Stereo Festival TA230

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Harman Kardon; New York

• Year
• 1958

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 87828

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 20

• Valves / Tubes
• ECC85 ECC85 6AU6 6AU6 EM840 EM840 6AU6 6AL5 6BA6 6BE6 6BA6 12AX7 12AU7 12AU7 12AX7 12AU7 7408 7408 7408 7408

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.

• Details
• Hi-Fi equipment

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Power out
• 30 W (60 W max.)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Stereo Festival TA230 - Harman Kardon; New York

• Shape
• Book-shelf unit.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 400 x 160 x 330 mm / 15.7 x 6.3 x 13 inch

• Notes

• Double Receiver for simultaneous operation of AM and FM, as was used for early US stereo broadcast (one channel AM, the other channel FM). This was one of the first models in the market using this technique.The name Festival D1000 was used for the first product of Harman Kardon.
  The Stereo Festival TA230 for two wave bands: FM 88-108 MHz, AM 530-1640 KHz, Audio Amplifier 15 Watts per channel at less than 0,6 % harmonic distortion. Peak power 30 Watt per channel. Record equalization: RIAA, Tape equalization NARTB 7-1/2 IPS.
  MPX out for external decoder like Harman Kardon MX600.

• Price in first year of sale
• 260.00 USD

• Mentioned in
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 479 folder 9 date 3-60)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by Gottfried Silberhorn. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 298 models, 257 with images and 129 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Harman Kardon; New York