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eumig HiFi in a 1980
magazine advertisement (click to enlarge) 
EUMIG SERIE 1000
Tuner detail from
the SANSUI TU-9900 (click to enlarge)  SANSUI TU-9900 The fantastic DIGITAL tuner
TOSHIBA ST-910 from.... 1974 !!! (click to enlarge)  TOSHIBA ST-910 TOSHIBA ST-910
with contemporary models ST-410 and ST-510 (click to enlarge) 
TOSHIBA model range 1974
First PHILIPS radio with
integrated speaker PHILIPS 1931 (click to enlarge)  KENWOOD tuner
magazine ad. (click to enlarge) 
KENWOOD KT-7000
WEGA brochure page 1980
for LAB ZERO, a limited 200 components (click to enlarge)  WEGA LAB ZERO - FM only tuner (bottom) PIONEER PERSONNA midi Hi-Fi component system
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PIONEER S-99V
YAMAHA vintage Hi-Fi
advertisement from 1977 (click to enlarge)  YAMAHA CT-7000 |
EUMIG T-500 (1980) (click image for larger picture)      If you were visiting Austria in the early 80's you could choose EUMIG or VIENNA.
Today you can still choose VIENNA but no more EUMIG, that was an austrian company, mostly known for their film cameras. They had only a few audio products, such as this tuner with a very good sound and high build quality. This tuner has two output sockets, one with a fixed level and another one with a variable level with the output level at the back. Also at the back there is a battery compartiment for the memory function of the tuner. It has a built in clock, so you can select either to display the frequency or time, on the green led display. To set up the recording level of your tape recorder there was a built in REC CALIBRATION tone. Activate this switch and you have a constant 400 Hz sound that you use to set the recording level of your tape recorder, then switch back to a radio program and start a recording without level adjusting problems. AKAI AT-S3 (1983) (click image for larger picture)
     
DUAL CT-1260 (1983) (click image for larger picture)
      A digital tuner from the time when DUAL was still making interesting products.
It has quartz electronic tuning for FM in 12.5 kHz steps. Automatic tuning for all wavelenghts. Random programming for all wavelenghts in a 15 program memory bank. Built in battery for memory (you don't lose your presets when you unplug the unit). The front panel colour, was named "satin-metallic". But why did they made it out of plastic, when matching components had aluminium front panels? Probably the sound quality compensates for this. MACLAIR ST-2200 (198X) (click image for larger pictures)
  Here is another tuner from the 80's.Nice front panel design but poor sound. It says that was made in Japan, but I have no info about this manufacturer.
NORDMENDE TU-1351 (1983) (click image for larger picture)
One of the last models made by a german company that was trying to fight with japanese models launching design oriented systems.It is 3 band stereo tuner with 14 station memory (7 for FM, 4 for MW, 3 for LW). Manual and automatic tuning. It was advertised together with matching components as "The fantastic program" PIONEER F-X5L (1982) (click image for larger picture)
      In 1981 PIONEER launched the Communication Components series. One of the most remembered components from this series is the big A-9 amplifier. With a similar styling this is a tuner from the "Personna" stylish midi system.
Big red display and a nice design in a 32 cm wide format. Only basic functions were added to this little cutie, manual tuning and 6 presets keyboard. YAMAHA CT-V2 (1978) (click image for larger pictures)
  This is a classic tuner with analog tuning that use a Yamaha-NFB-PLL-Multiplex decoder and has a recording calibration tone. The calibration tone gives a 333 Hz / 50% constant sound to set your recording level before you start a recording. Without memory station options it is not so confortable to operate but it has a very good sound.
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