The Mayfair TR-65 rim-drive vintage reel-to-reel tape recorder.

[retrogamerSam]

I just got a tape recorder that looks and sounds exactly like this, but the box and deck both say "Raleigh" on them. Were there different stores that sold the same product, such as with the Atari 2600 and Sears Telegames systems?

[clydesight]

I love the case design, but the machine really sounds about as expected - bad, like the Minys. These rim drive machines just didn't have decent amplifiers. The case appears green on the video but you say it is gray? Too bad, I like the light green!

Don't bother trying to record music with any of these rim drive units. The transports can't handle it and the amps distort, they can't manage the complexity of the sound. They can hardly manage voice!

[Lachlant1984]

I really like the speaker/microphone arrangement, that's a really interesting feature, but in my opinion that's one of the machine's only saving graces, can you use an AC Adaptor with the unit? What size and how many batteries does it use?

[CassetteMaster]

@Lachlant1984 Only batteries, and it uses 2 C batteries.

[thereelmaster]

and people, dont hate on this reel to reel. it seems to,even for a rim drive macine,good speed, the amp can be fixed if cassette master wants to fix it. i like it.

[thereelmaster]

it looks as if to be a 33 rpm reel to reel, meaning the take up reel gose 33 rpm. knowing that my transicorder is a 33 rpm recorder and it is like your arvin, you could try recording on the arvin and playback on thi mayfair. try it, and tell me if it works.

[CassetteMaster]

@thereelmaster Do you think in that case they were designed to run on models that could also play records, using the take-up drive?

[thereelmaster]

@CassetteMaster i dont think so. the direction is opposit from a record player. but mabee on a back-running reel to reel.im recording right now, and heres how:i have a 3" reel taped on my record player, and there is a flip in the tape so that it is ocside in. and the tape is running trogh my sanyo (not accros the cappstan) and it is recording rim drive 33 rpm, for the tranicorder (i think it's bias ossalator is going for record, but it plays fine).

[scaleop4]

yes does does sound bad

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Still a nice to have because it is a nice part of Reel to Reel tape Recorder history.

[Lachlant1984]

I LOVE the album that song came of, the Discovery album is really awesome, but not when it sounds like that. I didn't even recognise that second song, that's how horrible it sounded, and it looks green in the video.

[umajunkcollector]

Looks like a hunk of junk.

Have you come across any Bradfords of W T GRANT dept stores?

[CassetteMaster]

@umajunkcollector I have not. But I have seen a Bradford brand cassette recorder many times on eBay. (the same one, no one buys it)

[DvdXploitr]

oh my god! the mowhawk recorder…..i've seen a couple videos of that on YouTube, can't wait to see your video! enjoy rewinding the tapes….by hand LOL

[CoolDudeClem]

Even the old cylinder phongraphs sound better than this. Maybe if a seperate and better speaker and microphone was used it might have had better sound.

[CassetteMaster]

@CoolDudeClem I tried other microphones, but it is the recorder that still has bad recording quality.