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Biete UHER SG 561 Royal Tonbandgerät/Bandmaschine in dem Alter entsprechend sehr gutem Zustand. Die Maschine funktioniert, benötigt aber nach jahrzehntelangem Stillstand Wartung.

Maschine wie auf den Bildern zu sehen, auf Wunsch (gegen Aufpreis) auch mit den beiden, und weiteren Metallspulen.

Nur Abholung. Zahlung via Paypal oder Bar bei Abholung.

Our Thoughts RADAR AI

This is a fair ask leaning good value rather than a bargain, assuming it’s fully working and cosmetically as described. For a more obscure vintage cassette deck like this, €150 sits in the sensible used zone: not cheap enough to be a steal, but reasonable for a clean, presentable example of a higher-grade model.

The appeal here is the Uher build quality and the novelty of a well-made, less-common European deck that can still be very satisfying if the transport is healthy. A tidy, “excellent” unit is worth paying up for because these older mechanisms are only as good as their belts, idlers, and head condition; if playback, speed stability, and auto-stop all check out, this is a solid enthusiast buy at the price.

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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