You have a very appealing and very intriguing console. I was skeptical that the US was trading directly with East Germany in the early 60s. 1967, however, seems somewhat more plausible. When I did various Google searches to see what I could find out about Koronette consoles, most of the results were from Canada or in the US but close to the Canadian border. Might I ask where this console was purchased?
As I understand it, Rema was the East German manufacturer of the chassis; RFK, also East German, made the speakers; and the cabinet was assembled by Koronette (also East German?) who tossed in a BSR turntable from England. Is this correct?
Amazingly elegant styling for a product of this period from behind the Iron Curtain. Among the literature you found is there a Koronette catalog?
Excellent pictures, by the way.
Thanks for the compliments!
The console was bought on the south side of chicago at a place called "Inland Furniture".
Yeah, being off on the date makes a difference during the East Germany time. You seem to be correct about manufacturers for everything. I have no Koronette catalog, just that literature on operating instructions.
There are 10 caps per board that the output tubes go on that I would like to replace, 3 are in aluminum cans, and the rest are in paper cans, I can show the pic again at the end. I was wondering if anybody could provide a place that sells replacements for al these, and what the values are based on the vague writings? The schematic is not of much help as there are cap pictures with no values. I will be literal on what they say. The first three are the metal canned ones. The paper canned ones do not have a plus sign, rather they have a red band around one end, what does that mean?
(1) Frolyt
Elyt 10/25
665
TGL7198
(2) Frolyt
Elyt 100/25
665
TGL7198
(3) Elyt 10uF (I know that one)
250/275V-/665
TGL 7199
(4)(5)(6)(8)(9)(10) I know, except the voltage reads 630- on some.
(7) 100/250 is all I can read
Paper caps are the golden looking ones?
Last thing...I still dont get how the big filter caps work. Are they two 50uF caps in one can in parallel? If anybody can provide a link for replacement, that would get me started....Sorry to sound so dumb on all this, but marantz solid state gear is amazingly easy to work on compared to a poorly documentated 40 year old unit.
Oh, and I never put a pic of it closed up...Since people are so interested in its looks.