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Maarten · 19th Jun 2018, 4:28 pm

'Made in Holland' should probably be in quotes as it should on lots of Philips audio stuff from the 1960's and 70's. It was probably printed on the set for customs (goods were probably first declared in their Eindhoven warehouse, not at the gate of the factory) or for name recognition (Philips = Holland), not to reflect the actual factory which was 9 times out of 10 one of their Belgian locations. AH indicates manufacture in Hasselt Belgium, which was their main knowledge center for record players and cassette recorders at the time.

Given the early date, the serial number itself is a bit high. I'm not sure how they counted, maybe I'll find out some day. The letter A behind destination-execution /15 indicates some (later) variant, but a /15 can be just as old as a /00 except it would be destined for the UK market.

19th Jun 2018, 4:28 pm	#5
Maarten Dekatron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Haarlem, Netherlands Posts: 4,199	Re: Philips cassette recorder EL3300/00 'Made in Holland' should probably be in quotes as it should on lots of Philips audio stuff from the 1960's and 70's. It was probably printed on the set for customs (goods were probably first declared in their Eindhoven warehouse, not at the gate of the factory) or for name recognition (Philips = Holland), not to reflect the actual factory which was 9 times out of 10 one of their Belgian locations. AH indicates manufacture in Hasselt Belgium, which was their main knowledge center for record players and cassette recorders at the time. Given the early date, the serial number itself is a bit high. I'm not sure how they counted, maybe I'll find out some day. The letter A behind destination-execution /15 indicates some (later) variant, but a /15 can be just as old as a /00 except it would be destined for the UK market. Last edited by Maarten; 19th Jun 2018 at 4:33 pm.