Nothing New

[ruffrecords]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdzxEdDwdc4

Cheers

Ian

 

[benb]

I've never heard of this, but it reminds me a lot of the the Elcaset (also a failed product) I read about in a hifi/stereo magazine when it was released in the 1970s. Indeed, the RCA tape cartridge appears to have been the precursor to and inspiration for the Elcaset:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elcaset

Apparently, nothing pushed the technology like the originally-designed-for-voice-only Philips Compact Cassette.

 

[ruffrecords]

I hd foegotten about the Elcaset. its Wikipedia entry refers also to the RCA cassette:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_tape_cartridge

Cheers

Ian

 

[pvision]

Wasn't there a DCC as well - the digital Conpact Cassette?

The history of failed audio & video formats is long & gory

Nick Froome

 

[ruffrecords]

Wasn't there a DCC as well - the digital Conpact Cassette?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Compact_Cassette

Cheers

Ian

 

[JohnRoberts]

We had an open reel RCA tape recorder in the house growing up in the 50's, but maybe because dad was an RCA recording engineer.  8)

JR

 

[ruffrecords]

We had an open reel RCA tape recorder in the house growing up in the 50's, but maybe because dad was an RCA recording engineer.  8)

JR

Tape recording was enormously popular in the UK in the 1950s when I was a lad. We did not have one but for years I desperately wanted one and eventually in 1962 my dream came true. I got a Robuk RK4 tape recorder for Christmas when I was about 12 years old. It was a 3 motor deck, three speeds, separate mic and line inputs plus a built in amp and speaker. It even had a superimpose switch that disconnected the erase head when recording. It basically set the course of most of my career.

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/robuk_rk4.html

Cheers

Ian

 

[sahib]

There was also the 4 track cartridge player. It was like a video cassette. We had one in mid to late '70s as part of a "music set" which also had the turntable and radio.

 

[madswitcher]

Tape recording was enormously popular in the UK in the 1950s when I was a lad. We did not have one but for years I desperately wanted one and eventually in 1962 my dream came true. I got a Robuk RK4 tape recorder for Christmas when I was about 12 years old. It was a 3 motor deck, three speeds, separate mic and line inputs plus a built in amp and speaker. It even had a superimpose switch that disconnected the erase head when recording. It basically set the course of most of my career.

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/robuk_rk4.html

Cheers

Ian

I love the smell of tape first thing in the morning

Mike