Tesla 1025A Bolero

Year of manufacture: 1972/73
Manufacturer: Tesla Bratislava
Wave bands: FM OIRT, long wave, medium wave, short wave 17,6 - 50,4 m
Tubes used: ECC85, ECH81, EBF89, ECC83, EL84, EM84
Description:

Vacuum tube turntable radio with a three-speed turntable and a separate speaker. Tube radios were seriously outdated at the time of its production, they required much more raw materials and consumed several times more power than transistor radios. This type was probably originally designed to be stereophonic, the chassis and printed circuit board have space for two power amplifiers, but only one is present. This is probably also the reason why the radio has a separate speaker cabinet despite the fact that there is enough space for the speaker in the cabinet of the radio. The radios suffered from poor build quality, badly soldered joints and the high-frequency part was sloppily put in tune.