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Frustrated by the early days of sound recording
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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 250698" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>If it was "essy", you had some sort of fault. Note there was no "standard" tape, ac bias and record level were pre-set for a particular brand!</p><p></p><p>(if working properly, the sound from ac bias tape recording was - and is - excellent).</p><p></p><p>1st British tape recorder was the BTR1, 1st domestic machine the Ferrograph. Then Brenell, Truvox, etc .....</p><p></p><p>The excellent Grundig TK series was extremely popular.</p><p></p><p>Then, all the mainstream brands followed, eg Philips, Ferguson .... then the Japanese models (Sony started off by making the 1st Japanese tape recorder).</p><p></p><p>The Philips compact cassette, originally 1963, was a dictation machine! However, convenience meant it got used for music, and later Dolby B made the sound quality "reasonable".</p><p></p><p>(I had a TK20, still got a (broken) Truvox, and a working early Amstrad </p><p>cassette deck, with Dolby, no ics entirely disctete components!).</p><p></p><p>There's lots on Web, but a bit scattered, for example see:</p><p><a href="http://www.taperecorder.co.uk/links.htm" target="_blank">http://www.taperecorder.co.uk/links.htm</a> .</p><p><a href="http://www.ferrographworld.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ferrographworld.com/</a> .</p><p><a href="http://www.rolaa.de/sehensw/radio/tonband/tape_ove.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rolaa.de/sehensw/radio/tonband/tape_ove.htm</a> . (German, inc Grundig).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 250698, member: 192438"] If it was "essy", you had some sort of fault. Note there was no "standard" tape, ac bias and record level were pre-set for a particular brand! (if working properly, the sound from ac bias tape recording was - and is - excellent). 1st British tape recorder was the BTR1, 1st domestic machine the Ferrograph. Then Brenell, Truvox, etc ..... The excellent Grundig TK series was extremely popular. Then, all the mainstream brands followed, eg Philips, Ferguson .... then the Japanese models (Sony started off by making the 1st Japanese tape recorder). The Philips compact cassette, originally 1963, was a dictation machine! However, convenience meant it got used for music, and later Dolby B made the sound quality "reasonable". (I had a TK20, still got a (broken) Truvox, and a working early Amstrad cassette deck, with Dolby, no ics entirely disctete components!). There's lots on Web, but a bit scattered, for example see: [url]http://www.taperecorder.co.uk/links.htm[/url] . [url]http://www.ferrographworld.com/[/url] . [url]http://www.rolaa.de/sehensw/radio/tonband/tape_ove.htm[/url] . (German, inc Grundig). [/QUOTE]
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