Telefunken M28A
Little is documented about the Telefunken M28A beyond a run of period advertisements in Studio Sound. The ads describe a professional tape recorder in Telefunken's Magnetophon line. They ran from at least January 1971 through roughly mid-1972.
The September 1971 Studio Sound (p.56) ad pushed two selling points: two-channel monitoring and an interchangeable head assembly. The head assembly shows up in every known ad, so it was evidently the machine's headline feature. One Studio Sound (June 1971, p.62) ad also mentioned broadcast-studio versions, and its headline bluntly claimed the M28A was simply the best. The January 1971 Studio Sound (p.2) ad listed it at £600. By February 1972 (Studio Sound, p.6) the price had risen to £633. Later UK distributor pages paired the M28A with ME 104 wow-and-flutter meters, which points to a broadcast and recording-studio market.
Everything else - tape speeds, head switching, electronics, transport mechanics, production quantities - appears to be undocumented. If you have an M28A manual or sales literature, please get in touch.
- Professional reel-to-reel tape recorder, Telefunken "Magnetophon" line
- Two-channel monitoring; interchangeable head assembly
- Advertised price: £600 (Jan 1971), £633 (Feb 1972)
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