tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039838487790884740.post-27456271421709104782008-04-18T09:54:00.002-05:002008-04-18T10:08:13.731-05:002008-04-18T10:08:13.731-05:00<div class="img-ilus" style="width: 405px; height: 250px; text-align: left;"><img src="http://ninety5tee.googlepages.com/opy.jpg/opy-full;init:.jpg" height="240" width="395" /></div><br />Recently my friend Randy and I turned an old 1950s Emerson 642A radio into an iPod/computer speaker. Because, as has been the trend with me, it's mid century. Everything about it says 1950, most notably, the <a href="http://photos-530.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v240/186/1/71900530/n71900530_30993802_637.jpg">dial numbers</a>. The outside is all original to the radio, but inside it has been gutted and everything replaced. It now houses two older, but legit, speakers and a small subwoofer. Hooked up to an iPod it sounds great. And, although there is no functioning radio inside, hooked up to my iTunes I get KMOX, NPR, and hundreds of other streaming radio stations. I'm really excited to make another one. Oh, it's just perfect!<div><br /></div><div>Three more pictures <a href="http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/186/1/71900530/n71900530_30966230_6376.jpg">here</a>, <a href="http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v198/186/1/71900530/n71900530_30966229_5989.jpg">here</a>, and <a href="http://photos-530.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v240/186/1/71900530/n71900530_30993802_637.jpg">here</a>.<br /><br /></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684542441753067740noreply@blogger.com2