Missed your last videos due to vacation on your beautiful island. The island is as amazing as your restorations. Now I have caught on. Good work, love the result. The Brauns are nice radios.👌👌
Mothers are always a unique resource (ha ha). The radio is quite the looker and I am so impressed your additional tweaks are totally removable. Here in the UK there is very little quality broadcasting left on MW so the bluetooth would give new life to an old tech. All the best mate.
I’ve done over a hundred radios by now, so some things are almost automatic. I always enjoy it when I need to do something different. We never know too much 😊
Beautiful finish, many skills and innovations put into this restoration. Tea stained grille cloth looks perfect, a lot of input from many folks really made this restoration for me. Bravo.
Well done Manuel, it's nice your family gets involved with your hobby, your wife's favorite radio that has the matching grill cloth from your sofa, your mom's grill cloth recommendation, it's just a family affair.
Beautiful radio! Excellent job and great to see just how useful black tea can be. 😂 The lack of warmth in the sound is a surprise. I have a TS3-81 and that is very warm, rich and powerful. The bass speaker looks very similar to the TS2. Difficult to tell on the TS2 whether it was by design or maybe a weakness somewhere. But anyway, great job! Love the fine tuning mod too!!!
I think that fine tuning should be off on MW/LW, because otherwise it complicates rotation of the ferrite antenna. So it should be connected not directly to tuning condenser but to SW oscillator coil that is switched.
Did you use a fixative for the grill cloth ? I am afraid the dye will stain as soon as light or water hits it. This is a short text you can find, but I have no experience: "To actually use your dyes on fabric, you’ll need to set them first. This is done by applying a fixative-also called a mordant-to your fabric prior to dyeing. Salt and vinegar are both natural fixatives and a good way to go with these types of dyes, with salt being ideal for dyes made from fruits and berries and vinegar ideal for dyes made from plants. Combine either ½ cup salt with eight cups water or equal parts vinegar and water in a saucepan, then add your fabric and simmer for one hour. When you’re done, run the fabric under cool water and then start applying your dye." And further, that grill cloth could influence the sound quality. The fabric should be woven loosely enough, and not connected at the intersections ?
@@electronicsoldandnew I got some from Ukraine. Even though they are costly, radio of this quality and beauty deserves a nice new EM80. Also after you put so much effort into the restoration
Regarding the sound @xraytonyb did a very rather good video a couple of weeks ago called "Damping Factor: What is it & is it Important?" which might be of interest? In an earlier video you showed the frequency response plotted as voltage against frequency so I guess that rules out any issues with the tone shaping in the negative feedback circuitry and it would thus seem to be either down to the speaker or the the enclosure as you suggest. Good luck finding an EM80.
@@electronicsoldandnew There's one on Etsy but £30 plus whatever it would cost to post it to you! Loads of the Russian jobs around (Watford Valves for example) but that's a bit contentious.
My G11 has basically the same design with the same speakers and to me it sounds really good. Only real difference is the grill. Mine has sort of metal shutters in front of the speakers that could effect the sound. I would like a copy of the dailglass. I will send my details by patreon
Design looks very much early 1960s or even mid 1960s. But when I checked the information about Braun TS2, it says 1956-58 which really says a lot that Braun really was years ahead of the design
The fact is that we are all constantly spoiled by brilliant sound all day. When we hear an old radio, especially on MW or SW, we cannot be but disappointed, because the sound does not correspond to the modern standards. Nevertheless the Germans knew how to build fine radios, though they were a bit pricey.
wonderful result, about the sounding, maybe you miss some of the soft deep bass, it can be the circuitry or the fron speaker, you know how to plot amplitude-frequency characteristics with a computer, so you can check the loudness curve and correct it a little lower bass 😉👍
Wish I could get Europe on LW and MW and FM .... where I live......LW is Russia and China....MW is Australia and Japan....some From Honolulu and Tahiti......Korea is on 1503khz....Japan on. 593 and 774khz....😊
Mother knows best. Your Mom's awesome!
She sure is.
Missed your last videos due to vacation on your beautiful island. The island is as amazing as your restorations. Now I have caught on. Good work, love the result. The Brauns are nice radios.👌👌
Hope you had good weather while here 👍
Mothers are always a unique resource (ha ha). The radio is quite the looker and I am so impressed your additional tweaks are totally removable. Here in the UK there is very little quality broadcasting left on MW so the bluetooth would give new life to an old tech. All the best mate.
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What a beautiful radio! Enjoyed the videos on the restoration. Well done Manuel!
Thank you
I'm always amazed at how well you finish your projects, but this one is a jaw dropping project. The frequency tuning plate you made is perfect.
I’ve done over a hundred radios by now, so some things are almost automatic. I always enjoy it when I need to do something different. We never know too much 😊
It was a joy watching this restoration. Impressive radio!
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Beautiful finish, many skills and innovations put into this restoration. Tea stained grille cloth looks perfect, a lot of input from many folks really made this restoration for me. Bravo.
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Excellent results on a really interesting design!
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Excellent work and a beautiful result. Simple and elegant lines, and great to see such a radio live on.
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Well done Manuel, it's nice your family gets involved with your hobby, your wife's favorite radio that has the matching grill cloth from your sofa, your mom's grill cloth recommendation, it's just a family affair.
True 😊 must get my mom to do a Madeiran embroidery for the logo 😊 then the cat can tear it all to shreds
The radio looks immaculate, so nice I think it is of the "Bauhaus" style of design. A lot of products of this era from Germany were of this design.🐞
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Excellent work looks fantastic. Cabinet work came out looking excellent.
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Beautiful radio! Excellent job and great to see just how useful black tea can be. 😂 The lack of warmth in the sound is a surprise. I have a TS3-81 and that is very warm, rich and powerful. The bass speaker looks very similar to the TS2. Difficult to tell on the TS2 whether it was by design or maybe a weakness somewhere. But anyway, great job! Love the fine tuning mod too!!!
👍 will have to tinker a little more to try and see what the sound isn’t up to par.
Sweet..
The sound is a bit hollow and not very rich. But not terrible. Superb looking now!!
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Great sir,
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Greetings from Gran Canaria, well known for its AM transmitters by now :)
Very well known. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be able to test the MW bands 😊 Muchas Gracias hermano 😊
I think that fine tuning should be off on MW/LW, because otherwise it complicates rotation of the ferrite antenna. So it should be connected not directly to tuning condenser but to SW oscillator coil that is switched.
That’s correct. I did it to the condenser as it was closest, but to be more accurate, it should go after the switching section.
Did you use a fixative for the grill cloth ? I am afraid the dye will stain as soon as light or water hits it. This is a short text you can find, but I have no experience:
"To actually use your dyes on fabric, you’ll need to set them first. This is done by applying a fixative-also called a mordant-to your fabric prior to dyeing.
Salt and vinegar are both natural fixatives and a good way to go with these types of dyes, with salt being ideal for dyes made from fruits and berries and vinegar ideal for dyes made from plants.
Combine either ½ cup salt with eight cups water or equal parts vinegar and water in a saucepan, then add your fabric and simmer for one hour. When you’re done, run the fabric under cool water and then start applying your dye."
And further, that grill cloth could influence the sound quality. The fabric should be woven loosely enough, and not connected at the intersections ?
Thanks for that article. I’ve learnt something new 😊
Maybe less intermodulation distortion?
Have you swapped tubes in case one is a bit weak ?
Yes, checked them.
@@electronicsoldandnew Magic eye is very weak or I just can't see it? It looks it is a EM80
Yes, I mention it in the video. Am sourcing replacement, but they’re costly these days 😊
@@electronicsoldandnew I got some from Ukraine. Even though they are costly, radio of this quality and beauty deserves a nice new EM80. Also after you put so much effort into the restoration
I agree
Regarding the sound @xraytonyb did a very rather good video a couple of weeks ago called "Damping Factor: What is it & is it Important?" which might be of interest? In an earlier video you showed the frequency response plotted as voltage against frequency so I guess that rules out any issues with the tone shaping in the negative feedback circuitry and it would thus seem to be either down to the speaker or the the enclosure as you suggest. Good luck finding an EM80.
I’ll need a lot of luck to find an EM80 … or money 😊
@@electronicsoldandnew There's one on Etsy but £30 plus whatever it would cost to post it to you! Loads of the Russian jobs around (Watford Valves for example) but that's a bit contentious.
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Thanks
My G11 has basically the same design with the same speakers and to me it sounds really good. Only real difference is the grill. Mine has sort of metal shutters in front of the speakers that could effect the sound. I would like a copy of the dailglass. I will send my details by patreon
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How rusty are those guitar strings? 😊
Not very, but they could do with some resonating 😊
Design looks very much early 1960s or even mid 1960s. But when I checked the information about Braun TS2, it says 1956-58 which really says a lot that Braun really was years ahead of the design
They sure were
The fact is that we are all constantly spoiled by brilliant sound all day. When we hear an old radio, especially on MW or SW, we cannot be but disappointed, because the sound does not correspond to the modern standards. Nevertheless the Germans knew how to build fine radios, though they were a bit pricey.
They cost a fortune back in their day. We are indeed spoilt.
wonderful result, about the sounding, maybe you miss some of the soft deep bass, it can be the circuitry or the fron speaker, you know how to plot amplitude-frequency characteristics with a computer, so you can check the loudness curve and correct it a little lower bass 😉👍
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Wish I could get Europe on LW and MW and FM .... where I live......LW is Russia and China....MW is Australia and Japan....some From Honolulu and Tahiti......Korea is on 1503khz....Japan on. 593 and 774khz....😊
Smokers Destroyed Radios though the Years 😮