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2. Reel-to-reel audio tape recording - Wikipedia

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   A reel-to-reel tape recorder (Sony TC-630), typical of a 1970s audiophile device. Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels. To prepare for use, the supply reel (or feed reel) containing the tape is placed on a spindle or hub.

3. Sony TC-50 - Wikipedia

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   Sony TC-50. The Sony TC-50 was a compact cassette recorder and portable audio player designed and marketed by Sony. It was conceived for the purpose of dictation but gained popularity with the general public after its use during the Apollo program lunar missions. It was released commercially in 1968. Sony TC-50 cassette tape recorder on display ...

4. Cassette deck - Wikipedia

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   Cassette deck. A typical late 1980s component deck with Dolby B, C and HXPro (Sony TC-RX55) A cassette deck is a type of tape machine for playing and recording audio cassettes that does not have a built-in power amplifier or speakers, and serves primarily as a transport. It can be a part of an automotive entertainment system, a part of a ...

5. U-matic - Wikipedia

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   U-matic. U-matic or 4-inch Type E Helical Scan[ 1][ 2] or SMPTE E[ 3] is an analogue recording videocassette format first shown by Sony in prototype in October 1969, and introduced to the market in September 1971. It was among the first video formats to contain the videotape inside a cassette, as opposed to the various reel-to-reel or open-reel ...

6. Videocassette recorder - Wikipedia

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   Videocassette recorder. A typical late-model Philips Magnavox, VHS format VCR. A close-up process of how the magnetic tape in a VHS cassette is being pulled from the cassette shell to the head drum of the VCR. A videocassette recorder ( VCR) or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from ...

7. Quadraphonic open reel tape - Wikipedia

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   Quadraphonic open reel tape. The TEAC A-2340 four-channel reel-to-reel tape unit from the 1970s was capable of playing Q4 tapes as well as making new four-channel recordings. These machines were one of the best ways to enjoy high quality, discrete four-channel sound at home. Quadraphonic open reel tape or Q4 was the first consumer format for ...

8. Nixon White House tapes - Wikipedia

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   In February 1971, a sound-activated taping system was installed in the Oval Office, including in Nixon's Wilson desk, using Sony TC-800B open-reel tape recorders [2] to capture audio transmitted by telephone taps and concealed microphones. [3] The system was expanded to include other rooms within the White House and Camp David. [3]

9. Tape recorder - Wikipedia

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   A reel-to-reel tape recorder from Akai, c. 1978. An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its present-day form, it records a fluctuating signal by moving the ...