[78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?

[Royal Pemberton]

I am one....I used to have a Magnecordette III (circa 1953) which was
missing a few parts, but was full track erase and staggered R/P heads.  Had
basically the same transport as the PT6 machines but somewhat different
electronics.  I never did anything with it as when I got it in 1999 it had
all original innards and I wasn't going to risk anything firing it up with
all original capacitors inside.  (And I never could afford to re-cap it.)  I
sold it off last year.

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:05 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> I'm open to offers on the Eartha tape, which is STACKED (in case you were
> asking). St. Louis Blues.
>
> Yeah, forgot about staggered heads..wonder how many people on this list
> know
> about those? We also had "butterfly heads" on Studers in the 80s, which was
> a
> problem if I brought in (over NABET's dead body) a tape made on standard
> 2-track heads on an imperfectly erased tape.
>
> dl
>
> On 5/13/2011 8:18 PM, bradc944 at comcast.net wrote:
> > I was gonna get to the elcaset... but was beaten to it.
> >
> > Yes, and even MORE bonus points for staggered-head-stereo 2-track reels,
> of which I have a couple.
> >
> > And how much ransom are you asking for the Eartha Kitt tape? :)
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> > To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Sent: Fri, 13 May 2011 19:51:43 -0000 (UTC)
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?
> >
> > Some 2-track stereo open reel tapes are in demand (speaking of which,
> would
> > anybody be demanding one I just found by Eartha Kitt?).
> >
> > I have a few thousand DAT tapes and have experienced remarkably little
> failure.
> > 3 machines still in working order. 2 good reel to reel machines that can
> handle
> > full, half or quarter track, 3.75 to 15ips..if anything slower ever
> requires my
> > attention, I'll have to see if the old Philips fires up.
> >
> > dl
> >
> > On 5/13/2011 3:45 PM, agp wrote:
> >> At 19:38 13/05/2011, MD wrote:
> >>> reel-to-reel tape (bonus points for quadrophonic)
> >> I think this still lives on in pro circles. I had one until about 2
> years ago
> >>
> >>
> >>> 8-track
> >> Not to forget quad-8 and the 4 track (a la Muntz Stereo Pak)
> >> And who can forget the charming little PlayTape
> >>
> >>
> >>> machines to play these formats. I wouldn't even put DATs and minidiscs
> in
> >>> the running - I never saw them find much of a foothold at all in the
> >>> consumer market.
> >>
> >> MD was pretty strong outside the USA. I still have a recorder for
> >> them puppies. It was great. Have a few prerecorded titles including
> >> Paul McCartney's release Run, Devil Run.
> >>
> >> T
> >>
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