but, like Grundig, they mostly cranked out the 'middle-price-range' units that seemed to be favored by most members of the buying public. Motorola, RCA, Zenith, and a few other domestic manufacturers still built some very high-end models. Every model must be judged on its own merits.īy the time this German radio was manufactured, the really great names of USA-built audio equipment had slipped off their pedestals: Fisher, Capehart, and Magnavox. They were not considered to be an exclusively 'premium' brand as they made products for every budget, from inexpensive radios to relatively high-end instruments. Grundig products were generally well-designed and well-built. But it depends strongly on the region of the country that you are in. Any ideas of the value of a piece like this? Are they in the same league as other american made units? Do any of you own a similar unit and if so have you had any issues? Thanks.įor $40, you probably got it for the prevailing market value. A shorted capacitor can lead to severe (read: expensive) damage to other components.

This set is old enough that its electrolytic caps are subject to sudden failure in fact, the radio probably should have all of its paper tubular caps (of which there are probably 15 to 20 in this set) replaced if you intend to make it a 'daily player'. This has to be done in order to fix the dial cord issue, anyway, so kill two birds with one rock. However, to get the contact cleaner where it needs to go, you will need to remove the chassis from its cabinet. Shooting the radio's switch matrix with Deoxit contact cleaner may resolve your other issues. If not, there are other (Euro) sites that probably have this info. may have the dial stringing drawing do a Google search using the words 'radiomuseum', 'Grundig', and your specific set's model number and you can quickly determine if this info is available there. Cords are not that difficult to replace in this model if you have a cord stringing guide. There may be two AM cords- one that connects the tuning knob to the tuning cap, and another cord that connects the tuning cap to the dial indicator. More likely is that the AM tuning cord has broken. The tuning clutch (if this model even uses one) seldom fails.

Grundig stereogram