Look at this beauty! Toshiba AM radio, 1955. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Masaki Ikeda (talk).
A late 1950s or early 1960s Pilot Radio Corp. SA-232 stereo amplifier. These were high-quality amps in their time and could be paired with the Pilot SP-210 preamplifier by means of a dedicated umbilical cord.
Pilot SA-232, rear view. The green dummy plug covers the umbilical cord connection for the SP-210 preamp. Courtesy of StereoBuyers/High-End Auctions, photo by Howard Kneller.
OK, not strictly vintage but a 1970s icon reborn. The JBL L100 Classic, a modern re-issue of the JBL L100, one of the most famous loudspeakers of all time.
Potent portable: 1960 Motorola transistor radio ad. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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It seems that I remember Pilot as one of the companies that made dubious power output claims using peak music power instead of RMS.
Wow, that “transistor” (as my Dad used to call it) was pretty pricey! $24.95 in 1960 would be about $245.00 today. But hey, it was cutting edge technology!