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ben · 16th Nov 2018, 1:16 am

The earliest LP machines were the Akai VS8, Panasonic NV-730 and Hitachi VT17E (all 1983 I believe). They were mono.

To be honest, you'd be better off getting any well made LP VCR and if necessary, doing a tape path alignment to match your tapes. Correct alignment is essential /critical at such a low speed. The best machine in the world will yield poor results if its tape path is not adjusted to be close to that in the deck used to record the tapes.

Don't neglect the linear audio whilst you're in there! Given the slow speed, that is likely to be pretty dire even when the azimuth is spot on, so it'd be unintelligible if it is 'out'.

16th Nov 2018, 1:16 am	#2
ben Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madrid, Spain / Wirral, UK Posts: 7,498	Re: Best (S)-VHS LP VCR for transferring tapes The earliest LP machines were the Akai VS8, Panasonic NV-730 and Hitachi VT17E (all 1983 I believe). They were mono. To be honest, you'd be better off getting any well made LP VCR and if necessary, doing a tape path alignment to match your tapes. Correct alignment is essential /critical at such a low speed. The best machine in the world will yield poor results if its tape path is not adjusted to be close to that in the deck used to record the tapes. Don't neglect the linear audio whilst you're in there! Given the slow speed, that is likely to be pretty dire even when the azimuth is spot on, so it'd be unintelligible if it is 'out'. __________________ Regards, Ben. Last edited by ben; 16th Nov 2018 at 1:21 am.