[78-L] Fw: recording times

[joe@salerno.com]

I remember my Mother's Roberts had 3 speeds, maybe an engineering after 
thought. It did 3.75 and 1 7/8 switched by a hi/lo switch, and if you 
applied a larger sleeve to the capstan, it would do twice that, 7.5 or 
3.75 ips.

Roberts later became Akai.

joe salerno

simmonssomer wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
> To: <swampdaddy at bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] recording times
> 
> 
>> I believe I bought the Tandberg sometime during the early 70's Harry. It's 
>> in the basement only because it needs a new belt so that it fast forwards 
>> and rewinds properly. The electronics are OK.
>>    In the meantime I bought a TEAC X-2000 in 1988 and use that solely to 
>> play back my reels now. It only boasts two speeds. 3 3/4 and 7 1/2 IPS, 
>> but it can sequentially  record on 4 tracks so that at 3 3/4 IPS you can 
>> squeeze 6 hours of music onto one 10" reel. However, it makes it a near 
>> impossible pain in the neck to access any particular tune. I used to 
>> record in  mono in the following sequence. Side one -Left. Side two-left 
>> Side one -right and side two right...each good for 90 minutes. What did I 
>> know? Nothing!
>>    Needless to say, I don't use it to record  anymore and when I do it 
>> ain't using my old config.
>> I'm all digital now but only to transfer everything to CD-R  which , 
>> naturally, is fast becoming another archaic technology.
>> Will I ever catch up?
>> Will it ever stop?
>> Exelsior!
>>
>> Al Simmons----- 
>>
>> Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Swamp Daddy" <swampdaddy at bellsouth.net>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 11:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] recording times
>>
>>
>>> Al:  When did you get your 3-speed deck?  Mine came to me well used in 
>>> 1961 as I recall.   I never had a good "new" reel to reel.
>>>
>>> Swamp Daddy
>>
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