The unique 1960s Hi-Fi systems that became time capsules

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  @Techmoan · 7 years ago (edited) · pinned

  <b>FAQs INFO &amp; UPDATES</b><br>• Since making the video <b>I&apos;ve added a &quot;High to Low level converter&quot; between the speaker output and the PCM recorder line-in and these new recordings sound much better.</b> The speaker output isn’t designed to be plugged into a recorder - the impedance is different from a standard RCA connection - hence the ‘thinner’ than optimal sound in some of the video demos. <br>•If you want to learn more about these unique machines visit <a href="http://www.ilove-schaub-lorenz-music-centers.com/">http://www.ilove-schaub-lorenz-music-centers.com/</a> - On here, amongst other things you’ll find information about the 29.7 hour stereo version of the recorder that was made by Schaub Lorenz but wasn’t used in their own cabinets, instead it was sold to GE in the US. <br>•During playback this machine should automatically advance onto the next track after rewinding and continue playing. Because of this feature a number of these were used as background music players in hotels etc.<br>•The track length of 22 minutes is more suited for recording one side of an LP per track. As long as your LPs were of a suitable length it would hold 63. The lack of fast forward makes more sense here as playing a track is just like playing one whole side of a record from the beginning to the end.<br>•Repairs - I won’t be attempting any repairs on the lighting circuit until I get the audio recorded from the machine. I don’t want to risk damaging anything before all the recordings have been archived.

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• EI

  @einstein.1869 · 7 years ago

  Those Kenny Everett recordings are SUPER rare! Don&apos;t lose them! All his tapes were lost!

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  @swarfrat311 · 7 years ago

  After graduating high school in 1965, I worked at a local 500-watt AM radio station. This was before broadcast cart machines were invented, so we had the advertisements (&quot;spots&quot; in radio lingo) and other jingles recorded on a Gates model ST-101 Spot Tape Machine. This unit contained an 11-inch wide tape with 101 tracks each with a running time of 90 seconds. After the commercial or jingle played, you flipped a switch to rewind the tape. The tape had little windows in the oxide layer so a light could shine through the clear tape backing onto a photo cell. If you didn&apos;t rewind the tape it would automatically rewind when it got to the end. At the start of the tape was another window that would stop the rewind and re-cue the tape. It had a lever with that locked into notches to select a track. In case the dj forgot what track contained stuff, there was a list posted near the machine with the title of the spot or jingle and the track number. It was quite an ingenious machine.<br>Thanks for the posting, Mat.<br>Dave in California

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• RI

  @rich1051414 · 7 years ago (edited)

  Man over 40 hours of radio from the late 60&apos;s through the 70&apos;s is priceless!

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• NO

  @noslost-z7r · 7 years ago

  Imagine needing to buy a second machine because you ran out of space.

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• BR

  @bryanmcalley5695 · 6 years ago

  Many thanks - I&apos;ve spent the last 20 years repairing and restoring these beasts, so if you get stuck let me know!! &nbsp;I also have masses of spares for them.... &nbsp;I&apos;m a Tefifon restorer as well, and this is well up to your usual &nbsp;high standard of videos!! &nbsp;All the best,<br><br>Bryan

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• TH

  @theautisticguitarist7560 · 7 years ago

  You&apos;re like Youtube&apos;s cool uncle, thank you for existing.

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  @davidmcgill1000 · 7 years ago

  So it&apos;s a tape with 22 minutes of audio over 126 channels. Now that&apos;s oddware.

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  @meropealcyone · 7 years ago

  So it&apos;s well-designed consumer music product with limited access to the interior and a simple interface based on concentric circles. Yup, it&apos;s a sixties iPod.

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  @pauldavis6356 · 5 years ago

  Incredible that the tape has lasted that long. &nbsp;Watching it rewind actually scared me a little. &nbsp;Nice demonstration.

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  @Professorke · 6 years ago

  I&apos;m glad I could still see this, because in 1974 I repaired such a radio, the amplifier was broken and the mechanism had to be completely lubricated. I found the sound very good and the reception was very sensitive, you didn&apos;t need a large antenna. I got a nice price for that at the sale.

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• VI

  @victorvalium9099 · 7 years ago

  22 mins was aimed at one side of an LP at the time. &nbsp;Remember C45 cassettes?

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