Heading over there at 4! Can I use 7" reels to test it? It's all I have at the moment...
Got it! And didnt break my tape testig it out! It does work perfectly, cant wait to mess around with this.
No. Those adapters assume you have spring-loaded tridents on the reel tables and you do not on the 440. You need the kind that have a clamping collet in the center so the slide on and clamp to the center post like the VIF adapters or otherwise lock to the post like the vintage Ampex type, like these: Ampex Reel - Reel * Hold-Down * Set 200 300 350 351 * Nice Condition * | eBay
They are the correct ones. These were used all the way from the beginning even on up through ATR-100 series.
Full track mono is going to be pretty limiting unless you just want to record voice in very high quality.
Kind of a shame and waste to only use it as a microphone pre-amp.
Cheers!