Luxury Vintage Radios - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

newlite4 · 19th Jul 2021, 8:18 pm

Very opulent site here packed with very high quality radios for sale along with many images of each model along with very thorough descriptions of each.

https://luxuryradios.com/en/

Some very in depth restorations are covered here so certainly not cheap!
Neil

Cobaltblue · 19th Jul 2021, 8:24 pm

Sorry nothing there appeals to me its all post war for a start!

Cheers

Mike T

19th Jul 2021, 8:35 pm

At what price I wonder?

Nickthedentist · 19th Jul 2021, 8:53 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobaltblue

Sorry nothing there appeals to me its all post war for a start!

Cheers

Mike T

Apparently not...
https://luxuryradios.com/en/imcaradio-multigamma-if92-en/

Cobaltblue · 19th Jul 2021, 9:01 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickthedentist

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobaltblue

Sorry nothing there appeals to me its all post war for a start!

Cheers

Mike T

Apparently not...
https://luxuryradios.com/en/imcaradio-multigamma-if92-en/

That definitely doesn't appeal to me either

My wife's always threatening to burn my collection I'd let her burn that one

Think UK domestic sets not our overseas cousins creations

Cheers

Mike T

Radio Wrangler · 19th Jul 2021, 9:03 pm

Opulent probably describes the prices quite well.

The demonstration rooms are rather odd. Plain walls, hardwood floors, a veritable hall of mirrors. Open baffle speakers too. Very Bauhaus chic in design, probably as bad a starting point as you can get from the point of view of acoustics.

Couldn't you find space for just one post-war receiver, Mike... A Tandberg Huldra for example? But if we all had exactly the same interests, just think of the prices and the queues!

Edit: Just seen that pre-war one Nick spotted. Dear heavens that thing is hideous! I offer the use of a big propane torch to get it going!

David

Cobaltblue · 19th Jul 2021, 9:45 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler

Couldn't you find space for just one post-war receiver, Mike... A Tandberg Huldra for example? But if we all had exactly the same interests, just think of the prices and the queues!

Edit: Just seen that pre-war one Nick spotted. Dear heavens that thing is hideous! I offer the use of a big propane torch to get it going!

David

I already have more than 100 post war sets how many more do you want to foist upon me

It includes a Huldra 9 (I think its a 9 it's a hybrid) and a B&O Beomaster 900K.

Cheers

Mike T

Radio Wrangler · 20th Jul 2021, 4:33 am

Yeah... those are seriously posh!

David

Nickthedentist · 20th Jul 2021, 6:58 am

There's lots of twaddle on the site (e.g. that you should never site a stereo receiver between the speakers), but the photos are lovely and it's nice to see somebody making a go of marketing old radios to people with lots of spare cash. Surely this might help increase their desirability and persuade a few people to treasure sets that might be otherwise discarded.

I still remember with horror a holiday to Germany with my parents in the mid 1980s, and coming across the "Sperrmüll" waste collection, where everyone put out their big items for collection by a crusher. There were piles of radios like this, all destroyed in a few minutes. There seems to be less saving/collecting (hoarding?) on the Continent than over here!

Pic from a quick Google:

Cobaltblue · 20th Jul 2021, 7:13 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickthedentist

it's nice to see somebody making a go of marketing old radios to people with lots of spare cash. Surely this might help increase their desirability and persuade a few people to treasure sets that might be otherwise discarded.

Can't argue against that

Cheers

Mike T

newlite4 · 20th Jul 2021, 9:52 am

Blimey, that Multigamma is seriously ugly, I wish I hadn't seen it now, I didn't know it was on there! Sorry everyone, I should have vetted the site first before unleashing it on you lot

. I'm going to set to work on a DAC90a to recover

.
Neil

electronicskip · 20th Jul 2021, 1:38 pm

Always nice to see sets restored whether its commercial or enthusiast driven.
Lovely site .

cathoderay57 · 21st Jul 2021, 3:29 pm

How about these? https://www.classicradioshop.info/vintage-radios-for-sale Jerry

G6Tanuki · 21st Jul 2021, 7:03 pm

About the only one of them I would give house-room to is the Braun RCS9 - which at least _looks_ to me like a proper receiver should, with its nice aluminium case.

[Alas according to Radiomuseum - https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/braun_steuergeraet_rcs9_2.html - it has the horribly unreliable ELL80 dual-pentodes as its push-pull output-stages]

peter_scott · 23rd Jul 2021, 10:58 am

I had a Philips radiogram with similar piano keys etc and thought it was quite classy because it had a knob for rotating the ferrite aerial. The set performed well and in fact better than the one that actually springs to mind as "luxury". That was a Murphy A40C that I repaired for a friend of my father. Double conversion on SW and push-pull output driving a huge energised 12" speaker.

Peter

19th Jul 2021, 8:18 pm	#1
newlite4 Octode Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bath, Somerset, UK. Posts: 1,962	Luxury Vintage Radios Very opulent site here packed with very high quality radios for sale along with many images of each model along with very thorough descriptions of each. https://luxuryradios.com/en/ Some very in depth restorations are covered here so certainly not cheap! Neil __________________ preserving the recent past, for the distant future.

19th Jul 2021, 8:24 pm	#2
Cobaltblue Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Exeter, Devon and Poole, Dorset UK. Posts: 7,708	Re: Luxury Vintage Radios Sorry nothing there appeals to me its all post war for a start! Cheers Mike T __________________ Invisible airwaves crackle with life or at least they used to Mike T BVWS member. www.cossor.co.uk

19th Jul 2021, 8:35 pm	#3
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19th Jul 2021, 9:03 pm	#6
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 24,743	Re: Luxury Vintage Radios Opulent probably describes the prices quite well. The demonstration rooms are rather odd. Plain walls, hardwood floors, a veritable hall of mirrors. Open baffle speakers too. Very Bauhaus chic in design, probably as bad a starting point as you can get from the point of view of acoustics. Couldn't you find space for just one post-war receiver, Mike... A Tandberg Huldra for example? But if we all had exactly the same interests, just think of the prices and the queues! Edit: Just seen that pre-war one Nick spotted. Dear heavens that thing is hideous! I offer the use of a big propane torch to get it going! David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done

20th Jul 2021, 4:33 am	#8
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 24,743	Re: Luxury Vintage Radios Yeah... those are seriously posh! David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done

20th Jul 2021, 6:58 am	#9
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 19,107	Re: Luxury Vintage Radios There's lots of twaddle on the site (e.g. that you should never site a stereo receiver between the speakers), but the photos are lovely and it's nice to see somebody making a go of marketing old radios to people with lots of spare cash. Surely this might help increase their desirability and persuade a few people to treasure sets that might be otherwise discarded. I still remember with horror a holiday to Germany with my parents in the mid 1980s, and coming across the "Sperrmüll" waste collection, where everyone put out their big items for collection by a crusher. There were piles of radios like this, all destroyed in a few minutes. There seems to be less saving/collecting (hoarding?) on the Continent than over here! Pic from a quick Google: Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Nickthedentist; 20th Jul 2021 at 7:11 am.

20th Jul 2021, 9:52 am	#11
newlite4 Octode Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bath, Somerset, UK. Posts: 1,962	Re: Luxury Vintage Radios Blimey, that Multigamma is seriously ugly, I wish I hadn't seen it now, I didn't know it was on there! Sorry everyone, I should have vetted the site first before unleashing it on you lot . I'm going to set to work on a DAC90a to recover . Neil __________________ preserving the recent past, for the distant future.

20th Jul 2021, 1:38 pm	#12
electronicskip Nonode Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Gloucester, Glos. UK. Posts: 2,239	Re: Luxury Vintage Radios Always nice to see sets restored whether its commercial or enthusiast driven. Lovely site . __________________ Oh I've had that for years dear!!

21st Jul 2021, 3:29 pm	#13
cathoderay57 Nonode Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Bristol, UK. Posts: 2,744	Re: Luxury Vintage Radios How about these? https://www.classicradioshop.info/vintage-radios-for-sale Jerry

21st Jul 2021, 7:03 pm	#14
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 15,756	Re: Luxury Vintage Radios About the only one of them I would give house-room to is the Braun RCS9 - which at least _looks_ to me like a proper receiver should, with its nice aluminium case. [Alas according to Radiomuseum - https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/braun_steuergeraet_rcs9_2.html - it has the horribly unreliable ELL80 dual-pentodes as its push-pull output-stages]

23rd Jul 2021, 10:58 am	#15
peter_scott Dekatron Join Date: May 2003 Location: Edinburgh, UK. Posts: 3,289	Re: Luxury Vintage Radios I had a Philips radiogram with similar piano keys etc and thought it was quite classy because it had a knob for rotating the ferrite aerial. The set performed well and in fact better than the one that actually springs to mind as "luxury". That was a Murphy A40C that I repaired for a friend of my father. Double conversion on SW and push-pull output driving a huge energised 12" speaker. Peter __________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk https://www.youtube.com/c/PeterScott/videos