Hey there reel people!
A local old man is getting rid of 3 Ampex 351 (one is mono, two are stereo) that are sitting in his garage. he wants for the whole lot 250$. there's extra 150$ for shipping and handling, as it sits at -1 floor and about 45 min drive from my place.
i am having serious doubts tho as they all miss the electronics. putting aside transport condition and such. what will be the options of replacment amplifiers for those tape recorders? to put it otherwise, what are my options of connecting those machines to let's say, a mixer or other preamp, and not to the orginal one? my major concern is about the interconnections for the different heads, and the transport connection - picture of the back panel of the *missing* preamplifier is attached .
I can see that only Inovonics made an official replacment for the 351's original electronics, but they are rare as the original.
they came actually from the national radio auction. so i assume they were regularly maintained, but might have some mileage on them..therefor buying 3 of them woul'd make a good source for spare parts.
Important to say that i am looking to buy those as a part of my final year sound diploma project, under the guidance of my electronics teacher. the final goal is to a create a working example of this fine machine and to thoroughly understand the proccess of magnetic recording & electronics. therefore, a poor condition machine is not nessecerly a drawback , i am not expecting to get a 100% working unit to put in my studio.
cheer guys !
attached:
https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--Ee6csH05--/a_exif,c_limit,e_unsharp_mask:80,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,h_1600,q_80,w_1600/v1418043696/xurqww4thp3ia5wnaojv.jpg
A local old man is getting rid of 3 Ampex 351 (one is mono, two are stereo) that are sitting in his garage. he wants for the whole lot 250$. there's extra 150$ for shipping and handling, as it sits at -1 floor and about 45 min drive from my place.
i am having serious doubts tho as they all miss the electronics. putting aside transport condition and such. what will be the options of replacment amplifiers for those tape recorders? to put it otherwise, what are my options of connecting those machines to let's say, a mixer or other preamp, and not to the orginal one? my major concern is about the interconnections for the different heads, and the transport connection - picture of the back panel of the *missing* preamplifier is attached .
I can see that only Inovonics made an official replacment for the 351's original electronics, but they are rare as the original.
they came actually from the national radio auction. so i assume they were regularly maintained, but might have some mileage on them..therefor buying 3 of them woul'd make a good source for spare parts.
Important to say that i am looking to buy those as a part of my final year sound diploma project, under the guidance of my electronics teacher. the final goal is to a create a working example of this fine machine and to thoroughly understand the proccess of magnetic recording & electronics. therefore, a poor condition machine is not nessecerly a drawback , i am not expecting to get a 100% working unit to put in my studio.
cheer guys !
attached:
https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--Ee6csH05--/a_exif,c_limit,e_unsharp_mask:80,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,h_1600,q_80,w_1600/v1418043696/xurqww4thp3ia5wnaojv.jpg
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