CassetteMaster | APOLEC RA-11 ≠ APOLEC RA-11 (Two rim-drive recorders, same model, different designs) @CassetteMaster | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 14 hours ago
In 1969, NASA's Apollo 11 program landed astronaut Neil Armstrong on the moon.
But years earlier, in around 1962 or so, APOLLO INDUSTRIES had a very special tape recorder. The APOLEC RA-11 transistorized portable rim-drive reel-to-reel tape recorder. The RA-11 and similar variants of the basic design were extremely popular, simple-design, basic tape recorders. A "bare-bones" tape recorder, you could say.
I have two RA-11 units in my collection. One I got back in 2011, the Apolec RA-11, and one I get just recently in its original box in (near, but not quite) mint condition. First, I noticed the units were a bit different in color schemes. My recent acquisition, the Apollo Industries labeled unit, was a 4-transistor unit--very typical for rim-drive units. But the other RA-11 I got back in 2011 is a 3-transistor unit, and each unit has totally different speaker types, too! Also, the Apollo Industries labeled one has an additional brake for the reel tables.
It is interesting to note the significant differences between two recorders that are both known as the Apolec RA-11, but only one bears the grandious name of APOLLO INDUSTRIES.
Both are DC-bias. What do you expect?
In 1969, NASA's Apollo 11 program landed astronaut Neil Armstrong on the moon.
But years earlier, in around 1962 or so, APOLLO INDUSTRIES had a very special tape recorder. The APOLEC RA-11 transistorized portable rim-drive reel-to-reel tape recorder. The RA-11 and similar variants of the basic design were extremely popular, simple-design, basic tape recorders. A "bare-bones" tape recorder, you could say.
I have two RA-11 units in my collection. One I got back in 2011, the Apolec RA-11, and one I get just recently in its original box in (near, but not quite) mint condition. First, I noticed the units were a bit different in color schemes. My recent acquisition, the Apollo Industries labeled unit, was a 4-transistor unit--very typical for rim-drive units. But the other RA-11 I got back in 2011 is a 3-transistor unit, and each unit has totally different speaker types, too! Also, the Apollo Industries labeled one has an additional brake for the reel tables.
It is interesting to note the significant differences between two recorders that are both known as the Apolec RA-11, but only one bears the grandious name of APOLLO INDUSTRIES.
Both are DC-bias. What do you expect?
