Last Philips Reel to Reel Tape Recorder & picture history

[trankillodad]

Nice demonstration. This video is well put together

[mkkiani]

@trankillodad Many thanks for liking my work. My main aim is always to show the look of very rare items and show them working where I can, for the reason that not everyone will be able to buy one or travel to see one at one of the few specialist museums. Best regards.

[mkkiani]

@trankillodad Sorry for delay in replying. I am grateful to you for appreciating my work.

[whitbyjet65]

Did Philips make high quality hi-fi equipment in the 70s?

[mkkiani]

@whitbyjet65 Yes, but only for the music industry. Strangely PHILIPS only specialised in average domestic equipment and high end industrial recording equipment. After taking over Pye Goodmans & Grundig in 1970s, Philips mainly used its own brand name on high end equipment and its Goodmans brand name on cheap equipment.

[JR3059]

Thank you. Very nice machine indeed.

Could you comment on the control located on the head cover. Could this be a adjustment for azimuth ?

[mkkiani]

@JR3059 No. Cueing control is only a monitoring volume control for the monitor head. During recording you can hear the sound you are recording or the existing recording before it's erased. Helps avoid deleting recordings you want to keep. Azimuth is the angle at which the head is fixed on the head assembly, a small screw on one side of the head can be adjusted to give the highest output using a prerecorded music tape.