I think a lot of us appreciate the appeal of reel to reel magnetic recording. Don't we all love the classic quad machines with 4 VU meters from back in the day? Of course with that being vintage 70's stuff, there's still a huge amount of recording technology prior to that. I was poking around aimlessly on the Interweb to day & was highly intrigued by this picture:
It's BBC wire recorder from 1932. Recording speed was 300 feet per minute. And it took 1.8 MILES of wire to record a 1/2 hour program. Cor! Blimey!
This pic is taken from Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording website. From the Education section. This is a huge great site that you can spend an hour on easily. Like I just did. You just might find that long gone R2R favorite of yours is listed. I thought this was interesting enough to share.
It's BBC wire recorder from 1932. Recording speed was 300 feet per minute. And it took 1.8 MILES of wire to record a 1/2 hour program. Cor! Blimey!
This pic is taken from Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording website. From the Education section. This is a huge great site that you can spend an hour on easily. Like I just did. You just might find that long gone R2R favorite of yours is listed. I thought this was interesting enough to share.