Re: Sony TC-105 Reel-to-Reel Recorder

From: NSM (nowrite_at_to.me)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:49:56 GMT

"Asimov" <Asimov@-removethis-bbs.juxtaposition.dynip.com> wrote in message
news:MSGID_1=3a167=2f133.0_42052c50@fidonet.org...

> Frank,
>
> I have a small MONO portable German made machine with track switching
> similar to that. It is a SABA TK125. When it was given the person said
> it was used by a missionary in Africa, whatever... Anyways, there is
> only one output tube and only one speaker but it plays back 2 tracks
> at a time in MONO. There is a switch to select between 1-2 or 3-4.
>
> The only odd thing is the DIN speaker socket has both speaker I and II
> labeled. BUT it is MONO, no doubt about it. After cleaning all the
> axles and relay contacts it works nicely now. It is very
> pre-transistor 50's looking, in modern green plastic not bakelite.

I assume that 2 or 4 track heads became available and the Japanese, as is
their wont, came up with odd designs to take advantage of them. 

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N