Jow

On saturday I made a exchange ... and get some interesting bboxes. One of those is this one right here - must be one of the early 3-piecer ...









Any infos about this bbox??? ...


Thanks and best wishes
TOM

Woaaah!
That´s real a strange and rare looking unit.
But it looks good!

Congrats to this 3piece "dinosaur".

Looks about 1976-77 ? I guess Germany got shut out of the mass production era of Boombox's in the 80's. I'm also surprised more manufactures did't use side mounted speakers like the Sony CF-550A & 580, it really gives a better sense of stereo. In the early 70's my dad bought a huge grundig while2 we was in France with 4 speakers (don't know the model), but it was something. Wish I had it today ! Have not seen Another on the web ?

Now that's an original! Whoa nelly!

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Any infos about this bbox??? ...

...not about the box but about the brand:

The brand JESKO was owned by:
TEC Technische Warenfabrikation und Vertriebs GmbH
Postfach Wiesbaden 5605
Rostocker Straße 6-8
Wiesbaden-Bierstadt


the name was changed later(mid 80`s?)
to:
Jesko Unterhaltungs-Elektronik GmbH
Rostocker Str. 8
65191 Wiesbaden



Two more trademarks were owned by them:
"TEC"(45 in the base)
and
"SOUND"(33 in the base)

But as far as I know this company doesn`t exist anymore...nevertheless it must have been alive at least till 1993 ,when the German zip-codes got 5 digits.



"jeSko" was a German trademark,which came up in big malls from the KAUFRING,HORTEN,five-and-ten`s and department stores.Along with the cheapo brand "AROSO"(nowadays-IMPEX-Aroso)their sales range was totally similar:

car radios,
spare wipers,
makeup mirrors,
small electric fans,
magnetic thermometers,
extra lamps for 12v plugs,
back lights for rear windows,
bowl-speakers for rear shelfs,
useless lenses for rear windows,
a couple of portable cassette recorders,
"rallye"-plastic coverings for steering wheels,
.................and a lot of funny stuff more....




This one appeared in an auction more than 6 years ago,so it must be rare.I believe it is from 74-75. Congrats on this one!

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cheapo JESKO car radios:




matching bowlspeakers:

(these are universum branded ,but aroso`s and jesko`s were similar.)

Jens,

if you saw one of this 6 years ago it realy must be a rare unit. Thanks for the informations!

I know this Jesko-brand just from cheap, plastic-bboxes or walkmans - but this bbox is realy heavy and had a good production quality ...

Best wishes
TOM

About the label:

I own a old clock-radio, labeled as TEC-SOUND !
Were blasters sold under this bilabel too?

Here it is:

Jow

Like Jens said - TEC and SOUND produce Ghettoblaster - in the beginning their units where good quality, in the late 80's and 90's they just sold trash - those black plastic bombs with horrible sound ...

The TEC broshure of 1982 (with some nice bboxes!):
http://wegavision.pytalhost.com/tec82/

Best wishes
TOM

That´s right, tom.
Nice folder, very intersting.
I own some TEC and SOUND boxes.
The most beautiful i own, is the TEC4040:

But i have never seen a box with doublelabel TEC-SOUND.

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Were blasters sold under this bilabel too?

yes they `ve been sold too as "TEC sound".
only "Sound" and only "TEC".

That´s what i wanted to know, thanks!

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TEC and SOUND produce Ghettoblaster

yes,but that`s indeed weird, per EU ISO LAW defination by law liability and
law responsibility:
A manufacturer(Hersteller) is the Company who sells a unit.
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The original physical manufacturer might be anywhere else on the world.

i own a Sound 4025 boombox. who made it? it's still working great, especially the tape deck still does its job good. radio reception is far above average. I would even say it blows away most other boomboxes i've heard so far...

I've seen a few "TEC" and "TECSound" boxes, but never a "TESKO" nor just "Sound" box, at least not any that I can recall.

Definitely looks like a well-made, early box, and undoubtedly rare. Quite a good catch there. Congratulations!

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a "TESKO"

JESKO,not TESKO...

Here the "SOUND" boxes:

TEC:

Just seen, that i own a TEC-SOUND box.
This poor speakerless 4050:



@Jens: Any pic how the speakers have looked like?



About the "unknown" in the base:



It´s a SOUND TC-100 !



I found it many years ago on the dump and used it long time as radio in the working area. Self designed.


It owns 4 wavebands.

Wow, this TEC M 125 looks great! Would love to know how this thing sounds ...

I see a lot of bbox which I know just with a other lable (TEC) on ...

Best wishes
TOM

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@Jens: Any pic how the speakers have looked like?

here you go:

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Wow, this TEC M 125 looks great! Would love to know how this thing sounds ...

that`s an ac-only unit -a mini sytem: