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1957 |
Sony 555A |
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Freq Response 30 Hz to 18 kHz
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Signal to Noise 50 dB
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Speed 3.75 & 7.5 ips
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Motors 1
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Reels Up to 7"
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Timing accuracy less than 0.02%
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Weight 48 lbs
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Price $525 + $175 for the JBL speakers
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A reminder that the prices listed are what the item originally sold for in the year it was released.
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1957 |
Sony 300 |
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Sony 300 manual pages |
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1960 |
Sony Tapecorder-111 |
 
click on manual for full pdf brochure
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Donated to MOMSR by Steve Oliver who received the recorder in 1961 as a Christmas present from his mother when he was 13. |
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1962 |
Sony 263-D |
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1962 |
Sony 777 |
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Sony 777
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1963 |
Sony 600 |
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1964 |
Sony 777 LE
Limited edition
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1964 |
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1964 |
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 Oval Office/White House Recorder
Sony TC-800B Audio Recorder
The secret White House taping system used a Sony TC-800B audio recording machine like the one on the left It was a simple machine that was not expensive and cheap tiny Lavalier mics were used that were hidden throughout the Oval office and Nixon's hideout office in the OEB. The recordings were made on thin 0.5-mm tape running at the unusual speed of 15é16 inch per second - half the speed of a cassette recorder. The slow tape speed degrades the recording's already poor signal-to-noise ratio.This accounts for the poor quality of the tapes. |
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1965 |
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1966 |
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Freq Response ? kHz
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Signal to Noise ? dB
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Speed 3.75 ips
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Motors 1
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Reels Up to 3.25"
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Timing accuracy ?%
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Weight 4 lbs
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Price $129.50
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1967 |
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1969 |
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1971 |
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1971 |
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1971 |
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Owners Manual • Service Manual • with Dust Cover
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1974 |
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1976 |
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1976 |
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Music Center Incorporated (MCI) is the former name of a United States manufacturer of professional audio equipmentthat operated from 1955 until 1982 when it was acquired by the Sony Corporation. The company is credited with a number of world firsts: commercializing the 24-track multi-track recorder, the tape Auto Locator and in-line mixing console.
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- Freq Response 30-16,000
- Signal to Noise 60 db
- Speed 3.75, 7.5 & 15 ips
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Motors 3
- Reels 3" to 11.5""
- Timing accuracy .05%
- Weight 190 lbs
- Price $3,500
1979 article MCI JH-110B JH-110C
About the company
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- Freq Response 57 Hz to 28 kHz
- Signal to Noise -68 dB
- Speed 7.5, 15 & 30 ips
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Motors 3
- Reels Up to 12"
- Timing accuracy less than 0.025
- Weight 138 lbs
- Price $12,000 ('88 ) $9,000 ('85) stand $500
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