Broadcast in Analogue
Ryan Couldrey, a part-time photographer working at the CBC, is posting a series of shots of “retro, lo-fi audio gear,” on his blog.
This is the first in the series. It’s an Ampex 351 reel to reel recorder. The intertubes tells me that this machine is from the 1960′s. There’s a video demonstration of one of these in action here.
Anyone have any stories/memories of using this gear?
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I used a slightly more modern version of the Ampex in the late 70′s, and I just wanted to say that while R2R tape recorders may be retro, they were certainly not lo-fi. In their day they were the highest-fi thing going!
–Bob.