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Pioneer Craig 3301 Stereo Cartridge Recorder...what is this thing?

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Mr Blue Sky

What format is this? Anyone familiar?

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Looks like a Fidelipac recorder. - Bry 01:06:24 09/26/18 (0)
Seems like it should have some kind of cartridge guide at the top, though.
RE: Pioneer Craig 3301 Stereo Cartridge Recorder...what is this thing? - Mr Blue Sky 20:57:02 09/25/18 (9)
nt
- RE: Pioneer Craig 3301 Stereo Cartridge Recorder...what is this thing? - Mr Blue Sky 20:57:35 09/25/18 (8)
  nt
  - RE: Pioneer Craig 3301 Stereo Cartridge Recorder...what is this thing? - Crazy Dave 14:07:01 10/02/18 (0)
    I was going to say cool but useless, but it looks like it has a built in preamp. Is it transistor or tube?
    
    It has nice knobs too!
    
    Dave
  - RE: Pioneer Craig 3301 Stereo Cartridge Recorder...what is this thing? - 6bq5 08:20:57 09/26/18 (6)
    Looks like it is a recorder for the old Radio station "cart's-
    these were based on the 8 track tape format but with shorter tape loops that allowed advertisements and PSAs to be recorded and stacked up- and then played by the DJ quickly and w/o having to queue, rewind or any other fiddling-
    
    8 track never had a commercially available recorder for home use, and as the 8-track switched between tracks there was some incredible clunky-ness - that they sold as well as they did presages the adoption of MP-3 (low quality with no hope of making it better)...
    Happy Listening
    - 8 track recorders - Awe-d-o-file 09:11:35 10/17/18 (1)
      Sure they had them see page 56.
      
      ET
      
      "If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
      Radio Shack Catalog page (Open in New Window)
      - here's another home player - kenzo 20:25:31 10/28/18 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: 8 track recorders posted by Awe-d-o-file on October 17, 2018 at 09:11:35
        
        on the bay right now
    - If you look at the tape interface area... - Bry 08:57:03 09/26/18 (3)
      It's got a flip-up pinch roller, which is the giveaway that it's something like Fidelipac/Stereo-Pak (which is the same as the radio carts).
      - RE: If you look at the tape interface area... - orthophonic 12:46:29 09/27/18 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: If you look at the tape interface area... posted by Bry on September 26, 2018 at 08:57:03
        
        That looks like 4 track cartridge recorder, which was the Muntz cartridge
        system that came before the 8 track. It was similar to the broadcast
        Fidelipac but the track configuration was different.
        
        The 4 track and the 8 track coexisted up until about 1969 or so, there were decks made that could play both. The 4 track cartridge was
        of higher quality than 8 tracks but only had 2 programs to choose from
        instead 4 in the 8 track.
        
        Muntz & Stereo-Pak are the same thing, I think. -nt - Bry 13:12:14 09/27/18 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: If you look at the tape interface area... posted by orthophonic on September 27, 2018 at 12:46:29
        
        nt
        
        RE: Muntz & Stereo-Pak are the same thing, I think. -nt - orthophonic 13:21:50 09/27/18 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Muntz & Stereo-Pak are the same thing, I think. -nt posted by Bry on September 27, 2018 at 13:12:14
        
        Yes, Stereo-Pak was the name of the Muntz cartridge.

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