WORLD'S FIRST: Cassette Tape Recorder made in 1963

[theecoguy123]

the leather case is made out of leather

praise the lord tom

[shesnailie]

I have an el-3300 - under the Norelco Carry-corder 150 badge - but it plays just slow enough to be unusable. Is there a way to fix this? I'm guessing that without the motor control board of the el-3301 it's the resistors attached to the motor that need replacing but while I can solder I'm no electrical engineer.

[Figlitiblitification]

What kind of circuit board is that?

[CincinnatiGifts]

I have a Norelco Carry Corder, an EL 3301/54Z, which is nearly identical to the one shown in your video. Mine has a serial # of 510567. Any way to tell when mine was made, or any additional information on this particular model?

[mkkiani]

@CincinnatiGifts For info please see the video for EL3301 on this channel. Best regards

[YouJudgeThis]

Great picture quality makes it nicer to see. Nice to see you're qualified to know what you're talkin' about! You must be a college lecturer. Good luck.

[mkkiani]

@YouJudgeThis I like to provide concise info so being qualified in Electronics Engineering & Servicing helps, but no I'm not a lecturer.

[camtechman]

@mkkiani Sorry but your Title is incorrect.

This is not the world's first cassette tape recorder, although you have provided the correct info in your following text.

There were several cassette tape recorders & some years before the EL3300, one of them was the Minifon Attache in 1959, albeit it did not use the unique sized & trade named "Compact Cassette" introduced by Philips in 1963.

I hope this info is of help to those not so familiar with the development of cassette machines.

[mkkiani]

@camtechman Thanks for the comment. You are right about there being a few other experimental cassette/cartridge recorder machines, all of individual systems and standards, which received minimal success for this very reason. Philips had created the first standardised mass produced machine which was successful. The design was adopted complete by all other manufacturer's like Grundig Mercury Pye. Youtube time limits don't allow much time to give the history of equipment. Best regards.

[mkkiani]

Incidently the very first machines to use a type of cartridge system were the early office voice recorders in the 1950s. At that stage the quality of the recorded voice was very poor and music recording was impossible due to distortion. Of all the early cartridge/cassette recorders the Philips EL3300 gave the best playback of music recordings, while the other machines around were purely experimenting with voice recordings.

[mrfoxboy]

Ahh....the Philips EL-3300...Very nice design! We've come a loooooong way. Now, we have Chrome, High bias, and Metal tapes too, noise reduction systems, headroom extension. It's a shame to see cassettes go, since I've been making mixtapes since I was about 4 (real music too :) ), which was about in 1996.

[BizMarkUK]

I've found your videos absolutely fascinating. I love cassettes and especially the early portables that I remember from the 70s when I was growing up. You have some amazing examples of these early machines. It's like they were buried in a bunker for 46 years!

BTW I think there are many pieces of electronic portable equipment even now that people would wish had a proper button for opening the battery compartment rather than the coin slot. Far more ergonomic!

[mkkiani]

@BizMarkUK Pleased you enjoyed my video's. Many would agree with your quibble about the coin slot battery compartment, hope companies will pay heed to your comment. Best Regards

[CassetteMaster]

Very nice to see, and to find out the date sticker. My EL-3301 is from 1965.

[mkkiani]

@CassetteMaster Many thanks and happy to have been of help. The EL3300,3301 & 3302 were all important in the invention of the Cassette Recorder as the first began the process and the 3302 became the standard for quality from all manufacturers. So treasure your EL3301. Regards

[CindyBradyTooh]

OUTSTANDING report on the tape recorder.  :)

~Cindy! :)

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[mkkiani]

@CindyBradyTooh Many thanks. It's always nice to be helpful. MKK