Presto-Bogen DB-230 Stereo Tube Amplifier
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Presto Bogen DB-230 Integrated Stereo Tube Pre-Amp Amplifier 1959. Super Clean | All Controls Cleaned | Bench Tested 100% | Recently serviced. 30 Watts per channel | Sounds beautiful & creamy. Connect your Reel-to reel, Cassette, CD Player, Phonograph etc. to this great sounding piece of audio history. Has turntable phono turnover selections RIAA & 78. This unit is 54 years old.
About this model
In 1956 Unitronics Corporation bought both David Bogen & Company and the Presto Recording Corporation, a maker of recording discs, turntables and amplifiers, and combined them as the Bogen-Presto division in Paramus, New Jersey. The Presto name was dropped after 1962. This DB-230 is an integrated stereo preamp-amplifier, which the listing dates to 1959 and rates at 30 watts per channel. Its phono section had a turnover selector for RIAA and 78 rpm equalisation, a useful feature on an amplifier built just as stereo LPs arrived and 78s had not yet disappeared.
The seller described it as recently serviced, with cleaned controls.
| Maker | Bogen-Presto division of Unitronics, USA |
|---|---|
| Type | Integrated stereo amplifier |
| Year | 1959 (listing) |
| Rated output | 30 W per channel (listing) |
| Phono equalisation | RIAA and 78 settings (listing) |
Questions collectors ask
What is a phono turnover selector?
A switch that changes the bass equalisation for different record standards. RIAA was the standard for LPs; 78 rpm records used other curves.
Is the DB-230 a stereo amplifier?
Yes. The archived listing describes it as an integrated stereo preamp-amplifier rated at 30 watts per channel.
Sources: Wikipedia: Sidney Harman; FundingUniverse: Bogen Communications history.
