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BIG German Saba radio
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Since I'm posting a few of my radios I thought I'd mention a German set I have. 

I've owned a Telefunken Opus 7 radio in a blond cabinet for quite a few years now. It was recapped about a decade ago and has wonderful FM sound. I listen to it often. A person who loves German radios was talking with me at a local radio show about 5 years back and told me to look for one of the Saba table top radios. He mentioned how nice they were and that they have terrific sound. The problem I soon realized is I never see Saba radios locally. After a couple years I was thinking of possibly buying one and having it shipped.

Very shortly after I found this Saba locally on craigslist at a very low price of $100. The lady knew very little about it, just that it had belonged to her parents and she remembered it since she was a small child. Anyway, it's a very large Saba 410US radio with automatic tuning. This is really a large radio! I brought it up on a variac and it worked but when on automatic it only stopped at a few strong stations. It does have great sound! It's been sitting on a shelf with other unrestored radios for about 3 years now but I look forward to some day having it play again!

Here's a front and rear pic.

   

   


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BIG German Saba radio - by thirtiesradio - 08-28-2018, 10:48 PM
RE: BIG German Saba radio - by VntgRads - 08-29-2018, 12:53 AM
RE: BIG German Saba radio - by thirtiesradio - 08-29-2018, 02:00 AM
RE: BIG German Saba radio - by Paul Philco322 - 08-29-2018, 08:37 PM
RE: BIG German Saba radio - by Phlogiston - 08-29-2018, 09:59 PM
RE: BIG German Saba radio - by thirtiesradio - 08-29-2018, 11:03 PM
RE: BIG German Saba radio - by thirtiesradio - 08-29-2018, 11:06 PM
RE: BIG German Saba radio - by thirtiesradio - 08-29-2018, 11:26 PM
RE: BIG German Saba radio - by thirtiesradio - 08-30-2018, 04:29 PM
RE: BIG German Saba radio - by thirtiesradio - 09-05-2018, 06:35 PM



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