"Geoff Mackenzie" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"sweets53" wrote in message
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I'm searching for a forum of those interested in restoring vintape
reel to reel tape recorders & discussing the do's & don'ts. Please
tell me if this is the right place or if you've any other
suggestions.
I live in the United States, Brick New Jersey, 08724 to be specific.
Thank you.


If you are in the US, then this may not be the group for you.
American tape recorders (Ampex, Crown etc) were not terribly
popular in the UK. Revox, Brenell, Scopetronics, Ferrograph were.

You might find someone on RAT (Rec.audio.tubes) in addition
to myself who shares your interest in tape recorders.

You can see a British Leevers Rich R200 stereo
tape recorder (BBC model) now fully restored on
my site at:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches...LR/LRE200.html


Slightly related - in a recent house move I've found several 5" tapes
which I probably recorded from AM radio in the sixties. Nostalgic
value only, but where could I find someone to transfer them to CD?
Lots of crappy products on the market for converting records to CD but
never seen anything for tapes.

Geoff MacK

Try contacting www.otrcat.com He supplies exactly what you have on CD,
many UK radio shows as well as oodles of US, so he may be interested in
helping you. Very friendly outfit.

For any UK readers, have a look at this site if you want mp3 CDs of the
likes of The Goons, The Navy Lark, Beyond Our Ken, ISIRTA, etc. They are
cheap (even cheaper now with the exchange rate) and arrive very quickly.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com