Braun Atelier T1 Slim AM/FM Tuner — 9 Presets, Quartz, Japan
$245.00
An analogue tuner given a quartz-referenced five-digit readout — the precision of a synthesised design with a real analogue front end behind it, which tends to hold a weak signal more gracefully. The nine presets are not memories: each station button carries its own tuning adjustment, set by hand with a small screwdriver through the panel, so it is effectively nine little tuners in one chassis. Made in Japan, 445 mm wide and 70 mm tall to match the Atelier deck. Good condition.
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Braun Atelier T1 — A Quartz-Referenced Tuner with Nine Hand-Tuned Presets
A Braun Atelier T1 stereo tuner, made in Japan, the matching component to the Atelier cassette deck and one of the last analogue tuners built before the industry handed the job entirely to digital synthesis.
The Atelier System
Braun’s Atelier system ran from 1980 to 1991 and is the most collected hi-fi the company ever produced: the A1 amplifier, this T1 tuner, the P1 turntable and the C1 cassette deck, all drawn in a single visual language and meant to be stacked or shelved as one object. The T1 shares the deck’s exact footprint, 445 mm wide and 70 mm tall, so a pair sits together as though machined from one billet.
Quartz Reference
What makes this tuner interesting is what sits behind the front panel. The T1 is an analogue tuner given a quartz-referenced five-digit digital readout, which is an unusual and rather brave combination. The frequency display has the precision of a synthesised design, while the actual tuning is done by a real analogue front end of the kind that tends to hold a weak signal more gracefully than early digital synthesisers managed.
The Nine Presets
The presets follow from that. Rather than storing a number in memory, each of the nine station buttons carries its own individual tuning adjustment, set by hand with a small screwdriver through the front panel. It is, in effect, nine separate little tuners living in one chassis, each dialled to one station and left there. Setting them up is a deliberate ten-minute job rather than a button press, and once set they are set: there is no memory to lose, no backup capacitor to dry out, and no station list to rebuild after a power cut. Forty-five years on, that turns out to have been the more durable idea.
Bands and Reception
Bands cover FM and AM, and this is the North American 110-volt version. AFC, mono and muting are each switchable from the front panel, so a marginal station can be coaxed in manually rather than left to an automatic circuit that has decided the signal is not worth locking. Reception in our own testing has been excellent.
Service
This unit has undergone our Level 1 service and testing, which should ensure many more years of reliable performance ahead. Level 1 covers thorough testing of all inputs, outputs and controls, deep cleaning and deoxidation of every pot and switch, replacement of any blown indicator lamps, and post-service burn-in and sign-off. The level describes how much work a unit needed on arrival, not how it performs on the way out: every unit leaves our bench to the same standard and carries the same warranty.
Condition
Cosmetically this tuner is graded Good. There is light wear along the edges and more across the top, the honest signature of a component that spent its life at the bottom of a stack. The front panel and display present well, and none of it is visible once the unit is on a shelf at eye level.
A scarce piece of design history in its own right, and the natural partner to the Atelier cassette deck if you are assembling the set. Available for pickup in Kanata, or shipped across Canada and internationally — we have sent equipment to fifteen countries in the past year, each piece packed in-house in 275 lb test double-wall boxes. Live shipping rates for your address are calculated at checkout. Backed by Radique Audio’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and our Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Available for audition by appointment in Kanata.
Braun Atelier T1 Specifications
- Type: Analogue AM/FM stereo tuner with quartz-referenced digital frequency display
- Display: Five-digit digital frequency readout
- Presets: Nine station buttons, each individually tuned by hand
- Switchable functions: AFC, mono, muting
- Semiconductors: 9 integrated circuits, 47 diodes
- Power supply: 110 V AC
- Country of manufacture: Japan
- Year of introduction: 1980
- Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 17.5 x 2.8 x 14.8 inches (445 x 70 x 375 mm)
- Weight: 9 lbs (4.1 kg)
⚠️ Important Information for International Buyers
This unit is configured for North American 110/120V power. Buyers outside North America will require a step-down transformer and appropriate plug adapter.
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| Weight | 11 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 18.8 × 21.5 × 6.8 in |
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