Looks far better sitting flat as wedges than in the rack though.
Back in the 80s, I remember being mesmerised by the twin needles of his Aiwa AD-6900. It was one of the decks I wanted to collect, but it's now off my list because it does not have a double capstan transport. That won't do.For consistently good cassette decks that didn't cost the earth it is hard to beat Aiwa, I have a few of the AD-F660/770/990 family and XK-007/9 too. The transports are stunning - 0.018 %W+F for a belt-driven deck is outstanding, only a Nakamichi Dragon and one or two other decks can match that and they are all direct drive.
Back in the 80s, I remember being mesmerised by the twin needles of his Aiwa AD-6900. It was one of the decks I wanted to collect, but it's now off my list because it does not have a double capstan transport. That won't do.
Did UK ever produce a cassette deck?
NEAL, Goodmans, IIRC a badge engineered one under the Leak and Wharfedale brands and a very rare Arcam one which I'm not sure if it ever went into production but was intended as a pretty high end deck and had Dolby S or SR IIRC (one was the pro only version but can't remember which).
NEAL is your one for actually British and actually built in quantity but the transport was a bought in American Wollansak mechanism. It had all British electronics in it. I have a NEAL103 and it is a fine sounding 2 head machine... or was when it worked... they had problems with the rubber used for the pinch roller and many of them just turned to goo after 15 years or so. I'm sure I could get a replacement from somewhere but it's very far down the list of priorities.
NEAL, Goodmans, IIRC a badge engineered one under the Leak and Wharfedale brands and a very rare Arcam one which I'm not sure if it ever went into production but was intended as a pretty high end deck and had Dolby S or SR IIRC (one was the pro only version but can't remember which).
NEAL is your one for actually British and actually built in quantity but the transport was a bought in American Wollansak mechanism. It had all British electronics in it. I have a NEAL103 and it is a fine sounding 2 head machine... or was when it worked... they had problems with the rubber used for the pinch roller and many of them just turned to goo after 15 years or so. I'm sure I could get a replacement from somewhere but it's very far down the list of priorities.
do i recall from various police interview rooms i have had the privilege of entering and leaving... that Neal are the makers of the police interview cassettes system?
A double transport system with PZM microphone on the wall IIRC, one copy for your Brief, the other for the Crown Prosecutor.
far down your list but if Im right spares will be available
do i recall from various police interview rooms i have had the privilege of entering and leaving... that Neal are the makers of the police interview cassettes system?
far down your list but if Im right spares will be available
I saw one of these at the Harrogate show in the late 70s and was transfixed by the LCD meters, I’d only seen needles before. The transport solenoids were cool too...
lovely to see some techporn early in the dayThose meters reminded me of this, the Sony model that I've always wanted (TC-K88)...