Shneider Stereo Concept TS 1422, made in Germany in 1983, was the complete music center for cassette fans, which makes it possible to record from the radio tuner and from the disc onto the cassette tape. Furthermore, it was possible to record the contents of one cassette on the second cassette in a convenient, fast, and above all without loss of quality. However, keep in mind that the frequency response of the cassette part was 40 Hz - 10 kHz only (DIN CrO2). The amplifier part has a music rating power of 15 watts per channel according to DIN 45500. The unit was equipped with TS1422 speakers with a nominal rating of 12 watts (max power 20 watts). It was more than enough for the student room, or for the young family studio. So, for the young generation at the beginning of the 80s, it was a convenient set of intelligent techniques with acceptable sound.
in my early years as tv/radio mechanic we had those thingies coming in for repair every now and then. i liked the idea of having only one unit for your entertainment but quality was absolute lousy compared to everything else we had until then. well, they weren't made to last long, nor to be repaired. if you tightened a screw too muc, the plastic broke, if you loosend the wrong screw trying to open it, the whole thing fell apart like a house of cards and you preferred to throw it out the window but mounting it again... they were part of the beginning of making low-quality "throw-away" hifi - and as loving allt his crap, most boomboxes do also belong to that group great if some survived !
banana Rama made a song about these.....trash in the first degree lol. at least Amstrad who also made trash in the early 1980's looked way better
We didn't have this style over here, it was mainly the Fisher All-In-One Stacked Components that used proprietary cords to connect. It didn't matter the units were full of air and the whole stack weighed a few lbs, the young girls loved them and HiFi audio died. The design was copied by everybody, who knows who was first, it's interesting that it was made in Germany, I would have guessed Hong Kong, Taiwan or Malaysia. My gut feeling is they just sit slightly above entry level, but are they collectable? I can see down the road that maybe they look retro-80's cool but it's going to take a few more years. Of course I'm a sucker for most of the old equipment, I might have something similar hidden back in my shop.
Amstrad and Schneider were all about the same (there was even a french company called Schneider, i do have a Cloneman from them)
I like German design in general and respect their concern about quality. I am not sure about this very strange unit. It seems like a Jack Of All Trades And a Master Of None. I actually briefly owned a similar Fisher All-In-One Stacked Components circa 1984-85 and always felt I wasted my money. It looked better than it performed and it did not last long either... Also, when we were swapping tapes, many of my buddies thought that I recorded them on my boombox and not on the component system. So the sound recording quality was meh... at best, even from vinyl. A cool trip down memory lane though. Thanks for saving it!
