If you are interested Martin, I can let you have one of these for £20 (complete with HDMI cable): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1080P-SCA...AAAOSwYipcv~nT
Barry
Cheers Barry but the eBay one is only eight bucks.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
That's not actually correct on the 'hi-fi' VHS machines.
The audio is superimposed onto a high frequency carrier, can't quite remember the actual frequency but about 400kHz, then recorded along with the video using the scanning head across the whole tape width.
Because the frequency is lower than the video recorded signal it penetrates the tape to a greater depth, so you end up with video recorded to a shallow depth and the 'hi-fi' audio recorded at a greater depth 'behind' the video.
Quite clever really.
A lot used the NICAM system I seem to recall
“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio”
Hunter S Thompson
https://www.palsite.com/100spec.html
A W&F spec of < 0.005% rms is incredible, and probably 10x better than the best studio R2R machines!
They still fetch a good price: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SONY-BETA...oAAOSwe0tcaVOw
But the one I had in mind was this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-SL-F...0AAOSwxBNc0GKl
Barry