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Vintage Recording Equipment: • Digital • Reel to Reel • Cassette • 8 Track • 4 Track •
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Open Reel Tape Decks + Cassette Decks Microphones HERE!
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Synths:
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Silvertone
US made 7" Stereo / 2 Chanel 1/4 Track - Vacuum Tube STEREO Reel to Reel Deck w/ built in amplifer / sepakers.
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AKAI X-1800SD
RtR + 8-Track Tape Cartridge Recorder
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About Reel to Reel Tape and recording formats:
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Open reel tape is most common in 1/4" or 1/2" width and can be recorded in various different recording formats. The basiscs are: the more room for the audio material physically on the etape, the better it sounds. This can be achieved by recording speed and track width - in other words how much space a track takes form the width of a tape. The more material can be squeezed onto a tape the longer it will play, but will result in lower quality recordings. Proffessional machines thus record at 15 or 38 IPS in half track or ful track format, where consumer machines most often record in quater track format at 3 3/4 or 7 1/2 IPS. Recordings can be made in mono on one of the availalbe track, or in stereo, where stereo recordings usually cut the availalbe recording time in half, as 2 tracks are recorded at the same time. It is also important to consider what maximum reel size a deck can work with. Higher speed professional machines can often accept 10 1/2" reel sizes, while consumer decks are often limited to 7" reel sizes.
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How much material can a 7" Tape reel hold?
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Depending on recording speed and track usage open reel tapes can hold vastly varying amounts of material. If recorded at 15 IPS and in stereo and in half track format can hold about 22 minutes of material, OR (!) if recorded at 1 7/8 IPS in mono and in quarter track format and recorded on all 4 tracks, can provide 12 hours of audio material! The average user however records their tapes in stereo quarter track format , and in either 3 3/4 or 7 1/2 IPS. This translates to 45 Minutes for 7 1/2 IPS, or 90 Min. for 3 3/4 IPS Per SIDE (!). Here all of the details again: One 7" Open Reel Tape contains about 1800' of tape and will play in stereo: 45 Minutes @ 7 1/2 IPS, 90 Min. @ 3 3/4 IPS or 180 Minutes @ 1 7/8 IPS, PER SIDE (!) - so double the time if recorded double sided; AND: if recorded in mono: (as there are 2 tracks per side for quater track width) double the time AGAIN!.
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Open Reel Tape Transfer Services
For those of you who do not wish to buy a whole reel to reel deck just to listen to or transfer transfer a few tapes: I offer professional transfer services to cut your tapes to CD, or even to provide e-mailalble MP3 files of your material. I publish my own music comercially and have a full featured recording studio based on a Digidesign ProTools System and various reel to reel decks. I can handle 15, 7 1/2, 3 3/4, 1 7/8 IPS recording speeds and full track, half track, quarter track and 4 track / 4 chanel recording formats - more detail
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Description: This repaired excellent conditon vacuum tube reel to reel deck was made in the early 60's in the USA and features all vacuum tube circuitry. A swith almost anything produced these days is is nice quality and is holding up excellently. The heads of thsi machine have fairly low mileage and with the work that I put in thsi unit performs relaibly and well. Sound quality so steady with highs as one shoudl expect for a well working deck. Get the original touch, feel and vintage sound of the days to play your grandparenbt's old tapes with style, or use thsi deck for recording: I has 2 inputs and can be used as a tube pre- amplifier or as a tube amplifier. This machine also features the rather rare 1 7/8 IPS speed in addition to th emor ecomon 3 3/4 and 7 1/2 IPS.
Price: 375.00
Lot: 1 Silvertoen vintage vacuum tube open reel stereo tape deck with lid, and empty 7" reel.
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Features: STEREO (2 Chanel 4 track heads), Speeds: 1 7/8" 3 3/4 and 7 1/2 IPS. Inputs/Outputs: (per chanel): CH1: (labeled: "stereo only): Input, External amplifier, External Speaker, CH2 (labeled: "Mono-Stereo): Input, External amplifier, External Speaker, KNOBS + SWITCHES: 3 digit tape counter, "RUN-STOP" Knob, "Record" +"Add-it" pushbuttons, "Fast Forward, Stop and Rewind knob; "Off-Tone-Monitor" Knob, Volume 1 Knob, Level indicator (green magic eye bar tube), Volume 2 knob, Selector switch: Mono 2, Mono1, stereo 2 , stewreo 1 (selects chanel to be reocrded and in stereo mode which of the chanels is indicated on the level tube). Tolex covered wooden case. The inside of the removable lid contains printed operating instructions in short.
Condition: Physical: Very clean, no visible scratches - super exceelent condition with only very minor signs of age or usage. ELECTRONIC / WOKING: In order to present this machine in it's current condition I spent almost a day of work time on it: All controls and switches were deoxydized, The complete meachinsm was carefully inspected, re-lubricated and re-worked to perform properly. Teh machine plays and records well.
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I have PARTS for AKAI X-1800SD machines, including an extra pitch conversion capstan sleve and the very hard to find "pot metal" parts or "cams". Feel free to tell me what you need and I will tell you if I have your part. One more copy of the owners manual available as well ($12), I can repair your Akai X-1800SD including the electronic modules / plug-in cards. More Vintage Obsolete AKAI Repair Parts HERE! • Pot Metal Cams for X-1800SD • Pitch Conversion Sleeve for X-1800SD •
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Vintage Recording Equipment: • Cassette + Cartridge Decks
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• UHER Parts
Recording Gear:
• Reel to Reel Decks
• 8-Track Recorders
• 4 Track Studio Recorders
• Signal- and Effects Processors
• Studio Tape Decks
• Microphones
Other Equipment:
•Vintage Organs
• Classic Hammond Organs
• Vintage Synthesizers + keyboards
• Vintage Turn Tables / Record Players 16 - 33/45 -78 RPM
• Turn Table Parts +Accessories
• Obsolete Electronic Repair Parts for Vintage Gear
• Tube Parts
• Tube Amplifiers
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SONY Recording WALKMAN
Model: WM-F200-MK2 - In Original Box !
Stereo Radio Recording Walkman with Reverse
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ROBERTS (AKAI)
High Quality
8-Track Cartridge RECORDER
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Studiomaster Studio 4
- 4 Track Recording Studio
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Description: Roberts equipment is known for rugged and heavey duty construction to last a life time and this unit is no exceptiom! Here we have a fully refurbished specimen in excellent condition and low mileage on it's heads. Vintage car collectors: make your own tapes for your vintage car! Music enthusiasts: This machine has a super rugged mechnaism and handles even difficult tapes well. This machine can't get any better: It is built industrial strength. In it's mechanism it usees a heavey duty AC synchronus motor and all metal parts to handle even the most demanding tapes well.
It is my pleasure to present this wonderful piece of historic audio recording equipment in perfect condition. The heads are low mileage and this recorder was reworked, now ready for decades of vintage music pleasure.
Work performed to restore this unit: I replaced the drive belt, de-oxidised all controls and switches, re-lubricated mechanical parts. This unit had an issue with cold solder points which likely prevented the machine for years in the past years to work fully satisfactory and thus it probably was not used very much, preserving the heads of this machine. I re-soldered about 90% of all solder points in the electronics of this unit, to be perfect now! - This unit performes close to when it was new and is ready to peform for decades to come! This unit passed a full functional test. My detail oriented work took nearly 3 hours of labour and about $25 in parts. Phiscal cleaning and detail work
Features overview: • Heavey duty stereo 8 Track Cartridge Recorder in excellent condition • Headphone jack • Microphone inputs • Level indicators • Separate Recording Level Input Sliders • Extremely fast forward • STOP function •
Detailled Features: • FRONT PANEL: (left to right): Headphone Jack , Cartridge Tape insertation slot, Track indicator lamps • Track advance button, Play, Record, Forward and stop function buttons (forward speeds the motor up to multiples of the regular play speed to advance the tape look quickly - This is the fastest machine in this regard Ihave ever seen!), continuous play button ((allows to play all track in sequence infinitely), power button, Left level meter, recording level slider (L), Recordign indicator lamp, Right level meter, recording level slider (R). REAR; • 4 RCA jacks: L,R IN, L,R Out, Microphone L, microphone (R) • Power Cable; Phisical details: Heavey Duty metal casing, Alluminum slot cover door, Finished side panels, rubbber feet. This machine is quite heavey.
Condiiton: • Electronics / Mechanical: Re-Worked (see detail above) • Physical: Excellent condion and nice appearance - very clean, but some signs of usage due to age.
Lot: 1 Roberts Model: 808D STEREO 8-Track Cartridge Recorder.
Price: $175.00
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Also available:
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• 12AU7 Vacuum Tubes
• Turn Table Parts + Acessories
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Description: This is an quite cool PRO quality piece of recording gear. Analogue recording at it's best. This unit consits of a 4 track cassette deck and a 6 chanel Mixer. It was made by a small company in the UK for Studio master in th eearly eighties. The parts used are of the highest quality European parts. The unit is built super heavy duty in a thick all metal case. all mechanicalparts in the tape mechanism are metal. the drive consistes of a brushless direct drive capstan motor runnign at 9.5 cm/sec. (double of the regulatr tape speed).
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Features: A complete all in one analogue recording studio setup, which integrates a 4 Track deck (runnign at double the regular tape speed) and a 6 x 4 Mixer. The tape deck feature integrated dolby noise reduction and adjustable pitch. The mixer provides: 6 Input with XLR and phantom powered Mic inputs by 4 bus (5th bus on 4 chanels: tape deck in) . The mixer also provides 2 Aux sends and parametric EQ for bass and mids per each chanel.
Condition: This is a project, which is not ready to use as sold. I was palnning to refurbish this unit for my own usage, but if things continue as they have been I just will never get to it. This unit mainly needs power supply added, as the original toroid transformer was unavailable. I already found an external power supply module that works and it will need to be hooked up. Besides this, all else works. AS it is som eyears ago that I worked on it the unti may possibly benefit from soem cleaning of contacts etc. Asides from light dust, this unit is in good to excellent excellent condition. The heads of this unit are in good condition (light signs of wear)
Price: >>>Make Your Own Price<<< as described above including schematics and power supply.
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Also available:
• Recording Equipment Repair, Restoration and Modification
• Repair parts and accesories for UHER portable PRO tape recorders
• 12AU7 Vacuum Tubes
• Turn Table Parts + Acessories
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Description: This original 1986 SONY WALKMAN (part number: Part number: 3-341-445- ) comes in it's original box, includes all the original accesories, including the owner's manual, and fully works - with low milage on the heads! Just like it's bigger brother the WM D6C or TC-D6C this unit comes in a fine metal enclosure, features somewhat similar construction and definitely is a fine piece of equipment. The unit allows to record by means of the included external plug-in power one point stereo microphpone, or form the built in radio, which features FM stereo and AM. Compact Cassettes (regular audio cassettes) are played in both directions (reverse) and there is a playback Dolby system.
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Detailled Physical Features: • FRONT PANEL: Door lock, Rewind, Fast Forwind, Stop/Eject, Play and Record Buttons, AM/FM switch, TOP PANEL: Tape run indicator LED, Direction button, repat mode switch: play once / play continuously, PB EQ: NORM / CrO2, 3.5 mm Plug-in power stereo Mic Jack, DOLBY NR (PB) switch: OFF/ON, 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack; Lower section of the top panel: indent to open cassette compartment, tuning wheel, function switch: Tape (radio off / Local / DX; REAR Panel: Volume control wheel, ISS switch: 1 / 2/ 3, Print: Model number, Key features and DOLBY note; Bottom: removable battery case
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Usefulness of this recorder: This unit is primarily a collectors item, unless used for listening primarily. Compared to the WM D6C, the recording quality of this model is much less sophisticated, as the D6 uses better heads and AC bias, compared to this model, which uses a permanent magnet to erase previous recordings. The microphone pre-amplifier of the D6 is much better as well. Facit: The WM-F200 is not well suitable for studio quality recordings. In recordings on this model a quality difference between the original signal and the played back signal can be noticed. It should however be fine for recording of high level sounds, such as for annotations, sketch-pad for ideas, recordings of conversations, etc. But maybe I am spoiled by having used PRO-gear all of my life. I am just mentioning this, so that you won't be disappointed.
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Work performed to restore this unit: Degreased and re-lubricated operation mechanics. Deoxydized and lubricated volume control and in/output jacks. Belts appear OK - FF + REW OK; Full functional test - OK. Physical cleaning and detail work.2008 ultraelectronicactiv.com
Condition: • Electronics / Mechanical: Appears to work well and as intended - appears to no thave had much use: low mileage on the heads • Physical: Looks almost like new: only one larger scratch and few smaller scratches on the radio panel, few fine wear scratches on the battery case - very clean - amazing condition: lush colors and new appearance! Original "It's a SONY sticker on front pannel. Appears to have travelled though: uppon close inspection: there is one dent in th emetal part of the front panel, one dent on the side panel near the "Play" button and the operator lver of the AM/FM switch is missing - barely noticeable but won't allow to switch between AM/FM, unless using a needle to operate the unexposed lever part of the switch inside the case. Original packing: box shows wear, but is complete with nothing torn off. All print is well readable. Top clear plastic part of the box has scratches and one tear. This unit is a collectors item. compared to the D6C the recording quality of this unit is much less sophisticated.
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Lot: 1 SONY WM-F200 MKII Recording Walkman in original box, plus these original accesories:
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Included accessories detail:
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• One point stereo microphone, which features a clip or can be mounted on the included mic holder.
• Fold-up Sony Headphones
• Rechargeable battery with special mini battery case (sorry, but the rechargeable battery is not working and has somewhat corroded the case - I cleaned it up)
• Battery charger to charge the rechargeables battery (theoretically coudl charge a NiMH battery if figuring out how to connect it)
• Regular battery case for one AA battery which is in perfect condition and works well
• Carry case which can be worn on a belt
• The original owners manual
Price: $135.00
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SEE ALSO: Vintage SONY DISCMAN - CLICK HERE!
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