Tape Trail

• There's a guy here in MA who collects such things - mhardy6647 06:23:44 09/15/11 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Miniature tape recorder collection posted by Marantzguy on August 31, 2011 at 16:45:08

  He makes the rounds of antique radio shindigs and fleamarkets here; don't think he's on the forums, though.
  
  Thanks to my favorite local vintage hifi emporium :-) I have a small and far less impressive collection of those cheap little rim-drive "sound cameras" that were available in the 1960s and very early 1970s. We're not talking Minox/Nagra kind of quality, though.
  
  I've got a photo of the little group... someplace...
  
  all the best,
  mrh
  
  

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  • It's Jon Golden /nt/ - michael22 00:12:47 10/14/11 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: There's a guy here in MA who collects such things posted by mhardy6647 on September 15, 2011 at 06:23:44

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• RE: Miniature tape recorder collection - ironbut 11:28:20 09/02/11 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: Miniature tape recorder collection posted by Marantzguy on August 31, 2011 at 16:45:08

  Killer stuff!
  I think I got into reel to reel from watching The Man From UNCLE. I've certainly thought about buying one of the tiny Nagras. If I was still a kid, I probably wouldn't be able to resist.
  

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  • RE: Miniature tape recorder collection - Marantzguy 12:08:57 09/02/11 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: Miniature tape recorder collection posted by ironbut on September 02, 2011 at 11:28:20

    Thanks, IB!
    
    If you have not already done so, please seek out part TWO of this video clip on YouTube. BTW, I once worked next door to a person named Ralph Bertsche on Bush Street in Sf. Ralph was a protege of the famous private eye, Hal Lipset and he developed miniature spy electronic eavesdropping equipment for Hal. Ralph was also, in part, the direct inspiration for the character of Harry Caul, featured in Coppola's movie "The Conversation". Ralph once gave me a box of old 5" tapes, and thought he had bulk erased them. Not so! On the tapes, recorded at 15/16 ips, were conversations between himself and his "ex" about child support. So, Ralph had recorded his conversations with his former wife, while the "ex" had Hal Lipset, tapping the line from the other side. One phone tapper Vs the other, his former mentor, as it were!
    
    Ralph knew all about miniature tape recorder technology, but he also did more amazing things in the world of electronics. Don't you love this stuff?
    
    Thanks
    Richard Links
    Berkeley, CA

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    • Fascinating stuff! ~t - mpathus 18:55:43 09/04/11 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Miniature tape recorder collection posted by Marantzguy on September 02, 2011 at 12:08:57

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