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There is a lot of old tech out there that could have changed the way we listen to music for the better but it seems since digital came along and after CD that quality of music play back as taken a back step, I'm talking mp3 here. We are only just getting back to CD sound quality (streaming, downloads) People want convenience now over sound quality it seems. One old tech VINYL still lives on, makes you think, don't it. Not all old tech is bad.
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My 2nd Cousin's Dad had one of those Disc Recorders. 
If I remember it correctly it was as if magnetic tape had been 'spread' over a record, very strange! I can remember recording our voices on it and I didn't think it was as clear as the Reel to Reel tape recorder my Dad had. And I do remember thinking, why? 
However it was a long time ago, probably ~60 years! (yes I am that old!)

It also reminds me that I haven't used my Sony Reel to Reel for a while, must see if it still works!

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Fatmangolf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Sep 2021 at 10:42pm
Yes the quality was low which was probably due to the compression needed to get enough minutes of music on there. Well below the standard set by reel to reel 

 

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Mike,
It was the TC366 that was in Bond - I think it was in Live and Let Die. I had one myself. Bought for a fiver from a jumble sale in my local village hall when I was 13. Sold it to my mate’s dad for a tenner. Doubled my money! 

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Thanks for the correction Tim, I was going by memory which isn't always a good thing these days.  I wouldn't mind finding one at a jumble sale myself, just to play around with. Mind you the quality of digital ripping is so good that I doubt it would get much use.
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I think my Grandads Reel to reel was a Sony. He did like the brand, He had a TV and portably radio  all made by them. there is two HiFi separates you don't hear of now a days, The tuner and receiver, do they still make them? My 1st proper HiFi tuner was DAB and FM It was the 1st thing I ever bought on the Internet, My mum was working at a school and they had it and she got the headmaster to order it for me, I can remember the shop in town was selling it for £250, My mate found it for £180 online. WHAT A SAVING. I didn't have access to the internet back then. Digital compact cassette, remember them?
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Looked out my Sony Reel2Reel, it is a TC366 ! 
Inherited it from my Uncle who worked at the Beeb. He was in the Engineering dept' at BBC Centre (White City) repairing their Ampex Video recorders, amongst other things. They were the size of a small room and used vacuum heads to keep the tape in contact, if my memory is correct Smile
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