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Need more tape outputs.

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Posted on March 23, 2015 at 08:52:33
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 My pre only has one pair of tape outputs, does anyone know if there is anything available to add more outputs, like an add on. Thanks.

Regards,
Mike.

 

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RE: Need more tape outputs., posted on March 23, 2015 at 09:17:03
jec01
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 Try a pair of these before you do anything fancier.

Happy listening,

Jim

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I need about 4 tape outputs. (nt), posted on March 23, 2015 at 09:40:09
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Regards,
Mike.

 

RE: I need about 4 tape outputs. (nt), posted on March 23, 2015 at 11:12:46
6bq5
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 Sounds like you might need to build - or possibly find at a Pro/Musician shop, a patch panel-
Happy Listening

 

RE: I need about 4 tape outputs. (nt), posted on March 23, 2015 at 11:38:17
jec01
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 Again, before I sprung for a new piece of electronics, I'd give adaptors a shot. They don't cost very much. If you bought 2 wire y splitters, and put one of the Audioquest units I linked to above at the end of each wire, you'd have connectivity for 4 tape decks at a cost of around a hundred bucks. Get them from Monoprice instead of Audioquest and they'd be even cheaper.

Happy listening,

Jim

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- Brian Eno

 

RE: I need about 4 tape outputs. (nt), posted on March 23, 2015 at 11:38:38
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 ..yea, I was looking at patchbay panels, it's nothing more than soldering the RCA input to the 4 outputs.

Regards,
Mike.

 

Here, posted on March 23, 2015 at 11:51:42
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 Tape input expanders have both multiple tape out and in and usually have dubbing switches to copy from one to another. They are more complex than simple input switchers of course. No can do (properly) with y adapters.

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ET

"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

RE: Need more tape outputs., posted on March 23, 2015 at 12:53:16
Caucasian Blackplate
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 One needs to ask: What are you doing with all those tape outs?

Tape outputs aren't generally designed to drive much of a load, so it's worth asking.

 

RE: Need more tape outputs., posted on March 23, 2015 at 13:28:14
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 Headphone amp/RR/and cassette deck.

Regards,
Mike.

 

RE: Need more tape outputs., posted on March 23, 2015 at 19:12:32
Grinnell
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 run it in reverse

http://www.decware.com/newsite/ZSB.html

 

RE: Need more tape outputs., posted on March 23, 2015 at 19:34:52
niws
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 DBX used to make exactly what you are looking for. I have seen them for sale on EBay.

 

RE: Need more tape outputs., posted on March 23, 2015 at 23:50:14
djk
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 A device that is not powered will cause distortion unless you have a buffered output for each output.

Do you need outputs? Or just inputs?

You could use an input selector in reverse which will avoid the distortion issue as only one device will be hooked up at a time.

A DBX200x should be looked into as well.

 

db Systems DBP-2J5 passive switch box, posted on March 24, 2015 at 05:54:45
Dave Pogue
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 Well made unit that might do the trick. Google db Systems, click on "Accessories."

 

RE: Need more tape outputs., posted on March 24, 2015 at 07:28:38
Tadlo
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 This is probably slumming too much for you, but I have been using one of these Radio Shack Tape Control Centers for years with my two Nakamichi decks. It will handle three tape decks, and allows copying from any one to any of the others. I like it for copying tapes because the signal goes from one deck to the other without going through the amp. My amp actually has two tape loops, but I prefer using this little box

 

Just outputs. (nt), posted on March 24, 2015 at 07:33:02
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Regards,
Mike.

 

RE: Need more tape outputs., posted on March 24, 2015 at 10:00:36
Frihed89
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 I use my tape out from a preamp for a headphone amp. If i change amps or preamps, i do it by hand. It takes a minute.

 

ebay, posted on March 24, 2015 at 23:55:20
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Here ya go, posted on March 25, 2015 at 08:04:46
Inmate51









Years ago, I bought one of these for a similar reason. Never could figure out how to use it. LOL

Or, if you're handy with basic woodworking and soldering, you could build your own patch bay, like I did back in the day. Get a bunch of RCA phono female surface jacks, and have at it. I'd post a pic of the one I built, but it's in a box under four other boxes.

:)

 

RE: db Systems DBP-2J5 passive switch box, posted on March 25, 2015 at 14:55:55
Crazy Dave
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 They have been making them for many decades. You could probably find one used for cheap.

Dave

 

RE: db Systems DBP-2J5 passive switch box, posted on March 25, 2015 at 15:09:26
Dave Pogue
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 In all these years I've never seen a used one advertised. Maybe because the "new" price hasn't changed in a long time, if ever.

 

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