General Electric M8440A shoebox cassette recorder. Vintage 1970s.

This is a vintage cassette recorder, and is DC BIAS. It uses all transistors, no chips.

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Science & Technology

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• vintage
• audio
• cassette
• taoe
• recorder
• tape
• ge
• dc
• bias

[margaretsville]

Nice video. I didn't know that GE made cassette players so long ago. Looks a lot like a Craig from the same time period. Question: when you change belts on a machine and then the speed is a little slow, do you think that it's because the new belts are too tight, too loose or does the speed adjustment on the motor itself need to be fine tuned? I just put new belts on an AIWA TP-752 portable cassette (early 1970s) and it sounds great, but runs slow. How would you correct this?

[CassetteMaster]

Some motors have a speed control. Also a square belt with a smaller diameter can make the speed slow. And sometimes they can be slow to begin with. This one's main drive belt is still in it but it's a little slow.

[ForgetfulCollector]

Another G.E.similar to the old Philips/Norelco/Wollensak machines of the sixties.

Looks like you've got yourself a good pad to store your stuff! Some neat stuff that doesn't have a video yet appeared!

[CassetteMaster]

Mm-hmm. There will be plenty of stuff to be presented in the near future.

[AnalogueJosh]

Why don't you use VWeslife's camera if this one has issues? :P

Great recorder! shame about the DC bias :/

[CassetteMaster]

I was trying it out.

[BrentAudi]

Cool Find.

My older cousin had this very recorder when I was about 7 years old! I was so envious!

He told me I could play with it for one hour if I would let him record me saying the worse curse words that I could. I did. So dumb. He then went and played it to my mother.

I hid under the house for about 6 hours scared.

I never got the 1 hour of playing with the machine.

Cousin still remembers this, and also has the tape to this day.

Family Memories!

Joy oh Joy!

Brent

[CassetteRookie]

It's kind of disapointing to find cool audio equipment yet to find out that its DC BIAS.

Great Video!

[force311999]

@BrentAudi re recorded over till they wore out LOL I have Dr. Demento tapes I did back long ago some recorded with this type of unit and a hand mike and they sound ok still

[BrentAudi]

@force311999 You should have kept the tapes!

[force311999]

@BrentAudi I had the same deck at 10 years old all white case and would sing with the radio and change the words to dirty words make dirty songs etc.

I was just like Whirred Al til my sister gave the tape recorder to my parents.

we would also sing dirty songs in the car when they where in the store LMFHO

[force311999]

If you find this same deck with the all gray case I will buy it from you LOL

[force311999]

this was my first recorder I got in 1977 when I was 10 this uses the origenal 1963 Philips cassette mach. the first one ever made LOL

[lmull3]

The Beatles in DC bias!

[SpeakerFreak95]

beautiful machine dude!!!!!!!!!!!!