Early, the Dutch giant of electronics has demonstrated his know-how for making sensible and performant radio sets .
The philosophy of this manufacturer has always been to perfectly control a technology rather than being diehard innovator. Late to come to the super heterodine, the constructor prefered to master the direct amplification... And the products industrialization is here to show us at which point this will of improvement applied and still applies today...
The Philips stereo consoles where frequently equiped with functions revolutionary at this time ; more particularly the re-echoing amplification. With a delay line made of a coil spring installed at the bottom of the cabinet, the second audio channel was provided after a delay of some milliseconds ; the sound got - thanks to a careful adjustment - a concert hall width (stereo just appeared at this moment).
Philips is faithful to its continuous improvement image.