Technical Details
Brand: Stella
Model:ST 456
Category:Mid High Fidelity
Application:Portable
Electronics:Tube
Equalization:IEC
Country of Manufacture:Austria
Release dates:1962 - 1965
Tracks:1/4 Rec/PB
Speeds: 3 3/4
Max Reel Size("): 7"
Number of heads: 2
Head Composition: Permalloy
Head Configuration: Stereo
Auto Reverse?:No
Voltage(s): 220-240v
Frequency Response:( 3 dB): 80-13,000c
Wow and Flutter:7(average RMS): 0.1%
Sound quality rating:5 / 10
Long-term reliability rating: 5/ 10
Additional Details
Description
The Austrian-made Stella St 456 was an all transistor, single speed
recorder with easy-to-use controls and was considered by one
reviewer to be ‘an excellent little machine with a performance which
is out of all proportion to its size and price’.
Features included low wow and flutter, good frequency response, excellent
signal noise ratio and low mechanical noise.
Price when new (in the UK) was £29 8s which included a moving
coil microphone, empty spool, reel of tape and radio lead.
Additional Info
Inputs: microphone 1,500 ohms, 0.4 millivolts radio 0.02 megs, 2 millivolts pickup 0.68 megs, 100 millivolts / Outputs: radio 0.02 megs, 1.5 volts loudspeaker: 3-7 ohms, 0.7 watt / Output power: 0.7 watts / Speaker: 4″ high efficiency / Dimensions: 12 x 10½ x 6″ (305 x 267 x 152 mm) / Weight: 11 lbs (5 kg) / quarter-track mono