Vintage Tech: 1960s Pocket Reel-to-Reel Cartridge Recorder - The Grundig EN3 Luxus Dictation Machine
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มี.ค. 2018
- In this video I take a look at a neat portable reel-to-reel tape recorder from 1965.
It's called the EN3 (EN being short for Elektronische Notizbuch, or Electronic Notebook), and it's made by the German firm Grundig.
The design is pretty neat, it's small enough to fit in a (fairly roomy) pocket, and while it's primary market would have been businessmen and the like, it's also compact enough to be easily hidden for more clandestine analog recordings.
This unit has some interesting tech - It uses a pair of reels holding 1/4" tape in a handy cartridge that can be flipped over to record on both sides, and is small enough to easily be mailed back to your funky 1960s office for transcription.
It runs on AA batteries, and even though the mechanism and electronics are very simple and quite ruggedly designed, the auuddio quality is just fine for regular voice recording and dictation, even if it isn't suited to recording much else.
Of course, it doesn't quite work properly (it's a Grundig, not a Studer), even thought it was last serviced in the 1970s, but I fix it up and get it running, demonstrate how it operates, and even try recording some music on it.
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What a wonderful little device. I guess it had the advantage over contemporary cassette recorders in terms of size, you could have fit one of these into a large coat pocket or small bag, perfect for a reporter on the go or for recording memos wherever you wanted (a predecessor to Dale Cooper's dictaphone from Twin Peaks, I suppose).
I just bought two of this for 20sek (2€) each at a Swedish felamarket. I did a youtube search to se if I could learn something about this thing, and I found your video and your channel. Thanks! You should maker more videos!
Great vid keep up the great work.
I found one these in an antique shop in Switzerland last year. The tape cartridge is really interesting, rather like the "Sabamobil" format.
yooo I just came here cos I was like that sabamobil looks like that old grundig thing i have been carrying around for years
Dude I just found you but enjoyed your content. I'm sorry you weren't able to keep it up. I hope you can start recording again soon.
Nathan, I took some time off to focus on sorting out my life. Got out of a terrible relationship, moved into a place of my own, and in the process lost 57kg (or 125lbs) so I won’t be so ashamed of my appearance on camera.
I’m currently rebuilding my studio after the house move, so there is a channel update and more content coming soon! 😎
@@Retronics You have one more subscriber today!
The voice over quality in this video is better than your last one. New mic?
Yup. Superlux E205U - Much better than my old one.
can you detail how you recorded in and if it would be possible to play out to another device. this would be interesting for very lofi sampling
Just attach wires at the microphone pins.
I inherited a "Dejur Grundig Versatile 3" from my Grandparents.
It has my voice, my brother's voice, & my grandfather's voice from about 1974.
Where can I take my device to have it cleaned the way you did on your video?
I do NOT want to risk damaging mine.
Please HELP......
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If you are reading this I will mail you one for postage costs only, no use to me, too cool to throw out.
Buying a long-ass ad on Techmoan, the size of this video (and maybe even longer than his), even if it doesn't fool anyone (or especially because it doesn't), is a bit of a dickish move… Your content looks cool, and all, but the strategy itself feels… wrong, dude, and it really prevents me from fully enjoying it.
You're aping his style and, to top it off, also buying ads to be displayed… in his own channel?! And even if it was TH-cam's algorithm which did the deed… Nah. Not getting my sub. You're lucky I didn't dislike your video for good measure; I guess I'm feeling nice today.
I'm terribly sorry, João, it wasn't my intention to deceive you.
I am a fan of Techmoan but I didn't really consider myself to be aping his style... After all, I'm just starting out, and all I'm doing is filming myself explaining how some old tech stuff works, giving a bit of background on it, and demonstrating how I managed to repair it. Personally, I don't consider my videos to be a patch on the quality of Techmoan's, but he's been making his for years and I uploaded my first one a bit over a week ago.
My video ads are targeted at the fairly broad channel category of "technology" because, again, my channel is only eleven days old, and I'm trying to gain subscribers and view time to meet TH-cam's new (rather strict, I might add) requirements for monetisation. My goal is to get enough subscribers to start achieving organic growth, and sustain the costs related to sourcing and filming new things, mostly because I really enjoy exploring and fixing pretty much anything tech-related I can get my hands on.
In saying that, I have seen an unexplained spike in views since this morning (which I was rather excited about, I will admit), so I''m guessing AdWords for Video has been playing my ad over one of Techmoan's videos, and that's where it has come from. Honestly, I'd much prefer it to be increased interest in my content, because advertising is not cheap, and I have a family to support.
Hopefully you'll understand that I wasn't trying to rip him off, and if that's not enough for you, the video I'm currently producing relates to restoring and modifying a gaming console, which is a topic I can't recall him ever doing. I also have some car-related videos, and some electronic build videos I'm planning as well.
Once again, my apologies for misleading you.
TGPN.
Hi João,
I have ceased all forms of advertising effective immediately.
TGPN.
Ah, well, no worries! I didn’t say it was a dick move… Only dick-ish. ;) And I didn’t get deceived in any way, shape or form, I just got slightly confused for the better part of five seconds; your ad was clearly marked as such, but it felt a bit like those full-page ads disguised as articles in newspapers, if you catch my drift. Anyway, you did get my point of view (bluntly as I may have put it), it seems. Thanks for the kind response; however right I might’ve been in my criticism, I did overreact, and I’m also sorry for that. I should’ve considered the whole algorithm thing more thoroughly, and… you know, construed a fairer argument.
On that matter, maybe cutting off all advertising is also harsh, but I hope I did help you out with my criticism in the end. I would never claim to be the prototypical TH-cam viewer, but surely I’m not the only one who might’ve considered the whole thing to be kind of… weird, or even off-putting. It was almost as if I felt guilty for actually enjoying an “advertisement”. This whole experiment would make for a good case study, now that I think of it.
Anyway, I digress. I know this is a dog-eat-dog world, in which advertising can really play an important part (hey, it did get some people to know your channel and you will probably end up getting at least one sub out of it after all… It’s like that old adage, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” ;) ), but it’s also filled with really cool collaborations and good relationships between TH-camrs (to be fair, I‘m not some sort of gossipy “tattletale” and would never claim such a thing on Techmoan’s channel or social media, I kinda got your point from the very beginning and realized you must be a well-meaning fan yourself; imitation is, after all, the sincerest form of flattery), and I’m a firm believer in organic growth. Also, I hope you take this as a sincere compliment: your content does look cool and can probably stand on its own, without the need for much in the way of paid advertising (or are the algorithms so effed up already - and/or Google so greedy - that your videos wouldn’t show up naturally in my feed otherwise? I mean, I do also follow LGR, the 8-bit guy, retrotech, the works…).
Not that I’m thinking of starting a TH-cam channel of my own or anything, but I do take great interest in these matters… I studied at a Communication Design & New Media MFA programme, and a few of the issues we approached were precisely remix culture, Creative Commons, self-publishing, etc. (one of my case studies was, of all things, Machinima, and I was already reading on memetics way back in 2010); for me, it’s still rather interesting to see how small content producers relate to one another, to mainstream content-holders and to the distribution chain.
That's OK. I'm glad for the viewer interaction - I was starting to think I must be seriously boring to watch because I had only managed one comment on this video and two on my other video after several thousand views... You have given me definite food for thought though.
I chose to end the ad campaign because when I opened AdWords after reading your comment, I had a brief moment of horror when I realized that my videos could not only be playing over Techmoan's, but also over the other creators who make videos I enjoy and whose channels could be categorized alongside his. I think for now, I'll put a stop to the advertising and focus my energy on producing more content that can actually attract viewers and subscribers. I've also sent him an email apologizing for my mistake and for confusing any viewers wondering why he's suddenly developed an Australian accent.
Thanks for the compliment. It is nice to actually get some written feedback instead of just hoping a number beside a thumb icon increases. As for my content standing on it's own, well, a month ago I'd never filmed anything seriously before, let alone edited it into a watchable video, created animated titles, recorded voice overs, designed artwork, etc, etc. To my eyes, there is a definite improvement overall between my first video and this one (it took me about fifty takes to get the intro piece to camera on the last video right due to nerves), and I intend to continue refining my skills and gaining self-confidence as I produce more content.
If you add up *everything* I've done from scratch to get to here, I would say over the last six or seven weeks I've probably already invested a couple of hundred hours, while working full-time and having a family, just to produce and release a little over thirty minutes of watchable video. Now I've laid down the groundwork though, it's much easier to create content - I'm only fine tuning the peripheral aspects now (such as the TH-cam channel structure, my website, Patreon, and social media feeds) rather than creating them from the ground up.
As for algorithms, I don't think I'd turn up in your feed because my channel is tiny compared with most, and even with carefully written descriptions and keeping to relevant keywords, I'm still not going to garner anywhere near the views or viewer interaction needed to make a serious impact. In the future, who knows though. I came into this half expecting to be ridiculed incessantly, but it seems I'm not doing too badly after all.
I don't know if it's the same for you, but I find myself genuinely excited when I see the content creators I watch (all of who you mentioned) collaborate with each other. Hearing Techmoan in that LGR video a week or two back had me grinning at my monitor. Same with when he recorded the tape for The 8-Bit Guy, it was great to see a literal transatlantic crossing of two of my favorite channels.
Anyways, thanks for all of this, even though I utterly freaked when I read your first comment, and allow me to thank you personally for subscribing.
I really do hope you enjoy my future videos, and I'll endeavor to do the best I can by you and all of my viewers. :)
The General Purpose Nerd Well, it's really nice to see you have your heart in the right place, and… while I didn't see the rest of your work yet, if this is indeed the result of your early efforts, I'm impressed and positive it will eventually pay off if you keep at it.
If you ever need a motivational/inspirational boost (and don't yet know his channel; if you do already, and it's very likely that is the case, please bear with me), Smooth McGroove's latest videos after his prolonged absence will surely do the trick better than I (or a screaming Shia LaBouef, for that matter :P ) ever would. Also, I did study and do some editing back in the day, so if you want I can give you some constructive nitpicking in due time (not right now, though; here in the antipodes it's already 10:30 AM and I still haven't gotten any sleep :/ ). Peace! :)