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1964 sony real to real tapedeck1/30/2024 Also considering the price of a good cartridge, keeping the playing time down If you value your LP's and only play them once in a while so that they don't degrade, then tape is for you. LP to tape or for that matter CD or wav or flac file, you may be surprised at how natural and smooth it sounds. A Yamaha AWE 16 Workstation was purchased, tried out for while and sold, various computer sound cards (some supposedly high end) and a short trip with a DAT recorder left me feeling more than a bit let down and I neglected the recording scene for some years until the bug bit again.įor a relatively small sum of money you can experience the true analogue sound of a tape deck and when you record your first Since then many live recordings from organ to amateur theater to single instruments were done with excellent results.Īfter the Akai M9 died I tried various other means of recording with not much success. Which he used as a demo to get recital bookings in Europe and the UK. One of my first recordings was for a concert pianist friend At 15 ips aģ,600' tape would run for 48 minutes a side, a 1,200' one for 16 minutes. Myįirst new tape deck was an Akai M9, a four track stereo machine which could operate up to 15 ips and use triple play tapes. Tape recorders have always held a fascination for me and in later years I did many live recordings and transfers from LP to tape. Impressed that he funded the startup of the Ampex Corporation. Just after WWII an enterprising American, J T Mullin, heard a AEG Magnetophon in Germany and brought a pair of them back to the States.ĪEG had discovered that a bias signal applied just before the record signal greatly enhanced the quality. Studer and his first efforts are due in part to the Soundmirror. The Brush machines were the inspiration for Willie Machines and it still plays well despite no abnormal effort in preserving the tape. I still have a tape that was recorded in the 60's on one of these This machine was ex our National Broadcaster, the SABC. Tape stretch was a problem with longer and thinner tapes, also the machine got very hot and needed metal reels as the plastic types soonĭeformed. Originally designed to play paper tape it seemed to work well with later Cellulose Acetate tape of the 7 1/2" 1,200' type. This machine was Mono and recorded full track. The picture, above Left, shows a Brush Soundmirror of 1947 vintage. Apart from the Garrard turntable, Garrard GC8 cartridge, Mullard 5/10 amplifier and 12" Goodmans speaker the thing that sticks in my mind was the Brush Soundmirror tape recorder. I have been interested in audio from the time I was first exposed to what was then a good hifi. Reviewer: Chris Templer - TNT South Africa
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