I think I read something years ago about copying a German recorder, but
I did not connect it Ampex and it was missing the other colorful
details. Thanks.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Mar 21, 2005, at 11:09 PM, Tim Hughes wrote:
> Their consumer division was never that great. The professional tape
> recorder division was much better. Although from an inovation point
> of view, the very first Ampex recorder was a close copy of German
> Magnetophon technology captured in WWII. The magnetophon was way
> ahead of anything else of the time, being a true hi-fi recorder with
> modern type of iron oxide tape, low distortion and wide bandwidth.
> Equivalent of a modern taperecorder. It enabled the Germans to fool
> people into thinking Hitler was broadcasting live, from places he was
> not actually at.
>
> Tim Hughes
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