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Labarum
07-08-2018, 11:14
My Android phone drew my attention to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KHSz9Gi-II&feature=youtu.be

27 mins. Lots I knew and lots I didn't. Worth a watch, if you have the time.

When I was a teenage my father bought a 1/2 track domestic reel to reel machine. Mono only and 3 3/4 in per sec only. All valves of course! It was branded Elizabethan, and a lot of design and engineering corners were cut!

The church organist had a Grundig, just up market of the Elizabethan. My music teacher sometimes brought his own Ferrograph to school - the late 1950s model which looked very industrial. By the time I was 17 I was on the technical staff of the University of York Physics Department. They (we) had the new brushed aluminium Ferographs which looked very smart next to the Tektronix oscilloscopes - and still all valves!

Different world!

But this Youtube I found informative. Sad that the sound quality of reel to reel recorders was progressively depreciated, but that's the economics of the business.
Marco
07-08-2018, 11:17
Hi Brian,

Nice to see you dropping in again. Hope you are well:)

Marco.
Labarum
07-08-2018, 11:36
And nice to see you in print, Marco.

Is stained glass your daytime job?

Ref: http://www.thestainedglasscompany.com
Marco
07-08-2018, 16:54
No (although I'd have loved it to be), it's friend's business, which he's absolutely superb at. We've got a few of his (original Victorian) stained-glass doors in our house:)

This is one you can see in our kitchen:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/922/0LNiMy.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/924/uyjbUa.jpg

Marco.
Audio Al
07-08-2018, 16:58
No Sheep fridge magnets :(
Labarum
07-08-2018, 17:14
Domestic stained glass is becoming more popular.

Hand made tiles next?

A lot of the Victorian terrace and townhouses close by us have decorative panels, above the bay window or either side of the front door. They are all different. I suppose it was a cheap way to differentiate and give character to homes. I have not been in any, but I guess quite a few still have original floor tiles.

But aren't we way off topic?
337alant
17-09-2018, 17:55
Yes Reel 2 Reel is becoming more popular again with the resurgence of the analogue sound
I am a bit of a tapehead myself :mental: and it is the most expensive and most inconvenient music source out there but its the best IMO so there :ner::D

You will find some of my R2R videos here

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMVAmf95x5xI0nyOEcIHRrw?view_as=subscriber

Alan
Cas
18-09-2018, 10:34
Yes Reel 2 Reel is becoming more popular again with the resurgence of the analogue sound
I am a bit of a tapehead myself :mental: and it is the most expensive and most inconvenient music source out there but its the best IMO so there :ner::D

You will find some of my R2R videos here

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMVAmf95x5xI0nyOEcIHRrw?view_as=subscriber

Alan

Very nice indeed, can I ask what those hubs are on the Technics RS-1500 R2R ?
337alant
18-09-2018, 11:20
Cas

they are just the standard Technics hub adaptor and come with 2 rubber reel spacers
Nothing special actually but do the job
I have just fully recapped that Technics RS 1500 and will start on the calibration next week
Alan
Cas
18-09-2018, 11:36
Cas

they are just the standard Technics hub adaptor and come with 2 rubber reel spacers
Nothing special actually but do the job
I have just fully recapped that Technics RS 1500 and will start on the calibration next week
Alan

Thank you.