Braun TS1 Table Radio-New Addition to Collection

[jeffsod]

Found a listing for a 50's vintage shortwave type radio locally and contacted the seller to setup a time to see it. He couldn't tell me much over the phone other than it is big and ugly. Yup that sounds like a 50's vintage table radio. Met with the owner and purchased the radio this morning. As promised it is big and ugly. Braun had some very forward design ideas and thought this readio was manufactured around 1955-56 the knobs and face look more like a mid 60's radio. The give away is the tuning eye. It uses a EM80 which is more indicitive of the mid 50's. Veneer is in nice shape other than top being sun faded. The cabinet is big and square with thick particle board between the veneer. The radio had worked on shortwave when I talked to the owner but he messed with it the night before and the dial string broke Fortunately the FM has a separate tuning setup and he demonstrated the radio for me. I know don't turn it on. Well they used the radio pretty regularly to listen to shortwave. I turned the volume all the way down and there was the usual hum which I pointed out to the owner. He made concessions for these issues on the price and I got a good deal on a classic radio. Will need to be recapped and aligned. Probably looking at a month before I can get it looked at but I can't wait to hear it. Sorry no photos yet. Couldn't even find a decent photo online to share since these are not very common radios.

[Sandy G]

Congrats !! Once you get the "issues" sorted out, I'm sure you'll have a dandy radio...Those German sets of that era are almost invariably very good performers w/strong, pleasing sound..

[jeffsod]

I spoke to a tech who specialized in repairing German sets and he had done one of these for a freind and was very impressed with the sound quality. I took a peak inside on lunch and the speakers look to be of very nice quality. One Woofer and two midrange on the sides. The woofer is not the largest I have seen in these radios but respectable enough to expect a good amount of bass. The specs online say it put out 6 watts when it was new and since it has the el84 output tube I expect it will in fact be a fine radio once overhauled.

[mr_fixer]

Hi, do you have a model number for the Braun, you might find a stock image through Google images. Congrats on the German Radio find! i love the sound and look of those vintage radios
Oops i should have read your thread opening line a little more closely, i see it now "TS1" are there any other model numbers on it?

[jeffsod]

The only number on the back is the 'TS1'. It was not uncommon for the Braun radios to have these type of model numbers. There is one website that has the whole history of Braun which I found thru the archives here. It does not have a photo of this particular model though. It is not a US export as the FM band stops at 100.

[jeffsod]