T. Roma.
One of the first transistor radios manufactured in Italy. Beautiful blue plastic cabinet with metalic carrying handle, which folds down to fit on top of the cabinet, dial scale and knob painted on the reverse side and ON/OFF switch placed on top with a tab to activate. It requires six penligth batteries, but also can be powered with an adapter to the AC line, Model A-725, or in the car with the Model S-725 adapter.
Perhaps for being one of the first, the chassis has six RCA plug in germanium transistors ( 2N412, (2) 2N410 and (3) 2N408 ), instead of classics european transistors. Also, the chassis is composed of two modules: one circuit board for Converter, F.I. and detector; and a metal handwired board for audio frecuencies (Pre and Power Amplification).
VOXSON ZEPHYR Mod. 725, Circa 1957, Made in Italy by F.A.R.E.T. Roma.
One of the first transistor radios manufactured in Italy. Beautiful blue plastic cabinet with metalic carrying handle, which folds down to fit on top of the cabinet, dial scale and knob painted on the reverse side and ON/OFF switch placed on top with a tab to activate. It requires six penligth batteries, but also can be powered with an adapter to the AC line, Model A-725, or in the car with the Model S-725 adapter.
Perhaps for being one of the first, the chassis has six RCA plug in germanium transistors ( 2N412, (2) 2N410 and (3) 2N408 ), instead of classics european transistors. Also, the chassis is composed of two modules: one circuit board for Converter, F.I. and detector; and a metal handwired board for audio frecuencies (Pre and Power Amplification).