Proton
Explore Proton vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.
Models
Receivers
- CR-560 — Proton CR-560 car stereo (c. 1990): an obscure cassette/tuner documented mainly through Audio magazine's April 1990 Equipment Profile, with measured FM specs.
Unknown
- 830R — Little is documented about the Proton 830R audio component. A May 1986 HiFI-Stereo ad lists it at $269; beyond that, the record is thin.
- D-1200 — Proton D-1200: little is documented. Period sources cover the related D1150 and D/200, but no D-1200 specs, dates, or prices have been found.
- D-540 — Little-documented Proton D-540 integrated amplifier, known primarily from Julian Hirsch's 170W test report in HiFi/Stereo Review, November 1985.
- D-940 — The Proton D-940 is a mid-1980s receiver with unusually high dynamic headroom, reviewed in Audio magazine in July 1986. This page has production dates.
- VT-210 — Proton VT-210 stereo monitor/receiver: 20-inch flat-square CRT, 400-line resolution, MTS/SAP decoder. Known from a 1987 High Fidelity test and a 1989 HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers listing.
Other Models
- D1150 — Proton D1150 — a high-power amplifier rated at 400W peak into 2 ohms, per a June 1988 review. Little else is documented.