{"id":1460,"date":"2020-05-26T21:26:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T21:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2021-01-14T23:55:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T23:55:19","slug":"beolit-400-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storycase.co.uk\/radio\/beolit\/beolit-400-range\/","title":{"rendered":"Beolit 400 Range"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacob Jensen’s iconic transistor radio began with the Beolit 400 introduced at the start of the 1970s. Its colourful design included a range of replaceable front and rear panels to suit the latest interior fashion. Outstanding sound quality for a small transistor radio made it a popular buy at around \u00a325 here in the UK. Thousands were manufactured and it’s worth looking out for at car boot fairs and charity shops and online auctions.<\/p>\n

Black was the most successful colour judging by the number still coming up for sale. It looks excellent contrasted with the silver anodised aluminium slide rule dial. Other colours shown in this collection include white, \u00a0red, cyan (blue \u00a0green), purple and tan or mustard also known in the UK as ‘Curry’. Watch out for shiny finishes as they are likely to have been resprayed and flake unless done professionally. Original finishes are satin rather than gloss and the later series often came in matt.<\/p>\n

The radio’s success spawned several versions with the Beolit 500, mains powered\u00a0Beolit 505, which superseded the Beolit 400 and the Beolit 600<\/a> which had a mains powered option. This was replaced by the Beolit 700 and mains powered\u00a0Beolit 707 which came in black anodised finish as shown here. Prices typically range from \u00a380 to over \u00a3200 for the rare models in sought after colours.<\/p>\n

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Selection of Beolit 400, 600 and 700 range<\/p><\/div>\n

Much gratitude to Judit<\/a> for the photography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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