Nice Ampex

http://www.mercenary.com/vintage-ampex3004.html

Very nice, especially to see properly intact.  I hate people who part out tape machines for preamps. 

that machine was on sale not too long ago on evilbay I almost did a bid on it but the shipping would have been more then the asking price

but yes nice machine indeed

That machine is just amazing! My 601-2 is almost ready to go. Can't wait to record with it.

DROOOOOOL!!!!!

Cheers

Ian

One thing I always wondered about those was the distance from the heads to the replay amp. Did the use low Z heads and a step up transformer?

Cheers

Ian

I'm not sure if model 300 has the same characteristics but this is what Jay McKnight said about the 350 recently on the Ampex list (if it's not kosher to quote from the Ampex list, someone please let me know and I'll erase this):

"The 350 repro head cable has two independent shields, and the
inner one is "driven" by the repro pre-amp in order to reduce the
effective capacitance between the signal lead and ground. The outer
one is grounded.
There's nothing special about the rec & erase head cables."