Braun EK55 in good condition

1.000 € VB

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41372 Nordrhein-Westfalen - Niederkrüchten
02.05.2024
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  • Art Weiteres Audio & Hifi

Beschreibung

Offered is this beautiful Braun SK55 record player/radio designed by Dieter Rams & Hans Gugelo. The Braun is in very good condition and has been overhauled.
The record player/radio is fully functional and largely original.
Set is provided with diagram and additional documentation.

Bought from a collector a few years ago. After this, the electronics were adjusted and the radio is equipped with a Bluetooth option for streaming music from a telephone or computer.

Some additional information:

SK55 radio / record player
Designed by Dieter Rams in collaboration with Hans Gugelot.
Manufactured by Braun AG in Taunus, West Germany from 1963 - 1968.
Nickname: "Snow White's Coffin". Dimensions: 58 x 24 x 29 cm. Weight: +/- 12.7 kg.

The SK55 can be found in design museums worldwide. The MoMa in NY, among others, has a wide collection of Braun's, including part of the SK series.

A combined radio-record player, built in a rectangular, white-lacquered steel cabinet with ash wood panels (veneer) on the sides and a hinged clear acrylic glass lid.

See photos for the condition of everything, these are part of the description. Texts and logo original but partly worn. The Braun still looks very sleek, especially considering its age.

The turntable has a gray rubber mat and aluminum tone arm with a dark gray head. Three gray cylindrical knobs placed vertically to the right of the tone arm control volume, bass and treble. The rectangular tuning knob is on the far right and aligned along the bottom of the control surface, five small gray rectangular buttons for power, turntable, LG, MG and/or FM.

The back has a DIN plug for the tape and speaker connections, and a 240 ohm connection for the FM antenna. At the bottom the selector switch 110 or 230V 50Hz.

Applied tubes: ECC85 - ECH81 – EF89 – EABC80 – EL84
Power: 3 Watts
Reception range: FM 87.5-104 MHz, MW 530-1600 kHz, LG145-340 kHz
Electrolytic capacitors as well as the tar capacitors have been replaced.
The replaced parts are included as well as the schematic and commercial documentation.

Please note that the set is now set to use the Bluetooth option.
This is connected to the input of the turntable. The turntable just spins, but you cannot play records. If desired, the Bluetooth module can be removed and the record player connected.

Shipping in consultation from France or the Netherlands

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