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13th May 2008, 1:50 pm | #61 | |
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Re: first complete tape recorder.
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13th May 2008, 3:02 pm | #62 |
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Re: first complete tape recorder.
Mine was a Wien cassette recorder in about 1972/3. Happy days. Dunno what happened to it. I remember that it packed up in around 1978 but by then we had lots of cassette players in the house to choose from so I didn't mourn the loss.
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12th Jul 2008, 3:12 pm | #63 |
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Re: first complete tape recorder.
My first post about my first tape recorder. I started with an Alba twin track, model number unkown, which I got for my birthday in 1962. My next machine also a birthday present was a Philips N4307, which was followed by a Stella 9123 quarter track. My present machine is a Ferguson quarter track, sorry I can't be more specific about this machine.
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12th Jul 2008, 4:44 pm | #64 |
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Mine was an EMI TR51 'portable'. Superbly built, it had true hi-fi performance, and was virtually indestructable. Portable was, however, a misnomer. It was just about possible to lift it in and out of a vehicle, but hardly the sort of thing you could carry to a mate's house. The reverse takeup spool arrangement was interesting, too! Combine that with features such as a switchable VU / PPM meter and a device to manually lift the tape from the heads, and it was enough to make inexperienced attempts at operation futile.
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16th Jul 2008, 10:55 pm | #65 |
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Mine was from Premier Radio in Fleet street. I bought it in 1954 when I was working in London. It was sold in three sections, a Truvox Mk3 tape deck which had a seperate motor for each function and DC braking on fast wind/reverse - and it was fast! A Mullard tye C (I think) ampilfier - EF86 - ECC83 - EL84, and a case and speaker to complete. It ran at 3 3/4 and 7 1/2 ins sec, the speed change being carried out by swapping the capstan wheel. It sounded pretty good on 7 1/2" sec but not on 3 3/4!
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20th Jul 2008, 1:16 pm | #66 |
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I was really impressed by the idea of tape recorders when I was a kid - still am obviously. When I saw that self destructing portable on 'Mision Impossible' that was it.
There was a kind of childs cassette machine called a "Say it - Play it' I wanted one as a christmas present because - well - the familly was very short of money and I wanted some sort of tape machine, and it was cheap. It was really meant for quite young children. It had a continuous loop of about 2 minutes of one eighth tape and had only play and record functions, no winding capability. I was spellbound by it. Later I got into it and started connecting microphones and stuff to the amp board - and that's how I got into electronics. Havent thought about it for years. Any-one remember this machine? bought one for the kids perhaps? Right, now I'm off to Google - happy days....... |
20th Jul 2008, 4:11 pm | #67 |
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Re: first complete tape recorder.
For anyone else who wonders, Say It Play it was made by Kenner Toys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkr2kLatZ4g Sounds more American than English though. Cheers, Steve P.
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21st Jul 2008, 9:18 pm | #68 |
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Re: first complete tape recorder.
Rich. said................ I had briefly. It was a home built job based on the Mullard circuit from the same book that described the 5-10 and 5-20. It had a BSR deck fitted and used a joystick type control for tape functions. Did anyone else have one of these (possibly with a different deck)?
Yes, I also had similar, the circuit was based on the one in the Mullard book, but I had a Collaro Studio tape deck. These decks were very popular in the 1960's. with home constructors. They had 3 motors, and if my memory serves me well, the take up spool was tensioned not by a slipping clutch but by a motor with a resistance in series. I think the circuit was available in kit form from Stern-Clyne radio. John |
21st Jul 2008, 10:12 pm | #69 |
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I bought my first (and only) tape recorder two weeks ago! It's a Grundig TK20, with its original manual, circuit diagram and brochure. It also still has its plastic cover over the controls, with a legend printed by each control. Very useful for finding out where the mute button is, which was turned on! I bought it for a tenner at a car boot sale, fully working. It's still got its original microphone, although I had to replace the insides and the base is missing. I plan to get another tape recorder, because the TK20 is only mono.
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