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Meine Tante arbeitete als leitende Musikredakteurin bei Radio Free Europe. Aus ihrem Nachlass habe ich Tonbandgeräte und Plattenspieler
Mangels Sachverstand habe ich das Tonbandgerät nur eingeschaltet und laufen gelassen, Vorlauf, Rücklauf
This is an ambitious ask at €299. Recent comparable listings put the median at €156, with the upper quartile at €227, so €299 is well beyond the normal used-market range rather than a bargain. It would need exceptional condition, servicing, or unusually complete accessories to justify the premium.
The SG 561 Royal is a serious vintage reel-to-reel machine, not a basic deck: it offers four speeds, strong speed stability, interchangeable 2-/4-track head carriers, built-in mixing and amplification, and useful monitoring and echo functions. That feature set and Uher’s solid construction make a clean, fully working example appealing, especially to enthusiasts. At this price, insist on demonstrated recording and playback, stable transport, healthy heads, and working controls; otherwise, the gap versus typical examples leaves too much room for a costly restoration.
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Uher is a German audio brand founded in Munich in 1953, with roots in the work of inventor Edmund Uher and the UHER Werke company. It began as an industrial and equipment manufacturer before moving into consumer and professional audio, becoming especially associated with durable German-built tape machines. The brand’s postwar identity was built on engineering rather than glamour, and its most important legacy comes from the era when portable recording was becoming essential to broadcasters and field journalists.
Uher is best known for open-reel tape recorders, especially the portable Report series, along with other tape decks and some hi-fi and dictation equipment. It was not primarily a speaker, turntable, DAC, or headphone brand in the modern sense, and those categories are not where its reputation was made. Instead, Uher specialized in rugged, practical analogue recorders aimed at serious users who needed reliable performance away from the studio.
In the market, Uher sits firmly in the vintage and collector category today. Its classic machines are valued for build quality, portability, and historical significance, rather than for current high-end audiophile status. For buyers, Uher is less a contemporary hi-fi brand than a respected name from the golden age of analogue recording, with strongest appeal to restorers, archivists, broadcasters, and vintage-audio enthusiasts.
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