Tape Trail

Vic...I finally found a real to real tape recorder...

68.145.133.7

kootenay

Made by Sony. No kiddn' for only CAD$20.00. Is this for real eh?...

If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
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Edits: 02/20/21

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RE: Vic...I finally found a real to real tape recorder... - 3db 05:58:56 02/27/21 (0)
Most cassette decks, even entry level units would clobber this unit in performance. Frequency response is barely ok, SNR and wow flutter are dreadful. Unless you really wznt mono, stay away.
Does it work? - mhardy6647 17:08:25 02/20/21 (8)
Monaural.
Looks like the same 'transport' as a TC-250/TC-350.
Is that a TC-105?

all the best,
mrh
- https://reel2reeltexas.com/vinAd67.html (Open in New Window)
Edits: 02/20/21
- if it is a Sony TC-105 - mhardy6647 17:19:38 02/20/21 (0)
  and if you don't have the docs for it...
  and if you would like to have them...
  
  hifiengine's got 'em (OM and SM)! :)
  See link below.
  
  all the best,
  mrh
  - https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/sony/tc-105.shtml (Open in New Window)
- Not sure... - kootenay 17:19:18 02/20/21 (6)
  It's monaural so obviously, I'm not interested, and besides, it's probably doesn't work anymore.
  
  If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
  (Proverb)
  - Mono - Victor Khomenko 10:40:58 02/21/21 (1)
    Well recorded mono can be surprisingly good. I have some 15ips tapes, recorded back in the fifties, and I could swear they have depth and width to their sound.
    
    It is amazing... so amazing in fact, that I have been asking myself whether they were truly mono. I finally resolved this by looking at their output with an oscilloscope in the XY more. There you see just one line at 45 degrees, just as the mono would have.
    
    I am also playing a lot of tapes on mono machines in my office. While recorded in stereo, they sound very, very good played on things like mono Nagra.
    - I agree... - kootenay 11:34:23 02/21/21 (0)
      I've been enjoying listening to mono vinyl recordings lately by Chet Atkins, Nat King Cole, Loui Armstrong, Chet Baker, just to name a few. Like you said a well-recorded mono does sound with a lot of presence depth and width to the point that you couldn't tell whether you're listening to mono or something else.
      
      However, the unit that I've posted above is way out of my league as it'll probably need an extreme overhaul on its mechanism before it'll operate properly besides, I'm looking for the stereo models of these.
      
      If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
      (Proverb)
  - what's wrong with mono? - mhardy6647 17:21:39 02/20/21 (3)
    It is quarter-track mono* (which is kind of odd, and obviously won't offer the audio performance of half-track mono) but the specs aren't bad at all.
    It probably needs CLA, as they say ("cleaning, lubrication, and adjustment").
    ____
    * i.e., if it is a TC-105.
    
    all the best,
    mrh
    - https://reel-reel.com/tape-recorder/sony-tc-105-2/ (Open in New Window)
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    - Nuthin'... - kootenay 20:03:32 02/20/21 (0)
      It just that I'm looking for the stereo ones.
      
      If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
      (Proverb)
    - RE: what's wrong with mono? - rivervalley817 18:17:37 02/20/21 (1)
      it makes your lymph glands swell up really bad?
      - oh, yeah -- been there, done that! - mhardy6647 19:05:10 02/20/21 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: what's wrong with mono? posted by rivervalley817 on February 20, 2021 at 18:17:37
        
        Grad school. It was pretty... not very nice.
        
        all the best,
        mrh

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