Scott Dorsey
August 5th 04, 02:27 PM
In article <znr1091668235k@trad>, Mike Rivers > wrote:
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>In article > writes:
>
>> It's strange that that model number doesnt throw anything at all
>> up on Google (even for this group), so maybe it's a rebadged version of
>> someone else's machine?
>
>The classic coaxial reel instrumentation recorder was from Precision
>Instruments, but that was from around 1965, before any of us in the US
>heard of Hitachi other than as a maker of car radios.
There were a bunch of others too. I have a couple here that were made by
Borg-Warner and get 7 tracks onto two 10" reels of 1/2" tape. Probably
late seventies vintage. The coaxial mounting is supposed to make it more
immune to flutter at high accelerations.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
>
>In article > writes:
>
>> It's strange that that model number doesnt throw anything at all
>> up on Google (even for this group), so maybe it's a rebadged version of
>> someone else's machine?
>
>The classic coaxial reel instrumentation recorder was from Precision
>Instruments, but that was from around 1965, before any of us in the US
>heard of Hitachi other than as a maker of car radios.
There were a bunch of others too. I have a couple here that were made by
Borg-Warner and get 7 tracks onto two 10" reels of 1/2" tape. Probably
late seventies vintage. The coaxial mounting is supposed to make it more
immune to flutter at high accelerations.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."