Grundig SE-26
Surviving information on the Grundig SE-26 is thin. The only period source located is a Grundig advertisement that ran in Studio-Sound from December 1972 through June 1973. In the December 1972 issue (p.32), the ad described the SE-26 as a three-head, four-track stereo machine - in context, a semi-professional tape recorder - with a frequency response of 30-20,000 Hz, 24 watts of output, and a "best" wow-and-flutter figure of ±0.1%. Grundig's copy used that figure to argue for honest, conservative specifications. It said it was better to quote such a number than to under-rate a machine and have an independent lab later measure worse.
No contemporary test report, service manual, price list, or production dates have surfaced for the SE-26. Nearly everything known about the model rests on that advertising campaign. Its exact place in Grundig's line-up is undocumented.
Known specifications, as quoted in period advertising:
- Three-head, four-track stereo tape recorder
- Frequency response: 30–20,000 Hz
- Output power: 24 W
- Wow and flutter: ±0.1% (manufacturer's quoted best)
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