peteski Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Tape made by Bell & Howell? Funny thing is that after they went out of business (along with many other American companies) the Bell & Howell name has been bought by some Chinese entity, which now uses the name (as they tout now "quality product name that has been trusted for years" ) to sell cheap stuff in TV ads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 (edited) Used to have a couple old reel-to-reel units (V-M and Akai) and picked up tapes from estate sales and thrift stores. One almost great find I made was audio of a Hanna-Barbera sales meeting introducing Top Cat to potential sponsors; unfortunately the tape had been affected by a magnet (bulk eraser?) and only every fourth word was audible What I really wanted was a TEAC Syncaset that would let me record two separate tracks (overdubs) on a cassette; wanted to do some audio montages. Way too expensive for me. Now I have SoundForge for that... Edited November 10, 2021 by ChrisBcritter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Back in the '80s my musician friend has a Fostex multitrack cassette tape deck. It was a 4-track recorder. I don't remember the model, but it looked like this one. Looks Fostex is still around, and even the vintage recorders are still popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) Stumbled onto this reproduction reel and storage box of The Wall so.... I made a recording using the best blank stock I own and will transfer the tape to the reproduction reel when it arrives. Now I will have a great R2R recording of The Wall for a small fraction of what a pre-recoded copy would set me back. Just finished listen to my recording and I must say it sounds d___ good! Edited November 14, 2021 by afx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 14 hours ago, afx said: Stumbled onto this reproduction reel and storage box of The Wall so.... I made a recording using the best blank stock I own and will transfer the tape to the reproduction reel when it arrives. Now I will have a great R2R recording of The Wall for a small fraction of what a pre-recoded copy would set me back. Just finished listen to my recording and I must say it sounds d___ good! JC, did you check out that link to Discogs I posted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 8 hours ago, Can-Con said: JC, did you check out that link to Discogs I posted? I did check it out Steve. Prices seem a little higher than ebay but I will keep an eye on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 My father was an audio guy. He always had the best equipment and took care of it. When he upgraded something, he put the used unit back in the original box. I have all his equipment tucked away. My younger daughter’s fiancé is a vinyl guy. And a very nice sentimental kinda guy. Once they get settled into a house, I may have found a home for some of the equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 9 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: My father was an audio guy. He always had the best equipment and took care of it. When he upgraded something, he put the used unit back in the original box. I have all his equipment tucked away. My younger daughter’s fiancé is a vinyl guy. And a very nice sentimental kinda guy. Once they get settled into a house, I may have found a home for some of the equipment. Vintage gear is an interesting subset of the Audiophile community. He's a lucky guy to have a future father-in-law like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 22 hours ago, afx said: I did check it out Steve. Prices seem a little higher than ebay but I will keep an eye on it. Most of the selling community there are guys selling out of their home or very small shop. I bet you could dicker with a lot of them. The guy I buy cassettes from does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) Breakfast anyone? An audio snippet: https://public.fotki.com/steelers43/audio/20211122-190245.html Edited November 23, 2021 by afx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 That is such a cool cover! I have one of those framed. Libby serving breakfast (in America). MP3s don't come with all the "Swag" LPs came with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke Wagon Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 14 hours ago, afx said: Breakfast anyone? The guitar work near the end of Goodbye Stranger is some great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) Nice keyboard work in this one. Edited November 24, 2021 by afx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Latest purchase: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 J.C., not sure if you follow this person on YouTube, but if not, I think you'd enjoy much of the content: https://www.youtube.com/c/Techmoan/videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTrucker Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I have an Ampex 4 track recorder floating around somewhere. Used it in the late 60's with a band I was in and again in the 80's when I was doing occasional session work and filling in with oldie rock and country bands in the area. Later in the late 1990's and early to mid 2000's my sons used it with their band. They would record in my son's garage and later one of the guys would transfer it to digital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 1/29/2022 at 10:40 AM, Casey said: J.C., not sure if you follow this person on YouTube, but if not, I think you'd enjoy much of the content: https://www.youtube.com/c/Techmoan/videos Thanks for sharing this Casey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 More Jethro Tull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 On 1/29/2022 at 11:37 AM, OldTrucker said: I have an Ampex 4 track recorder floating around somewhere. Used it in the late 60's with a band I was in and again in the 80's when I was doing occasional session work and filling in with oldie rock and country bands in the area. Later in the late 1990's and early to mid 2000's my sons used it with their band. They would record in my son's garage and later one of the guys would transfer it to digital. You should dig it out and enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 More Jethro Tull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Which album is that, JC man? I don't recognize the cover....... Have you got the Jethro Tull acoustic album? It has all of their more "unplugged" sounding songs...... Fat Man, Life's a Long Song, etc..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 40 minutes ago, JollySipper said: Which album is that, JC man? I don't recognize the cover....... Have you got the Jethro Tull acoustic album? It has all of their more "unplugged" sounding songs...... Fat Man, Life's a Long Song, etc..... Minstrel In The Gallery by Jethro Tull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 At some point, all of my dad's old gear will be making it's way over and join to my set up. He was a big audiophile and has a lot of gear. I can't remember the brand, but he has a reel-to-reel. The only thing I remember listening to on it is a live Pink Floyd recording. Not sure if he dubbed it from somewhere, or if it was an official release. I have many fond memories of cassettes, and still have all of my cassettes from back in the day, and still have my deck set up, but that is a format that should never be resurrected. Poor sound, inconvenient format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, JollySipper said: Which album is that, JC man? I don't recognize the cover....... Have you got the Jethro Tull acoustic album? It has all of their more "unplugged" sounding songs...... Fat Man, Life's a Long Song, etc..... Assume you mean this one TJ - I have it on vinyl. Edited February 24, 2022 by afx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, iamsuperdan said: At some point, all of my dad's old gear will be making it's way over and join to my set up. He was a big audiophile and has a lot of gear. I can't remember the brand, but he has a reel-to-reel. The only thing I remember listening to on it is a live Pink Floyd recording. Not sure if he dubbed it from somewhere, or if it was an official release. I have many fond memories of cassettes, and still have all of my cassettes from back in the day, and still have my deck set up, but that is a format that should never be resurrected. Poor sound, inconvenient format. The kids are all into cassettes now. My college aged son has my deck setup in his system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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