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Telefunken S80 Stereo ECL82 Amp- any comment?

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Very pretty little amp made late 1950s early 60s which was well made and is now very collectable. Not a lot of power as it uses one ecl82 per channel in single ended configuration so would need to be used with efficient speakers.
I have tried to get my hands on one of these several times as they appear on ebay auctions occasionally. The bidding always seems to go sky high though.
There are sites such as this one who claim to have schematics available (you need to be a member). Nothing unusual or complicated about the circuit so you might not even need a schematic.
 
Hello James ,
I have a complete article about the S 81 from the german "Funkschau" .
This little amp is made only for tweeters , you must have a great mono radio as "subwoofer" , there is an extra output for this .
If you want to use this amp for fullrange , you had to change the 220 pf coupling capacitors , but the output transformers are very small . I have had many of these amps , they are not rare here in Germany , and I sold them all .
Nice design , it is called "Badezimmerwaage" in Germany .
Regards , AlexK .
 
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