1960s? Columbia Stereophonic Reel-to-Reel Deck

[captainclock]

well... all righty then... one more speed, at any rate! ;-)

yep, that's what I wanted to do so yeah. Anyways, this unit is of the dual-mono block type stereo amplifier unit and because of that it has separate headphone jacks for the right and left channel, and for the input and for the outputs as well in the form of 3.5 mm jacks for all three, is there anyway to modify the 3.5 mm jacks for the speaker/output to be able to have RCA jacks in place of the 3.5 mm jacks so that the tape deck can me hooked up to a stereo? Just curious, it has its own built in amplifier and speakers by the way, but the built-in audio system isn't all that impressive sounding which is why it would be cool to try and see if I could modify this unit so I could hook it up to my Pioneer Stereo Receiver.

 

[mhardy6647]

well... audio Philistine that I am, yeah, I'd just get (or make) a couple of cables with the mono mini plugs on one end, RCA plugs on the other, and go for it! Technically, there's an impedance mismatch, but usually it works fine - you'll, of course, have to 'ride gain' on the output of tape deck so as not to overload the line level input of a preamp, integrated amp or receiver - but such a jerry-rig usually works well enough for "Government work".

 

[electronjohn]

If there's any smaller radio stations in your area stop by & ask if they have any old reel to reel tapes they'd part with. Most times they'll be 10 1/2" NAB reels, but with a bit of applied cleverness you should be able to cobble some sort of rotating holder for the big reel to allow you to run tape off of it onto a 7" takeup on your machine.

Plus...empty metal 10 1/2 inchers can be worth some bux

 

[captainclock]

If there's any smaller radio stations in your area stop by & ask if they have any old reel to reel tapes they'd part with. Most times they'll be 10 1/2" NAB reels, but with a bit of applied cleverness you should be able to cobble some sort of rotating holder for the big reel to allow you to run tape off of it onto a 7" takeup on your machine.

Plus...empty metal 10 1/2 inchers can be worth some bux

I'm thinking there are a lot of small local radio stations that are old enough around where I live that they should have some old RTR take up reels that I'm sure thay'd be willing to part with just a matter of contacting them all and seeing what they have, I know of at least 10 radio stations near me including a couple of AM Stations that would probably have some RTR take up reels, I'll have to email them to see if they still have any left. :yes::scratch2:

 

[captainclock]

well... audio Philistine that I am, yeah, I'd just get (or make) a couple of cables with the mono mini plugs on one end, RCA plugs on the other, and go for it! Technically, there's an impedance mismatch, but usually it works fine - you'll, of course, have to 'ride gain' on the output of tape deck so as not to overload the line level input of a preamp, integrated amp or receiver - but such a jerry-rig usually works well enough for "Government work".

I'll keep that in mind, I'll have to see if I can pay the local Radio Shack a visit and see if they have any mono 3.5 mm to RCA cables for a decent price. :scratch2::yes:

 

[mhardy6647]

they used to ;-)

If you have trouble finding a couple, shoot me a PM and I can help you out!

 

[captainclock]

they used to ;-)

If you have trouble finding a couple, shoot me a PM and I can help you out!

Alrighty will do, I'll be checking their website a little later. :scratch2: :yes:

I checked out radio shack's website, and the closest they had to the type of cable I needed is 1/4" mono jack to RCA Jack and that's it, that would require me to then add ontop of that an additional 1/4" to 1/8" adapter and that would make the audio feed from the tape deck noisier than it needs to be... :'(