Tape recorder, Portable, Magnetic, Reel-to-Reel
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Tape recorder, recording system that makes use of electromagnetic phenomena to record and reproduce sound waves. The tape consists of a plastic backing coated with a thin layer of tiny particles of magnetic powder. The recording head of the tape deck consists of a tiny C-shaped magnet with its gap
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Magnetic & digital medium
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TASCAM 42B 1/4 2-Track Reel to Reel Tape Recorder
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Remember vintage reel-to-reel tape recorders? - Click Americana
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Pocket and Portable Tape Recorders
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Old Portable Reeltoreel Mini Taperecorder Microphone Stock Photo 138154787
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EMI midget tape recorder, c.1950
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Open Reel Tape: The Ultimate Analog Source? Part Two – PS Audio
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Concord reel tape recorders • the Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording
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