And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yup, Bang and Olufsen, was offered a job with the company back in 1979, turned it down for a U.S. based company. Sweet product line back then, always wondered what the twists of life would have resulted with them. Don't know if they are still around, likely not.
It definitely looks like a B&O setup, but I can’t find an image of any Beocord unit that matches this recorder. It’s a tough one to match up and Google image search returns no useful match. I spent quite a while looking at images of a number of vintage European audio equipment examples and I can’t find any obvious matches to the transport controls or the head cover on the tape deck. Quite a puzzler. I’d be interested in getting the lowdown on the model numbers, etc.
If it's real, I think it's Telefunken, something similar to the Acusta 250. The tape deck looks like a Magnetophon 200 series, something like a 204. I guess some of its controls would have been moved to the bottom of the unit to its left. That tuner looks a bit lost but Telefunken did use that odd styling.
I used to have a Magnetophon 201 (I think) when I was a kid, a standalone mono quarter-track recorder. Muddy sound and an annoying mechanical resonance in the capstan drive: you'd have to press the deck to stop it rumbling for a few minutes. I could probably fix it now if I hadn't given it away.
You are correct that at least some of the transport controls and other features are reminiscent of the Telefunken style, but still not a complete match.
B&O? Sweet
ReplyDeleteunmolested
ReplyDeleteYup, Bang and Olufsen, was offered a job with the company back in 1979, turned it down for a U.S. based company. Sweet product line back then, always wondered what the twists of life would have resulted with them. Don't know if they are still around, likely not.
ReplyDeleteThey are still around but just not doing the electronics they used to do.
DeleteIt definitely looks like a B&O setup, but I can’t find an image of any Beocord unit that matches this recorder. It’s a tough one to match up and Google image search returns no useful match. I spent quite a while looking at images of a number of vintage European audio equipment examples and I can’t find any obvious matches to the transport controls or the head cover on the tape deck. Quite a puzzler. I’d be interested in getting the lowdown on the model numbers, etc.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it's B&O. It's too ugly.
ReplyDeleteIf it's real, I think it's Telefunken, something similar to the Acusta 250. The tape deck looks like a Magnetophon 200 series, something like a 204. I guess some of its controls would have been moved to the bottom of the unit to its left. That tuner looks a bit lost but Telefunken did use that odd styling.
I used to have a Magnetophon 201 (I think) when I was a kid, a standalone mono quarter-track recorder. Muddy sound and an annoying mechanical resonance in the capstan drive: you'd have to press the deck to stop it rumbling for a few minutes. I could probably fix it now if I hadn't given it away.
You are correct that at least some of the transport controls and other features are reminiscent of the Telefunken style, but still not a complete match.
Delete