Grundig 205 (1971–1972)

The Grundig 205 is a compact three-valve tube radio. It was produced for roughly a year and a half, from 1971 into 1972. It covers FM, medium wave, and long wave: FM from 87.5-108 MHz, MW from 510-1620 kHz, and LW from 150-350 kHz. The valves are 2 × DN 71 plus one DY 86. It runs on 110-220 V AC, draws 27 W, and puts out 3 W of audio through its internal speaker arrangement.

The set is small and light at 270 × 147 × 165 mm (W × H × D) and just 2.5 kg. It has a single 6-pin DIN socket for external connection. The original German list price was DM 428.

That is about all the record holds. No contemporary reviews of the 205 appear in the usual British audio press of the period. The only Grundig coverage there concerns tape recorders such as the TK24S, Studio Sound (March 1968, p.40). Nothing is documented about the cabinet design, the tuner specifics, or how it compared to competing table radios. The tube complement and the modest 3 W output suggest a budget-to-midrange domestic set rather than anything aimed at hobbyists, but that is inference, not documentation. If you own one and can add anything about how it sounds or what the cabinet is like, the archive would welcome the detail.