I know exactly how you feel. I just recently moved to a much larger house. My old control room contents alone now occupy two rooms in my new house but I still hardly have enough room to move.
If I'm ever in the UK, I want to visit this incredible museum! I started out with reel to reel in 1962 and have owned Webcor's, Teac's and currently have an Otari 5050 BII. Someday I would like to have a Studer A10 and a Technics RS1520
Fascinating collection. I hope your house move went OK, without any reel to reel casualties! I was chuffed to hear you mention one of the decks I have, the Pioneer RT-707.
wow over 200 reel to reel tape decks that is amazing . I take it you have a big love for reel to reel tape decks I do as well but if I could I would by them . I really enjoy all the decks you have and the videos you post thank you for sharing you vast and great collection .
wow 442 that is a great big amount of tape decks I bet you have every one that has been made by now . I really enjoy them and all you videos they are all great . thank you for posting them and I look forward to more of your great videos in the future
Wow a 24 track Sony, I used to mail you quite a while back about the Dash machines as I was fascinated by them. Please get a video of that up asap. I have been looking for a Pioner RT-909 as a little home machine as I can't get a large one for space reasons. Not had much luck. I'll send you a mail and catch up.
Sorry Televoice, I couldn't reply to your comment, this shaky video is quite old now, the video quality is poor as mentioned in the description, there's a better one showing over 300 machines if you check my other videos, need to make a new one soon featuring the 400 machines I know have.
Thank you, your welcome to visit if you ever passs though Devon, as for the tapes, I like to have them loaded to complete the look, I dont think it causes them any harm.
Can I call round for an in depth tour? I'd love a real nice reel to reel. Which one? Thinking maybe an early valve studer in keeping with my old quad 57 stack and pair of leak stereo 20s...or perhaps a revox b77...or an akai? Decisions decisions. Ive never owned a reel to reel. Pretty clueless as what to look for or how to use one. You have an epic collection sir. It makes me smile :-)
Good to see you finally making videos again! RUclips has increased the limits on videos sizes for free accounts, you can now upload files as long as 15 minutes, and 2 gigabytes(!) in size.
you have the It Columbia 507 may be rare because i searched IN the internet and can not find the model I have it , tancks for the video regard from mexico
+OVNIS ACTUALES ▬ Enigmas de La Historia Sorry, no I dont, I have very few US machines, I only like the early Ampex recorders and never tried to get in anything else.
The last A-810 they made is a good machine, other than that, I would use a Sony deck any day over the Studers, eprom card issues and bad transports made them a big pain in the ass. Nice collection though....
marcusdolby1 You say that yet in the 20 years I have collected recorders,I have not once ever seen an EPROM issue, and I have repaired well over 100 Studers in that time, most the time people falsely accuse the EPROM’s because they read it on a forum somewhere, the repairs I have done where someone has said that turned out to be something completely different. Sony’s have their fair share of issues, for example the PCM machines I have had needed complete re-capping, the APR-5000’s had issues with power transistors and end of tape sensors. I would say that transport reliability swings in the Studers favor, they are more complex yes and I have had issues with them ( see my video on the A812) but I have also had the same with the Sonys shredding and snapping tapes, never had that on a Studer.You have to also bear in mind these machines are all over 30 years old now, EPROMS lifespan is about that time so Studers, Sonys and all the larger decks made from the 80's onward can fail at any time.
Seblington I am speaking from a 24-7 studio point of view, plain and simple our Sony decks held up much better than our A-80 or the A-810s we had, we had 2. I really love the Studer tape machines, I really do, I think they are a work of art and great sounding, just weak if you have to use them all the time. That's why the Ampex 351, 440 Series was so great, those things could run forever!! Its like our Neve Console, great console sounds fantastic but, its a cash cow, bad design. Burns caps like crazy and it became WAY to expensive, even for a world class studio like ours
I have a 2 bedroom terraced house in central London filled with reel to reels, I need to move out of London and buy a bigger house with a huge out building to put them all in. No girlfriend would put up with all my gear no way, that’s why I rather do without one, lol.
LOL you can have both, there are women out there ;) this video is rather old now, the later one I posted is of 400 machine, and I peaked last year atjust over 600 (Going down now), and I'm married :)
You could be right there, maybe there are some forgiving women out there, lol. I am having trouble finding a Vortexion signal meter for mine. I need to take out the amp as I only took the word of the previous owner that he changed the black Hunts caps. I saw one near the signal meter, maybe that could be the source of the meter problem, what do you think ? The glass did fall in when I got the machine but not sure if that could have damaged the machine ? It was sent down to me from Bristol by a man in a man courier with the amplifier section loose ! there should be two 4BA screws holding the amp in place, done now thankfully. ruclips.net/video/09uP1nAfBbM/видео.html
@@conundrum112 The Ferrograph series 4 has a very similar meter but first do a diode test on the meter, its very low voltage and would make the needle move if it was working. These machines as you know have thoes dreadded HUNTS caps, I have replaced them on a number of my machines, and yes, it could be stopping the signal getting to the meter. You could also do a BIAS test, put the machine into record mode and select the BIAS reading for the meter, see if it moves
Yes, I found out last night, I thought the limit was 10 mins 100MB, wish I knew that when comressing the video but for some reason, the 1.7GB file wouldnt upload.
i had a x2000 years ago some idiot said i would never repair it (he also had a tascam engineer look at it) i said as a joke teac for free 10 pound to deliver it. He delivered it about 40 mins later up and running mains lead had been squashed when you power it up it tripped the fuse box owned it for years told him about 5 year after your 10 pound teac is still in my front room (it was boxed the black teac) like brand new
hi my name is Derek platt I am after a Philips real to real tape recorder and e three speed for track I am a really nice person could you let me come and see what you have I have four of my own please reply me thanks for showing me all of them thank-you
AMAZING!!
Wow, what an incredible place!! I could spend hours and hours and hours there drooling over the taperecorders and listening to music!
Glad to see you back on line - I hope you had a few 'ready hands' to help with the move... Oh the luxury of space!
Cheers, its a great workshop, loads of space,
I know exactly how you feel. I just recently moved to a much larger house. My old control room contents alone now occupy two rooms in my new house but I still hardly have enough room to move.
If I'm ever in the UK, I want to visit this incredible museum! I started out with reel to reel in 1962 and have owned Webcor's, Teac's and currently have an Otari 5050 BII. Someday I would like to have a Studer A10 and a Technics RS1520
Fascinating collection.
I hope your house move went OK, without any reel to reel casualties!
I was chuffed to hear you mention one of the decks I have, the Pioneer RT-707.
wow over 200 reel to reel tape decks that is amazing . I take it you have a big love for reel to reel tape decks I do as well but if I could I would by them . I really enjoy all the decks you have and the videos you post thank you for sharing you vast and great collection .
+tough213 My last count was 442, the workshop looks much different now.
wow 442 that is a great big amount of tape decks I bet you have every one that has been made by now . I really enjoy them and all you videos they are all great . thank you for posting them and I look forward to more of your great videos in the future
+tough213 Thank you :-) I do mean to make some new videos, plenty of machines not yet seen on RUclips to be shown.
i cant wait to see the new machines and videos . they are all amazing thak you for all the great videos
Wow a 24 track Sony, I used to mail you quite a while back about the Dash machines as I was fascinated by them. Please get a video of that up asap.
I have been looking for a Pioner RT-909 as a little home machine as I can't get a large one for space reasons. Not had much luck. I'll send you a mail and catch up.
Thank you, the RT-909 is a great machine, there were only very minor casualties, scrapes and such, nothing serious.
Thank you! I have almost finished buying tables and beds for the new house, LOL something that I didnt think I would spend lots of money on.
Thank you for your kind words, at the moment I havent got a good video camera but I will do soon.
Sorry Televoice, I couldn't reply to your comment, this shaky video is quite old now, the video quality is poor as mentioned in the description, there's a better one showing over 300 machines if you check my other videos, need to make a new one soon featuring the 400 machines I know have.
Thank you, your welcome to visit if you ever passs though Devon, as for the tapes, I like to have them loaded to complete the look, I dont think it causes them any harm.
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Thank you very much
I like your system
A lot of time to collect them
You make me feel quite sane ... thank you ... :)
PS - Studers rule !! :D
Can I call round for an in depth tour? I'd love a real nice reel to reel. Which one? Thinking maybe an early valve studer in keeping with my old quad 57 stack and pair of leak stereo 20s...or perhaps a revox b77...or an akai? Decisions decisions. Ive never owned a reel to reel. Pretty clueless as what to look for or how to use one. You have an epic collection sir. It makes me smile :-)
Good to see you finally making videos again! RUclips has increased the limits on videos sizes for free accounts, you can now upload files as long as 15 minutes, and 2 gigabytes(!) in size.
Amazing collection! You probably have one but I missed it. Sony TC-850 that I’m trying to sell. Thanks for the video
Yea got one somewhere, might be on the 500+ recorder video I did, are you in the UK? Could be interested
Seblington Sorry I’m in the US, I love the unit, it’s been in my life for 50 years. It’s time to go. Also have RM-16 and several used reels
you have the It Columbia 507 may be rare because i searched IN the internet and can not find the model I have it , tancks for the video regard from mexico
+OVNIS ACTUALES ▬ Enigmas de La Historia Sorry, no I dont, I have very few US machines, I only like the early Ampex recorders and never tried to get in anything else.
great collection, cool house, best of luck :)
The last A-810 they made is a good machine, other than that, I would use a Sony deck any day over the Studers, eprom card issues and bad transports made them a big pain in the ass.
Nice collection though....
marcusdolby1 You say that yet in the 20 years I have collected recorders,I have not once ever seen an EPROM issue, and I have repaired well over 100
Studers in that time, most the time people falsely accuse the EPROM’s because
they read it on a forum somewhere, the repairs I have done where someone has
said that turned out to be something completely different. Sony’s have their
fair share of issues, for example the PCM machines I have had needed complete
re-capping, the APR-5000’s had issues with power transistors and end of tape
sensors. I would say that transport reliability swings in the Studers favor,
they are more complex yes and I have had issues with them ( see my video on the
A812) but I have also had the same with the Sonys shredding and snapping tapes,
never had that on a Studer.You have to also bear in mind these machines are all over 30 years old now, EPROMS lifespan is about that time so Studers, Sonys and all the larger decks made from the 80's onward can fail at any time.
Seblington I am speaking from a 24-7 studio point of view, plain and simple our Sony decks held up much better than our A-80 or the A-810s we had, we had 2. I really love the Studer tape machines, I really do, I think they are a work of art and great sounding, just weak if you have to use them all the time. That's why the Ampex 351, 440 Series was so great, those things could run forever!!
Its like our Neve Console, great console sounds fantastic but, its a cash cow, bad design. Burns caps like crazy and it became WAY to expensive, even for a world class studio like ours
wow, thats alot of decks, I wish some of those were even available in the united states. I have 6 currently, mostly teacs.
Anything for sale? Interested in 10.5 inch to buy. Thank you!
LOL. that's a lot of reel to reels. I'm sure some of those have thermionic valves.
Yes, a number of them do, this is an old video now, theres another of mine with over 400 machines, and I have more than that now.
I am a collector but repair them as well, sell the ones I don't want to pay for more :-)
Thank you, yes I had lots of help, now I have a house 4-5 times the size of the old one, once I am settled fully, there will be more videos.
are u a repairer or just a collector of reel to reels
Would you be willing to sell one? (I live in the US).
Thanks,
Rich
I have a 2 bedroom terraced house in central London filled with reel to reels, I need to move out of London and buy a bigger house with a huge out building to put them all in. No girlfriend would put up with all my gear no way, that’s why I rather do without one, lol.
LOL you can have both, there are women out there ;) this video is rather old now, the later one I posted is of 400 machine, and I peaked last year atjust over 600 (Going down now), and I'm married :)
You could be right there, maybe there are some forgiving women out there, lol. I am having trouble finding a Vortexion signal meter for mine. I need to take out the amp as I only took the word of the previous owner that he changed the black Hunts caps. I saw one near the signal meter, maybe that could be the source of the meter problem, what do you think ? The glass did fall in when I got the machine but not sure if that could have damaged the machine ? It was sent down to me from Bristol by a man in a man courier with the amplifier section loose ! there should be two 4BA screws holding the amp in place, done now thankfully. ruclips.net/video/09uP1nAfBbM/видео.html
@@Seblington Can you tell me if the Vortexion WVB should have a blanking plug in position where the AUX socket is ? The large Octal plug ?
@@conundrum112 I dont think so, havent got one on my CBL's or my WVC
@@conundrum112 The Ferrograph series 4 has a very similar meter but first do a diode test on the meter, its very low voltage and would make the needle move if it was working. These machines as you know have thoes dreadded HUNTS caps, I have replaced them on a number of my machines, and yes, it could be stopping the signal getting to the meter. You could also do a BIAS test, put the machine into record mode and select the BIAS reading for the meter, see if it moves
Thank you very much
Collection is awesome. But shaky video makes me stop looking. by the way... one day, where do all those go?
Thank you.
Thank you :-)
Yes, I found out last night, I thought the limit was 10 mins 100MB, wish I knew that when comressing the video but for some reason, the 1.7GB file wouldnt upload.
why even buy a house? just stack up the recorders as walls and put a roof on it
SuperJV4x LMAO.
lol :D
i had a x2000 years ago some idiot said i would never repair it (he also had a tascam engineer look at it) i said as a joke teac for free 10 pound to deliver it. He delivered it about 40 mins later up and running mains lead had been squashed when you power it up it tripped the fuse box owned it for years told him about 5 year after your 10 pound teac is still in my front room (it was boxed the black teac) like brand new
Theres even more now :-)
And the wife, where is she?
hi my name is Derek platt I am after a Philips real to real tape recorder and e three speed for track I am a really nice person could you let me come and see what you have I have four of my own please reply me thanks for showing me all of them thank-you
have u got a wife?
I have a girlfriend yes :-)