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  1. 07-08-2018, 11:14 #1
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    Default Reel to reel on Youtube

    My Android phone drew my attention to this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KHS...ature=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.
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    Hi Brian,

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

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    And nice to see you in print, Marco.

    Is stained glass your daytime job?

    Ref: http://www.thestainedglasscompany.com
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    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:



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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

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    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?
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    Yes Reel 2 Reel is becoming more popular again with the resurgence of the analogue sound
    I am a bit of a tapehead myself and it is the most expensive and most inconvenient music source out there but its the best IMO so there

    You will find some of my R2R videos here

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMV..._as=subscriber

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    Quote Originally Posted by 337alant View Post
    Yes Reel 2 Reel is becoming more popular again with the resurgence of the analogue sound
    I am a bit of a tapehead myself and it is the most expensive and most inconvenient music source out there but its the best IMO so there

    You will find some of my R2R videos here

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMV..._as=subscriber

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    Very nice indeed, can I ask what those hubs are on the Technics RS-1500 R2R ?
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    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
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  10. 18-09-2018, 11:36 #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by 337alant View Post
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    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.
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