Category Archives: open reel
Akai GX-625
This mid-priced open reel recorder was still lingering on dealer shelves and in shop windows at the time Compact Disc players were launched in 1983 – and suddenly it looked like an old fashioned, oversized white elephant. By the mid nineteen eighties, reel-to-reel was
Akai GX-625
This mid-priced open reel recorder was still lingering on dealer shelves and in shop windows at the time Compact Disc players were launched in 1983 – and suddenly it looked like an old fashioned, oversized white elephant. By the mid nineteen eighties, reel-to-reel was
the open reel story
Sound recording was tricky before tape. You only have to look at Thomas Edison’s cylinder phonograph recorder from 1877 to see how crude it was. Ten years later, Emile Berliner’s direct-to-disc recording system appeared, but was also far from
the open reel story
Sound recording was tricky before tape. You only have to look at Thomas Edison’s cylinder phonograph recorder from 1877 to see how crude it was. Ten years later, Emile Berliner’s direct-to-disc recording system appeared, but was also far from
Sony TC-399
When the TC-399 appeared in Sony’s Autumn 1978 catalogue, the sun was already setting on the domestic open reel tape recorder. Just two years earlier, the Akai 4000DS had surprised the world by selling in large quantities, offering excellent sound-per-pound
Sony TC-399
When the TC-399 appeared in Sony’s Autumn 1978 catalogue, the sun was already setting on the domestic open reel tape recorder. Just two years earlier, the Akai 4000DS had surprised the world by selling in large quantities, offering excellent sound-per-pound
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