Nagra III, IV, IV-s, IS and SN reel to reels

Swiss made to the highest standard, these recorders are the best ever made portable reel to reels for their build quality and sound though they do not share the amount of functions the competitors machines had to offer like the Sony APR-2003 and the UHER 4000, 4200 and 4400 did but none of these machines had the syncropulse pilot time system.

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[Ibringthetruth1]

tapes could have been close to CDquality by using higher speed and smaller heads.

[Seblington]

You would think but no, the smaller the heads, the more they pick up background hiss, a modded Studer C37 in the UK managed to push the boundaries by offering 20Hz - 44KHz with a S to N or 109dB witch is better than CD, the machine ran 1 inch wide tape in stereo at an unusual 13 inches a second. The machine was re designed by Tim Deparavicini, said to be one of the leading designers in valve reproduction.

[clydesight]

Very nice video explaining these high end professional machines. I have always wondered about them. I see them on E-Bay, and they usually go for high bids! Now I know why! Thanks for the fine video, very well filmed, very well explained.

[Seblington]

Cheers! the recorders are expensive but worth the money, the IV-S I use but not all that often, I am hoping to buy a SNST soon too.

[oviwolf]

VERY interesting tape recorders!

[Seblington]

Cheers!

[lesleypaul59]

...i love this video !!! i am a REVOX & Technics-Fan, but these are so beautiful machines !!! thank you, LES from berlin/germany

[comateensnyc]

Thank you so much for making this terrific video. I have always wanted to see the details of these machines in action. I've wanted one for 30 years! This is the best overview of Nagra machines I have ever seen.

[NuGanjaTron]

Wow, impeccable build quality! Would be unthinkable (and unaffordable) nowadays. Blows any current toss-away plastic garbage out of the water.

[kakureru]

I use to know some one who rented these to studios as props. Would always urk me to see movie magic add sound to an otherwise speakerless device..

[BoudjeR6]

Beautiful tape recorders, especially the incredibly small Nagra SN

You have an amazing collection of tape recorders, thank you for posting

all the nice video's of your recorders, i think you have the biggest collection

taperecorders in the world.

Two weeks ago I bought a Uher 4000 REPORT MONITOR.

It is not so expensive as the Nagra tape recorders but it works also verry well.

I go use the Uher for recording congresses, nature sounds and motorcycle sounds.

[bsod4u2]

Nagra means TO RECORD in Polish, Nagra's founder Stefan Kudelski created masterpieces and his company belongs to the world elite in High-End audio.

With Nagra you get world class craftsmanship and performance.

Good clip

[skydogz1]

Love my Nagra III

[LordButtercracks]

The tiny Nagras were and are awesome! Can you buy them used and if so, how much?