Brown Studio Line

BRAUN Studio Line

The Studio Line or "Slim line" series follows the Regie series and is the predecessor of the Atelier series.


Design:


It is characterized by its extremely flat design, of only 55 mm (65 mm with feet), which was almost (→ Bang & Olufsen) unique at the time (1978-1981).



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Since the level of integration of electronics was not that advanced in the 1980s, the devices inevitably became wider. The Studio Line single components are 50 cm wide, the Studio Line integral components are 60 cm wide.


The flat cabinets consist of a die-cast frame (with internal bracing for Studio Integral) with side cooling fins and a lid at the bottom and a 90° angled lid at the top, which also forms the front.


This Studio Line series or Studio Line Integral series is the last series of appliances that BRAUN manufactured in Germany. The later Braun Atelier Series was made to order in Japan.


Typical for Braun, the clear design guidelines of the past were maintained in these appliances. One can clearly distinguish the individual functional areas. Very beautifully this is to be seen with the Studio Integral series.


Most devices are also available in grey (A 301, A 501, T 301, T 501, TS 501, C 301, PC 1, RA 1, RS 1) but very rarely. The varnish of the grey units is somewhat more sensitive than that of the matt black units.


The amplifiers A 301 and A 501 have identical preamplifiers, but differ in the power of the output stages.


The tuners T 301 and T 501 are analogue tuners and also form the tuner section in RA 1. The tuner TS 501 is a syntesizer tuner and also forms the tuner section in RS 1.


The C 301 and C 301M cassette decoders differ in the "metal" tape capability of the latter. The open cassette compartment is very nicely solved, visually reminiscent of a tape machine. When not in use, the playback mechanism can be covered by a discreet flap.


The record player P 501 is based on the record player P 550S with its belt drive and its sensor buttons.


The 701 series belongs with a built number of only 700 (AC 701, AP 701) respectively 900 (P 701) devices to the probably rarest devices in the Braun Hifi history. It is the flagship of the Studio series. At that time it cost about DM 3800 and is still very expensive on the collector's market (priced above Braun Atelier "Last Edition" level), but also in demand.


The P 701 with its direct drive is one of the most sophisticated Braun turntables of this series. It is a further development of the very similar turntable PDS550. It was delivered with a moving coil system with elliptical needle. All functions are controllable by touch keys (on PDS550 these are sensor keys).



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Illustration: BRAUN Studio Line: TS 501 tuner, AC 701 preamplifier, AP 701 stereo/mono power amplifier.


The AC 701 preamplifier features a moving coil (MC) and a moving magnet (MM) phono equalizer and two tape loops.


The power amplifier AP 701 can be switched to mono mode by a switch on the rear panel, and then supplies 1 x sine 200 W / music 300 W (instead of 2 x sine 100 W / music 150 W). Then, of course, two AP 701 are necessary for stereo operation.


The Studio Integral series consists of a receiver (RA 1 resp. RS 1) and a turntable / cash register combination (PC 1 resp. PC 1A). The turntable unit of the PC 1 is (presumably) identical with the direct driven top model PDS 550 and also optically with its 12 rubber pads as record support hardly to distinguish from PDS 550.


Overview

Brown C 301M ||1979 || DM 848.- || 1979 || see C 301 || bgcolor='#000000'| || bgcolor='#F5F5'|
device name year price production number of pieces Colour variants
Receiver'
Braun T 301 1978 DM 698.- 1978 - 19xx 10500
Braun T 501 1978 - 1978 - 19xx -
Braun TS 501 1978 DM 1198.- 1978 - 19xx 10 000
amp'
Braun A 301 1978 DM 698.- 1978 - 1980 11000
Braun A 501 1978 DM 998.- 1978 - 1980 7200
Braun AP 701 1980 DM 1398.- 1980 - 700 bgcolor='#000000'
Preamplifier
Braun AC 701 1980 DM 1048.- 1980 - 700 bgcolor='#000000'
Control units (Receiver)
Braun RA 1 Integral 1978 DM 1198.- 1978 - 6600
Braun RS 1 Integral 1978 DM 1798.- 1978 - 7600
record player
Braun P 501 1981 DM 898.- 1981 - 1100
Braun P 701 1981 DM 1390.- 1981 - 900
Cassette recorder'
Braun C 301 1978 DM 798.- 1978 - 24000
record player with cassette recorder'
Braun PC 1 Integral 1978 DM 1998.- 1978 - 9300
Braun PC 1A Integral 1979 DM 848.- 1979 - see PC 1 Integral
Equipment cabinets/ equipment base
Braun GT 500 1978 DM 330.-
* List price at market launch
device name year price production number of pieces
Receiver + record player
P 4000 1977 DM 1298.- 1977 - 4700
Receiver + record player + cassette recorder'
PC 4000 1977 DM 1998.- 1977 - 7300
Receiver + Cassette Recorder'
C 4000 1977 DM 1198.- 1977 - 1500
* List price at launch
device name year Price (piece)* production number of pieces
Boxes'
L 530 S 1977 DM 348.- 1977 - 12200
L 350 1977 DM 248.- 1977 - 2000
L 1030/8 1978 1978 -
SM 1001 1980 DM 298.- 1978 - 5000
SM 1002 1978 DM 398.- 1978 - 17000
SM 1003 1978 DM 498.- 1978 - 18300
SM 1004 1978 DM 598.- 1978 - 14500
SM 1005 1978 DM 698.- 1978 - 9500
SM 1005 1978 DM 698.- 1978 - 9500
SM 1006 1980 DM 698.- 1980 - 9500
Subwoofer'
LW 1 1978 DM 798.- 1978 - 1600
Satellites (small/small loudspeakers)'
L 100 1975 DM 198.- 1977 - 55000
L 200 1976 DM 198.- 1978 - 11300
L 300 1977 DM 298.- 1977 -
* List price at market launch

Second-hand market

Technically, these units are considered very durable. However, problems are very common with the capacitors in the amplifiers (they dry out and can then burst) and the light cabinet sensors of the automatic record player (bulbs defective). However, these defects can easily be repaired. The cover mechanism of the turntables A 501, P 701 or of the record spooler-cassette encoder combination is not very elegantly solved, so that the covers are mostly defective or broken at this point.


Visually, the labels of the control elements are often faulty.

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