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ke4mcl
09-29-2011, 12:36 PM
i trolled ebay on a whim and hit upon a blaupunkt new york german made cassette head unit and the matching 4x15w amp for $25 shipped on BIN. man that was a stroke of luck!

now i have two of these new york model radios which are amongst the last of the german made blaupunkts. i hope to get one fully working unit out of the two.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/secretagentxxx/german%20car%20radios/blaupunktnyandamp.jpg
retrokeeper
09-29-2011, 01:20 PM
Nice indeed...OK,time to make a post about what car stereo's we TH members have in our collection,I still need to dig out/find a box somewhere,my "lost pieces" from a time when I was in the business...nothing special,just good memories!! Rob
Scorpion8
09-29-2011, 01:58 PM
Nice! What is the big bulge on the upper right of the front? Are these decks security protected for certain cars?
ke4mcl
09-30-2011, 07:29 AM
Nice! What is the big bulge on the upper right of the front? Are these decks security protected for certain cars?

that is an oddly designed up/down seek control. it has two paddles so you can feel for it without taking your eyes off the road. in the center is a slider to adjust tuner sensitivity. its great ergonomics but poor visuals!
CK1991
09-30-2011, 10:31 AM
with the blaupunkt amp, is that 15 watts max per channel or 15 watts rms per channel?
ke4mcl
09-30-2011, 11:52 AM
states 15w rms per channel on the amp's plate. i gutted one of these years ago and as i remember it used sanyo chips that were rated at 14wpc by sanyo spec sheet. guess even blaupunkt is guilty of rounding up.
CK1991
09-30-2011, 08:00 PM
states 15w rms per channel on the amp's plate. i gutted one of these years ago and as i remember it used sanyo chips that were rated at 14wpc by sanyo spec sheet. guess even blaupunkt is guilty of rounding up.

not bad, considering thats about how much power a new HU actually puts out.

how were these older blaupunkts as far as sound quality? I know their tape mechanisms are great (when they arent stuck auto reversing or fast forwarding) but how was the rest of the system? I know they were expensive at the time (at least compared to pioneer, kenwood, clarion, most sonys etc.)