A very Rare 1950s TV set with FM stereo and Remote control
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Location: Albury, NSW
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Member #: 1919
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Location: Melbourne, VIC
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Hi Pete,
What you have there is 1958 Electrosound Saba, possibly model E705.
The guts are from Germany & assembled in Australia by Electrosound of Sydney. The radio chassis is a Frieburg 8 export version. The FM tuner is mono, not stereo.
Price when first sold was £675.
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Location: Albury, NSW
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Member #: 1919
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Hello Monochrome,
Mono? It's got the magic eye and multiple speakers ?
Pete
675 pounds ! Gosh a lot of money in 1958!!
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Location: Harston, VIC
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Pete,
The magic eye is a tuning indicator and does not mean stereo.
Having mutiple speakers is not an indication of stereo. How many audio output transformers does it have?
Stereo FM in the late fifties would be only experimental any in part of the world, Standards were still being debated around this time.
The piano key selector switches beloved by the european designers are a nightmare to 1. clean the contacts and 2. to follow the circuits
with.
However, this is a great find of which must be a rare spieces of early electrosound gear, and would make a great display in some suitable
establishment.
Cheers, Graham...
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Location: Belrose, NSW
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FM stereo started officially in the US on June 1st 1961 but there were test broadcasts well before then.
So it's conceivable that this tuner could be stereo. There are definitely two power amplifiers.
Pete, looks like I'll have to check it out!
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Location: Albury, NSW
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Hello all,
I just had a look inside best I could in the night with a crappy torch.
It appears to have 2 output amps.
But you guys know I love vintage TV's but my knowledge of electronics could be written on a postage stamp.
I will check it out on the weekend . Ian might have a look and he can tell you all about it.
Nice old TV though
Pete
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Location: Albury, NSW
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Member #: 1919
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I also have this 1962 bkaupunkt.
Which is stereo ,but it's 1962
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Location: Melbourne, VIC
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Hi Pete,
Your Electrosound Saba's radio chassis is the same as used in this one:
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/saba_freiburg_automatic_8.html
Be careful of the TV section as it looks like it might bite - as in it could have a live chassis.
The Blaupunkt (Blue Spot) is nice. Looks similar to a Arkansas
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Location: Albury, NSW
Member since 1 May 2016
Member #: 1919
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Hello Monochrome,
Oh I won't be touching the electronics on this one ,
Basically I only collect splad leg mode TV sets , 50s and early 60s.
I do have one console model and it's a w102, Still runs fine on old oil caps !!!
Might re cap it one day .
That 1962 blaupunkt Ive had for many years, I bought it up the coast years ago for 45 bucks, still works fine although volume is a bit down on one channel. But I have replaced this stereo and in it's place will be my Kriesler 1177 stereophonic 1962.
Once again ,thank you for always supplying documentation on TV projects here on VR.
All the best pete
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Location: Sydney, NSW
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The style of the TV section of it puts me in mind of HMV sets.
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Location: Noosa, QLD
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Its also the same tube and radio they use in the Kuba Komet early model I have the radiogram version and console model TV ive saved hoping one day to build one from scratch but so many projects on the go atm.
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