Whats your favourite manufacturer of Reel to Reel Machine

[krhall]

Ok i am just curious so here is a poll just to find out

This is a multiple choice poll.

Keith

[Dr ZEE]

WEBCOR, Inc. CHICAGO, ILL., USA
...non of the above that is.
Happy New Year

[Herm]

This pretty much tells what I think

http://homerecording.com/bbs/attachm...chmentid=25783

[Dr ZEE]

Originally Posted by Herm

This pretty much tells what I think

http://homerecording.com/bbs/attachm...chmentid=25783

So, that is FOSTEX then!? - one and only - right in the middle and on top

[krhall]

lol i forgot to add fostex hehe

Keith

[jpmorris]

Out of curiosity, why did you list Revox and Studer as separate choices? I can't decide which to choose

**EDIT**
Since no-one has voted for Studer yet you might want to turn them into Fostex, if it's possible to edit the poll on this board

[krhall]

umm i think once a poll has been submitted i will be unable to edit it.

The reason why Revox and Studer are seperate is because Revox produce different machines to Studer.

Keith

[krhall]

If you want...

Make a list of the choices you want and i can start a new poll with the options you suggest.

Keith

[MCI2424]

MCI JH 24 and Studer A827.

[A Reel Person]

I'll stick with Tascam!

[Beck]

It's a good poll, but I think we better start this again.

AMPEX
Studer/Revox
Sony/MCI
Otari
Tandberg
TEAC/Tascam
Fostex
Studiomaster
3M
Scully

What else could we have?

[dementedchord]

i dont remeber studiomaster making one but if ya wanna be obscure you could include webcor and stephens

[ofajen]

Assuming Stephens will be added, the poll could also include:

Nagra
Telefunken
EMI

But I would still vote for 3M/Mincom.

Cheers,

Otto

[krhall]

ok sounds good

Keith

[jpmorris]

Here's a few more pro manufacturers:

Brenell (mini-8 - the first 'portable' 1" 8-track machine)
Soundcraft/Saturn
ITAM (seem to have invented the 1/2" 8-track and 1" 16-track formats)
Lyrec (made 2" 24-track machines, also the immensely popular FRED editor)
UHER (the Report 4000 machines beloved of the BBC)

[krhall]

Nice

I am after an Uher Portable machine
seen a few on ebay, so maybe my luck will chnage

Keith

[Tim Gillett]

Not just my favourite, the mighty Nagra III, first made in 1957. The first truly portable machine able to make recordings equal to the best mains powered machines. A little ripper.

Tim

[krhall]

I liked the really small Nagra (The almost Pocket sized one).

But one thing i was told that it used an unusual tape width dunno if it is true or not.

Would love to get hold of one

Any portable machine suits me as long as it has 2 or more speeds and good reel size support.

Keith

[Beck]

Originally Posted by dementedchord

i dont remeber studiomaster making one but if ya wanna be obscure you could include webcor and stephens

I didn't either back in the day. I completely missed that... never even saw any ads. It was only in the last year or so that I learned they had once had a multi-track or two. I happened upon some pics on a reel-to-reel site (the link is around here somewhere), and I thought, "What the heck is this?"

These polls are kinda fun, eh? They help us get a feel for the diversity of backgrounds on the forum.

[Dr ZEE]

pioneer, akai, sony, panasonic, technics, dennon, aiwa, toshiba, sharp - all had their takes .
Hey, - RCA! don't forget Radio Corporation of America, Victor may get pissed -
Wiking, roberts/akai , crown - (I WANT one of those!), realistic, Lafayette (monufactured where????,.. by who?, under what?)
the, there was Wilcox-Gay Recordioso or something like that - Special-Audio-Visual-Equipment Co. in Minneapolis..huh

so, what are we picking? A brand, a title, a model, or a manufacturer (as stated in the title of the thread) ?

My fav as we speak is Webcor in Chicago, because it has manufactured a lots of excellent and well-hidden GOODs for me I can use.
My hats off, Chicago. Let's hear it again, Frank
(can you recognize the gear behind Franks'back ? / )

[Beck]

Originally Posted by jpmorris

Here's a few more pro manufacturers:

Brenell (mini-8 - the first 'portable' 1" 8-track machine)

Ah... that's the one. It was right on the tip of my brain but I couldn't remember. I was thinkin' Bertinelli. Whenever I try to think of a name anywhere near that all I can remember is Valerie. She looked so much like one of my old girlfriends at the time it was freaky... had the same first name too. I still haven’t gotten over it. ‘Shame about her and Eddie.

[ausrock]

Well considering that this is HOMERECORDING . com, quite a few of the machines suggested would fall well outside the scope of most people here...............................anyways, rather than vote for some esoteric vintage "object d'recording" or high end lump of electro-mechanical wizardry, I chose to vote for the brand I'm most familiar with..........

[Tim Gillett]

Originally Posted by krhall

I liked the really small Nagra (The almost Pocket sized one).

But one thing i was told that it used an unusual tape width dunno if it is true or not.

Would love to get hold of one

Any portable machine suits me as long as it has 2 or more speeds and good reel size support.

Keith

I think the really small one was the SN model. The tapes were cassette width as I recall but on special open reels. Yes these go for a packet on Ebay. Maybe part of the attraction is the spy associations.
Speaking of reel size, the standard Nagras had an incredible accessory of a 10.5" reel adapter which screwed onto the back of the machine. It had, I think, extra motors in it driving the big reel tables. Just this accessory alone goes for a fortune these days.

I have a Report mono version. Good little machine. Very compact. The four speeds made it very versatile.

Cheers Tim

[krhall]

I am after the Uher setero machine but mono would be just as good

Still waiting on the Delivery of my second Revox Machine (Revox A77)

Cant wait to try it out

Keith

[dementedchord]

most people dont realize tape machines for missionaries is where crown got it's start.... would love to have a nagra... or uher... my first was a roberts (akai) cant remember the # but said something about crossfield on it... also had a revox A77... and a teac 3340s..