Tubed reel to reel from Norway

[fdejong]

Pretty cool - uses a whole bunch of 12AX7s and still working despite being produced way back in 1968!

More pics here:

http://www.vintageaudioonline.com/tandberg-series-6x-reel-to-reel-player/

 

[Soren Hammer]

There are something to old Tandberg decks... Are the EEC83's original Telefunken? :yes:

 

[fdejong]

Moving the Play, fwd, rwd selector feels like changing gears in a car!

 

[Sam Cogley]

Is it supposed to be surprising that it still works? There's a boatload of functioning Tandbergs still out there, some older than this. I have a mono unit that's probably 10 years older in my garage that runs fine.

 

[audiojones]

You're probably going to want to put the suction cup retainers on those reels pretty quick, it's about to make a terrible mess.

 

[Ultralyd]

Very nice Tandberg open reel deck.
They used to have these units all over at schools in scandinavia for educational purposes.

Also a very nice Teac AS-200 amp you have in the background there!

 

[Smallies]

Ladies and gentlemen here's my friend The Edge

 

[goldear]

Tandbergs are some of the relatively few tubed R2Rs which are worth messing with. You've just got to love these little units.

But what others have said is correct: Find some reel hold-downs quickly before you spill your tape all over your floor!

 

[slow_jazz]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[jdurbin1]

That's pretty cool, given this was one of the better sounding open reel decks available at the time and not inexpensive. I imagine a lot of them were the playback-only version though, the model 65.

John

Very nice Tandberg open reel deck.
They used to have these units all over at schools in scandinavia for educational purposes.

Also a very nice Teac AS-200 amp you have in the background there!

 

[Sam Cogley]

I've actually seen quite a few 64s and 64xs (like this one), but never a playback-only 65.

 

[TR6man98]

I've actually seen quite a few 64s and 64xs (like this one), but never a playback-only 65.

Is the playback only model actually just a transport with no electronics?
If so, I have one, in a great shape except for the pinch roller that is dry.
It still works after all these years when connected to my McIntosh C28 pre-amp that has Tape Head input.
I should post a picture or two soon.

Igor

 

[jan_stevns]

That's pretty cool, given this was one of the better sounding open reel decks available at the time and not inexpensive. I imagine a lot of them were the playback-only version though, the model 65.

John

no - most schols used the normal versions.

 

[jdurbin1]

Interesting, was my understanding that the 65 (and other PB-only machines) were created largely for that educational application. I guess the regular models were probably more readily available though, plus the faculty might have preferred having the ability to record things as well as just play back materials.

Igor, yes - same deck mechanically as the 62/64/6x but no record head, meter tubes, etc. I have one as well.

John

 

[clarkson]

Nice snag,they are great units.

 

[TR6man98]

BTW, to OP:
You took a great photographs of your Tandberg...
Thanks for sharing.

 

[audiojones]

Yes, the photos are very nicely done and the Tandberg is really nice (so is your amp!). Thanks for the pics, great job!

 

[larschr]

As far as i know, the only playback-only Tandbergs were the 3000, 6000 and 9000 series. In addition to the standard 2- or 4 track models, they were (supposedly) also offered as 4 track quadrophonic playback-only machines. Most likely with built-in preamps. I have never seen or heard about any kind of documentation on these, much less the actual machine. They were probably built to order.

 

[jdurbin1]

Actually, they made a 5000-series of RTR specifically for educational use including playback-only models. You can see one of them here:

http://nrhf.no/Tandberg/TR Tape/TB-5000.html

Here are some pics of the model 65:

I know I've seen a reference to this model somewhere in Tandberg documentation, but I can't put my hands on it. I did find this link to an ad from 1961 that shows the model 65:

http://reel2reeltexas.com/vinAd61Tandberg1.jpg


John

 

[Ultralyd]

Those Educational dedicated models were marketed later than my personal experiences from school.

They came to the classrooms in the 70s.
In particular were some cassette language training model very often used at schools in Scandinavia from the 70s and on.

But in the 60s, schools were already keen on the Tandberg equipment from model 6 to model 15.

I remember, because my late father were audio-visual consultant for schools and libraries on a national scale in the 60s when I was at school.

He had all the gear home for testing before equipping the schools or libraries.

Some of the testing was to let us three brothers "get the fingers in to it".
That way it was tested up against nosey kids on the school.
;-)