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I have a Radionette "Kvintett" Hifi Stereo. It was one of the more expensive models from Radionette in its time. It has ECL86 (6GW8)-based amplifiers, with 3 watts output power. The radio has "duplex tuning" which means that the AM and FM tuning systems are completely independent of each other. There is no FM stereo decoder, so i have to use the tape and phono inputs to get stereo sound, and it sounds just incredibly good when i use it with external speakers, and there is no doubt that the "Hifi"-badge is deserved.
The two other radios pictured is the Tandberg "Huldra" 8 and 9. Both of them has a solid state amplifier, but the radio part still uses tubes. They were the top of the line Tandberg radios when new, and they still sounds great today. The Huldra 8 has a stereo decoder and the Huldra 9 will get one soon; it's just a plug-in card. Huldra 9 was advanced for its time with "varicap tuning" on the FM, allowing the use of a electronic pre selection system. The pre selection adjustments are hidden under a "flip" panel on the faceplate together with a few other controls. The short wave goes up to 30MHz and on the upper part of the short wave the FM tuning knob is used for fine tuning. Most of the time i use them as amplifiers only, and like the Radionette they sound just incredibly good, especially the Huldra 9 with its 2x25 watt amplifier.
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