Good week for freebies. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

reelguy · 15th Apr 2006, 9:34 pm

Hi All, Picked up an AKAI GX 4000DS from the local Freecycle group. working order but needs a clean.
Also picked up a working Pioneer RT 707 reel to Reel deck. Very dusty as it is a Rack mounted type in a custom cabinet without a back. Have removed some loose dust but needs an airline

on it. Also had an Aiwa cassette receiver AF 3090 in the same cabinet. The latter weighs a TON.. Also a Technics turntable SL 1900. Two Panasonic speakers and two tatty Sanyo speakers.. Anyway, I am Very pleased with the Pioneer and the Akai recorders .. Peter Reelguy https://www.vintage-radio.net/images...2/thumbsup.gif

vince · 15th Apr 2006, 11:15 pm

Hi, reel to reel rec machines always fascinated me when i was a child and always wanted to own one,... i never ever could afford one though as my pocket money was not enough.

Now that these machines can be found and bought for little money are their any real advantages to be had using these machines with respect to the modern counterpart besides say greater o/p. having said this i keep seeing reel to reel machines on American FBI programmes where perhaps the reason for use is the much longer play/rec value.

reel-to-reel-man · 16th Apr 2006, 4:39 pm

Two fantastic machines

Out of the two the RT-707 I would say is the better looking machine, the GX boasts the glass heads, both machines worth a bob or two

Nickthedentist · 16th Apr 2006, 4:45 pm

And the SL1900 & AF3030 sound nice too

15th Apr 2006, 9:34 pm	#1
reelguy Heptode Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 746	Good week for freebies. Hi All, Picked up an AKAI GX 4000DS from the local Freecycle group. working order but needs a clean. Also picked up a working Pioneer RT 707 reel to Reel deck. Very dusty as it is a Rack mounted type in a custom cabinet without a back. Have removed some loose dust but needs an airline on it. Also had an Aiwa cassette receiver AF 3090 in the same cabinet. The latter weighs a TON.. Also a Technics turntable SL 1900. Two Panasonic speakers and two tatty Sanyo speakers.. Anyway, I am Very pleased with the Pioneer and the Akai recorders .. Peter Reelguy https://www.vintage-radio.net/images...2/thumbsup.gif

15th Apr 2006, 11:15 pm	#2
vince Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tayside Dundee. Posts: 24	Re: Good week for freebies. Hi, reel to reel rec machines always fascinated me when i was a child and always wanted to own one,... i never ever could afford one though as my pocket money was not enough. Now that these machines can be found and bought for little money are their any real advantages to be had using these machines with respect to the modern counterpart besides say greater o/p. having said this i keep seeing reel to reel machines on American FBI programmes where perhaps the reason for use is the much longer play/rec value.

16th Apr 2006, 4:39 pm	#3
reel-to-reel-man Heptode Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Paignton, Devon, UK. Posts: 805	Re: Good week for freebies. Two fantastic machines Out of the two the RT-707 I would say is the better looking machine, the GX boasts the glass heads, both machines worth a bob or two __________________ Vintage recorder collector www.vintagerecorders.co.uk

16th Apr 2006, 4:45 pm	#4
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,864	Re: Good week for freebies. And the SL1900 & AF3030 sound nice too