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Old 31st Jan 2016, 12:11 am   #1
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Default Double / Twin Tape Deck

Hi, would anyone know if the following item would be still available new or used but preferably used. Its a double / twin tape deck, with the ability for both tapes to record from the mic at the same time, thanks.
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Default Re: Double / Twin Tape Deck

http://www.teac.com/product/w-890rmkii/specifications/
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Old 31st Jan 2016, 12:17 pm   #3
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Hi,
The only ones I can think of are those used by the police during interviews of suspect crims. They're made by Neal and feature in almost every crime drama on the telly. I know nothing about their features or sound quality.
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NEAL = North East Audio Limited and use the famous Wollensak tape drive mechanism. from somewhere in the depths of memory. They went into a rather specialised market.

I think the Japanese firms made dual cassette drive machines, but most of them had one drive specialised for recording, the other for replay. Somtimes only one had an erase head.


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Old 31st Jan 2016, 4:29 pm   #5
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The Neal deck for the Police is I believe still being made (try Canford who I believe now own Neal) but I suspect you'll be lucky to find one second-hand - they would be of limited frequency response. There were a couple of open-reel double tape decks made many years back primarily for tape to tape copying - I haven't seen one for years.

What exactly do you need this for? If to make two simultaneous recordings, could you not use 2 mics and two recorders?
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Old 31st Jan 2016, 6:48 pm   #6
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Looking for something else I see that Canford Audio sell a twin deck Tascam.
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My Sony TC-WR735 is a mid 1990s hifi dual deck recoder which records on both wells. Note that they will need the belts changing by now though.
I also have a Neal industrial one that can record 4 phone conversations at once!
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