Mallette Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Those really are some of the nicer looking and excellent performing designs ever, Boxx. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 45rpm is audibly superior to 33.33, but the difference isn't worth the loss of play time. Dave I've been actively seeking out 45rpm Albums lately... Peter Gabriel has several as does RadioHead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I have a number of them myself, Schu. However, only a few were ever issued as the public had no interest and the audiophile interest wasn't all that great. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I currently have two rtr's a sony that I can't recall the model number ( it does take 15" reels) and a Tandberg 64. The Tandberg was the first high quality piece of equipment that I ever bought. For those of you in the Bay Area, I bought it used at Pacific Stereo in Berkeley probably in 1972. It still might be the best sounding piece of gear that I have ever owned. I have owned many r to r s . This old Tandberg sounds by far the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeker Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yes the Tandberg was the finest i have heard as well. I have a freind well into his 80's who collects reel to reel machines and i have made some very long drives to pick up some in particular for him and his collection. Still at his age he takes some of the nicest equipment i have seen and mods and rebuilds in great detail. I have no idea about these machines other than how to use one although sound quality from the Tandberg and i dont remember the model was very good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 looks like tandberg made Cassettes also... checking on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Gary, I always found my 3340S to be very quiet. I did a fair amount of acoustic music, and never found hiss to be a problem. I still have it, but I am sure it needs a good going over. I have a few tapes I want to capture to my PC, but it's a bit of a pain to set up and get done. Mostly I'm just too lazy to spend the time on it. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) Shattuck Ave. had some other little stereo stores too. The good old days! Thanks for the blast from the past. The Sounding Board, for instance. Moving on to streets other than Shattuck, my favorites were those with highly articulate sales people who were also engineers, including Don Helmholtz at Pro Audio (Oakland) and Joe Minor and John Curl (now the genius of Parasound), at Berkeley Custom Electronics.. Edited February 22, 2014 by Garyrc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I LOVED that Pacific Stereo store I haven't heard of that store in many years. They came to the Dallas area in the early 80's and did carry some reel to reel units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I LOVED that Pacific Stereo storeI haven't heard of that store in many years. They came to the Dallas area in the early 80's and did carry some reel to reel units. Most of their stores were a bit shlocky, but one of the best features of the store was that you could negotiate price on anything in the store. I got some crazy great deals in Pacific stores. The higher end stores were much harder to negotiate with. Sadly, I can remember paying over $650 for a Hitachi VCR in 1982.... Without a doubt I was no visionary at that time.... (still not much of one). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I currently have two rtr's a sony that I can't recall the model number ( it does take 15" reels) and a Tandberg 64. The Tandberg was the first high quality piece of equipment that I ever bought. For those of you in the Bay Area, I bought it used at Pacific Stereo in Berkeley probably in 1972. It still might be the best sounding piece of gear that I have ever owned. I have owned many r to r s . This old Tandberg sounds by far the best. Josh,Were you making recordings, or using it to play commercial taped material? BTW: Man, I LOVED that Pacific Stereo store in Berkeley. My favorite department was the "used gear" shelves. I'd go up there on Saturdays in the early 1970s and buy all the used tube amps. Dyna MkIII used to go for $40 each. Shattuck Ave. had some other little stereo stores too. The good old days! Thanks for the blast from the past. I was making live recordings as well as recording LPs. At that time leopolds records also in Berkeley, had a tape club . You paid 25 cents to "rent an lp" to take home and tape it. They had an area set aside for tape club records. If the lp you wanted to tape as not available you could grab a new one for 50 cents and when returned it went into the tape club for others to rent. It was a great way to build up a music library. I think the pacific stereo on Shattuck was the first in what turned out to be a pretty schlocky chain. It was a different place than what the chain ended up being. And I to loved the used section in back. Another cool thing at the time . If you bought speakers you could turn them back in and get the full purchase price back towards a more expensive pair. I remember starting with a pair of BIC s and ending up with Jbl l100 s in just a few years. Fun memories. What was the name of their house brand of receivers? Was it Concept? I cannot remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAKO Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I have tapes going back to 1968,,Recorded on Pro Ampex equipment,,,No tape hiss problems...No stickey shed tapes....Been luckey so far... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Mark, the tape club comments remind me of a similar thing in SEA during the Viet war. I still have a tape or two I made from LP on base that have regular "beeps" from the base radar which was a few hundred feet away. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Any recommendations for R2R deck repair techs? I remember Marshall and I both used Kevin Kaas, a former Dokorder trouble shooter who lives in Florida but I hear he has retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmi Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Any recommendations for R2R deck repair techs? I remember Marshall and I both used Kevin Kaas, a former Dokorder trouble shooter who lives in Florida but I hear he has retired. Look up Skywavebe on the TapeHead website. He used to work for Teac. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Shattuck Ave. had some other little stereo stores too. The good old days! Thanks for the blast from the past. The Sounding Board, for instance. Moving on to streets other than Shattuck, my favorites were those with highly articulate sales people who were also engineers, including Don Helmholtz at Pro Audio (Oakland) and Joe Minor and John Curl (now the genius of Parasound), at Berkeley Custom Electronics.. Another Bay Area audiophile. I never met JC in Berkeley, but I did meet him at a CES show in Chicago. Did you know J. Peter Moncrief of Sound Advice mag and then later the Audio Journal? Didn't know Moncrief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 At that time leopolds records also in Berkeley, had a tape club . You paid 25 cents to "rent an lp" to take home and tape it. They had an area set aside for tape club records. If the lp you wanted to tape as not available you could grab a new one for 50 cents and when returned it went into the tape club for others to rent. It was a great way to build up a music library. I think the pacific stereo on Shattuck was the first in what turned out to be a pretty schlocky chain. It was a different place than what the chain ended up being. And I to loved the used section in back. Oh Leopolds! I miss everything about the Bay Area except the traffic and the earthquakes. I think the Pacific Stereo in Berkeley was the first. For the first (very) few years, it was called Pacific Electronics, then morphed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 It's taken a while to get it complete with original brand specific parts My Sony TC 765 Reel2Reel Here is a shot of my Sony with a glimpse of the new La Scalas Although the photo shows the NAB adapter is from a Revox I do have the genuine Sony ones as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Same deck I have, FR. There is a guy in Houston who works on decks as well as vintage tube stuff. He's pretty good... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 There is a guy in Houston who works on decks as well as vintage tube stuff Dave, would you mind sending me his name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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