Elcaset
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Teac | |
Usage | Audio storage |
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Released | 1976 |
Elcaset was a short-lived
In 1976, it was widely felt that the
The cassette itself looks similar to a compact cassette, only larger—about twice the size.[2] Like the earlier RCA tape cartridge, it contained 1⁄4 inch (6.4 mm) tape running at 3+3⁄4 inches per second (9.5 cm/s), twice the width and twice the speed of a compact cassette, providing greater frequency response and dynamic range with lower high-frequency noise than the compact cassette. Another notable difference from compact cassettes is that the tape is withdrawn from the cassette when run through the transport mechanism so that the manufacturing tolerances of the cassette shell will not affect sound quality. The top-of-the-line Elcaset decks also have all the features of deluxe open-reel decks, such as separate heads for erasing, recording, and playback; remote control, and heavy-duty transports for low wow & flutter.[citation needed]
The system is technically sound, but a nearly complete failure in the marketplace, with a very low take-up by a few
The Elcaset system was abandoned in 1980, when all the remaining systems were sold off in Finland.[3]
In 2017, musician Jeremy Heiden released his album Blue Wicked on Elcaset, along with several other older formats, including
See also
References
- ^ "Elcaset EL-5 Owner's Manual" (PDF). Retrieved 23 Oct 2019.
- ^ "videointerchange.com". videointerchange.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ Kees Stravers. "The end of the Elcaset". The Sony Elcaset cassette tape machine. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
…A Finnish company won the auction (by Sony international) and later sold those machines with 25 cassettes at a very low price: EL-5 + 25 cas. 795,- FIM and EL-7 + 25 cas. 1295,- FIM. It was mentioned in the ad that plain cassettes would cost normally about 1200 FIM. I think that US$ was in those days about 4,50 FIM, nowadays it's about 6 FIM. And you can believe it was a real sell-out. They sold about 2000 decks in Finland. …
- ^ Guttenberg, Steve. "This album is coming to nearly every audio format". CNET. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- Notes
- [Anon.] (1977). "The Sony Elcaset". Electronics Today International. 6 (3): 26–29.
External links
- Kees Stravers. "The Sony Elcaset cassette tape machine" (an enthusiast's page). Kees's Computer Home. Last accessed on 14 August 2007.