Spent most of the day researching and inspecting a 1972 reel to reel machine and I want today‘s electronics devices to be just as serviceable as they were back then.

[janbeta@chaos.social]

@daedalus Haha, true, the Sony reel looks a lot like a telephone dial. It’s a bit larger in diameter though (18cm).

[mdreid@mastodon.social]

@janbeta @mike I picked up this Akai a couple of years ago and managed to get it working almost perfectly again with the help of my neighbour who repairs old hi-fi equipment as his retirement job/hobby. Love the sound of these when they saturate a little.

[mdreid@mastodon.social]

@janbeta @mike Here what it sounded like just before the final round of servicing.

https://youtu.be/KhzMTtTm4Xs

[janbeta@chaos.social]

@mdreid Noice!

[janbeta@chaos.social]

@mdreid A bit more sophisticated than my Philips, too. Mine only has two heads and yours already has Dolby!

[mdreid@mastodon.social]

@janbeta The Philips looks so slick though. It’s got that real “here’s what we imagined the future should be” design.

[janbeta@chaos.social]

@mdreid That’s true! I especially love the faders for controlling the levels.

[acejacek@social.vivaldi.net]

@mdreid have a look these guys how they use tapes as proper instruments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Reel_Ensemble @janbeta @mike

[mdreid@mastodon.social]

@acejacek @janbeta @mike I’ve seen a few of their videos. Amazing!

[wikinaut@berlin.social]

@janbeta I owned the smaller one.

[robeeshepherd@mastodon.art]

@janbeta “Good morning Mr Phelps, your mission if you choose to accept it…”

[janbeta@chaos.social]

@RobeeShepherd I hope it doesn’t self destruct on me!