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- Astra (Астра)
- Comet (Комета)
- Frost (Иней)
- Hota
- Idel (Идель)
- Issyk-Kul (иссык-куль)
- Jupiter
- Lighthouse (Маяк)
- Olympus (Олимп)
- Orbit (Орбита)
- Rostov (Ростов)
- Sanda (Санда)
The majority of this company’s tape recorders were produced in the Leningrad Techpribor plant. Here’s a list of the various tape recorders that they produced… Астра-5 Астра-205 Астра-206 Астра-207 Астра-208 Астра-209 Астра-110 Астра-110-1 Астра МК-110С-1 Астра МК-111С Астра МК-111С-1
Most of the Comet tape recorders were manufactured in the Novosibirsk plant “TochMash” Комета-118-стерео Комета-120-стерео Комета-209 Комета МГ-209 Комета-211 Комета-212-стерео Комета-212М-стерео Комета-212-1-стерео Комета-214 Source
Иней tape recorders first appeared in 1972. The 302 and 303 were produced by the Novosibirsk Electrical Mechanical Plant.
All of the tape recorders were built at the Novosibirsk Electric Mechanical Plant. The Нота 101 appears to be a pretty interesting tape recorder. The following models are what have been found so far… Нота 101-стерео (stereo) Нота 202-стерео Нота 203-стерео Нота 203-1-стерео Нота 304 Source
Jupiter reel to reel tape recorders were manufactured at various communist factories in Kiev. Here’s a list of the known models of reel to reel tape recorders that Jupiter produced Юпитер-Квадро quad 1974 Юпитер-Стерео Stereo portable Юпитер-001-стерео 1972 Kiev Beacon Factory Юпитер-002-стерео Kiev Beacon Factory Юпитер-003-стерео Kiev Beacon Factory Юпитер МК-106С 1990 Kiev Radar plant Юпитер МК-106С-1 1992 Kiev radar factory. Юпитер МПК-107С 1992 Kiev radar factory Юпитер-201-стерео 1972 Юпитер-202-стерео 1974 Юпитер-203-стерео 1979 ++ Юпитер-203-1-стерео 1982 Юпитер-204-стерео 1980 Юпитер-303 1972 Omsk Electrical Plant named after Karl Marx Юпитер-1201 1971 Omsk Electrical Plant
The bulk of the Маяк tape recorders were manufactured in the Mayak factory located in Kiev. A list of models that they produced… Маяк-001-стерео 1973 Mayak Маяк-003-стерео 1984 Маяк-005-стерео 1982 (only 20 made) Маяк-201 1971 Mayak Маяк-202 1974 Mayak Маяк-203 1976 Mayak Маяк-204 1976 Маяк-205 1979 Маяк Маяк-206 1980 Маяк (very rare) Source
Rostov Ростов appear to be one of the more significant tape recorder manufacturers in Russia, producing higher quality recorders than we have seen from many of the other contenders. These machines were manufactured in a variety of different Rostov factories. The following is a summary of the known models and the factory that produced them. Ростов-101-стерео 1975 Pribor Factory Ростов-102 стерео Ростов-102-1-стерео Ростов-104-стерео 1979 Pribor Factory Ростов-105-стерео 1985 Pribor Factory Ростов МК-105С-1 1988 1985 Pribor Factory Ростов МПК-111С did not go into production by Rostov and was transferred to the Bryansk Electric Mechanical Plant, where they made the Soyuz MPK-111C Read More
1989 To 1993
The Volga Electric Mechanical Plant produced a limited range of tape recorders that appear to have not been high fidelity related and more about voice recording over telephone. Perhaps telephone conversations in the early 1990s were never too revealing. They produced interesting modern -looking tape recorders likely for the Russian market alone.