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Old 7th May 2019, 8:53 pm   #22
Ted Kendall
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Default Re: Reel to reel revival

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Originally Posted by TonyDuell View Post
I think it is very possible to make a working tape recorder (other than the heads) in a model engineer's workshop. Whether you can get it up to, say, Revox standards is another matter.
Exactly. There is something like half a century's-worth of expertise in the finer points of analogue tape recorder design, which is in danger of being lost. For now, the best thing to do is conserve the machines still in existence.
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