The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

is it possible to get any of those bakelite knobs and meters from 7th picture?
I'd also stand in the line for inspection scope with mount mechanism, epecially for Presto ...

MEGAMIKE wrote: .ive also heard storys of him taking it to gigs and also a Halie selasie(rastafari) recording from when he came to perth...

is it possible to get this recording?... on vinyl would be perfect but any other format is also nice

now I really wish I'd live in NY or nearby...

what are those beasts seen on 11th picture (specially the black one with two meters)?

About this Philips... I've made some research... This were the first tape machines used on our national radio. They had mono only. After that they upgraded to stereo - Telefunken M15 (I was asking about M10 but in our country they didn't have it on any radio station). In previous auction which was l...

dubcutter89 wrote: I guess it's better to keep it original and use it with your grampian

this was the main reason I bought it

... a friend got Telefunken 15A and he's not quite sure he wants it so maybe I'll get this one aswell

Today I went to auction of national radio's studio gear. There was many useless stuff but also few rarities. I won the Philips EL3501 mono reel to reel deck in very good cosmetic condition and also all mechanic stuff looks like normal. I tried to get some service manual before powering up (I thought...

here's flo's pitch controller:
https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?t=1949&mforum=lathetrolls

@flo: If it happens you come across of the complete M10 (including V86/87) for price you mentioned... please let me know immediately!

Thanks everybody! Right now I'm looking for something cheap and pro (these two things don't go together, I know) and in EU. I could get restored Telefunken M15 for around 1k€, the M10s went for 1.1k and 1.6k - too much for me right now. Anyway I'm just looking around if I could find something - I al...

I don't have any problems making pcb... the thing is which is better transformer or ina134 drv134 ... probably I'd have to make one/channel so total 4 of them (L/R for in/out) ? ...and all the elements should be approximately the same value otherwise there will be discrepancies between L/R?

@flo & lukas: do you have any schematics and/or recommended übertragers ? I have the b77 in the original "desktop" case and I want to put it in the some kind of wheeled rack so the space shouldn't be a problem... for the ina/drv 134 ... do I use a preamp and connect it to ons & outs? @tragwag: I kno...

dubcutter89 wrote:use a 1:1 transformer = "übertrager"

simple, adds to sound + true balanced

emmm... I think I don't quite get it

could you draw this?

heh, another question ... bit different....
I'd like to modify my B77 to have balanced connectors (now there are unbalanced "cinch" connectors). Does anybody know how to do that?
Thanx in advance!

Oh!
What is considered as "normal" price for the M10 and M15 thesedays?

What about repairing... the one I could get will have to be dissasembled, cleaned and reapired... The spare parts are very hard to get... Is there any reapir service available for these dinosaurs? And yes... I've noticed the head is placed opposite as normal head placement (as B77)... this is probab...

So... I'm in love with anything analog (well, we live in analog life) and I have some questions about reel to reel tape decks: I own actually new Revox B77, in notime I'll own PR99 also. My dream is also Studer A80 (sorry dr.dub but for a start 2-track not 24 ;) ) and recently found Telefunken... an...

I'm sorry but could you take more detailed photos of suction system on the first overhead?
Thanks!

@maniman: HOLY CRAP! First I thought you upgraded to 8DG and that you already have the new Caruso... but then I realized ...

The new Caruso is probably the only solution to have stereo cutterhead on these kind of lathes.

fraggle is right... the prices go too high... I also spoke to some people who got stuff from BBC sales... this can also be risky ... and 2x Electrovoice RE20 mics for 400 GBP and you don't know the condition... insane for non UK buyers. I hope someone can get some benefits from this sale... definate...