A further development is that although old-style radio sets the size of a sewing machine have become virtual antiques since the arrival of television, higher incomes and better technology has brought the radio back into the front room in a new guise, as part of the hi-fi system.
此外，縫紉機般大的老式收音機在電視機崛起後，雖已成了老古董，但在國民所得提高及科技發展下，收音機又隨著立體音響再度進佔客廳，手提收錄音機則進入臥室，輕薄短小的隨身聽幾乎人手一機，汽車音響更伴著近年數量大增的汽車，穿梭大街小巷。