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Ich verkaufe dieses klassische Uher Variocord 263 Stereo Tonbandgerät aus den späten 60er bis frühen 70er Jahren. Das Gerät ist ein echtes Stück Technikgeschichte und ein toller Blickfang für Liebhaber analoger Audiotechnik.

- Modell: Uher Variocord 263 Stereo
- Inklusive zwei BASF Spulen
- Mit originaler Staubschutzhaube
- Klassisches Design mit silberner Frontblende
- Analoge Pegelanzeige

Das Tonbandgerät befindet sich in einem dem Alter entsprechenden optischen Zustand. Es ist ein wunderbares Sammlerstück für alle, die den warmen Klang analoger Aufnahmen schätzen. Gerne kannst du mir bei Interesse eine Nachricht schreiben.

Zustand, Strom angeschlossen leuchtet und dreht sich auch.

Da es sich um ein Privatverkauf handelt schließe ich jegliche Garantie sowie Gewährleistung oder Umtausch aus.

Abholung in 49191 Belm

Our Thoughts RADAR AI

The condition is unknown, but at €80 this sits exactly at the recent comparable median: fair rather than a bargain, and comfortably within the normal €65–€86 range. The price is defensible if it is complete and working, though an untested example should ideally be cheaper given the age.

The Variocord 263 is a substantial late-1960s/early-1970s reel-to-reel deck—not a cassette machine—with three speeds, interchangeable two-/four-track head options, built-in amplification, and support for reels up to 18 cm. Its flexibility and unusually self-contained design make it appealing to vintage-tape enthusiasts. Before buying, confirm that both channels, all speeds, transport functions, meters, and recording work, and check whether the correct head carrier and lid are included; at €80, a properly demonstrated unit would be a sound buy.

Independent perspective — not a price guarantee. Always verify condition, accessories and provenance before purchase.

About Uher

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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