I just got a 1967 Ampex 440 4 Track Recorder and it has one problem that I can't figure out. When I press the play button or any other button on the control panel it the does the same thing. The rewind motor goes into rewind mode and the take up reel goes into fast forward mode. So, it is running in rewind and fast forward at the same time.

Hi, this is my first post. I've been lurking on here for years and soaking up a ton of great info, so a big thanks to all the contributors! Now to my question...

First, I'm brand new to the site, I have read some of the fine threads and it all looks good. I'm recently retired, had a medium sized Music store for a long time. Lots of tube gear still around.

Specifically> I own an Ampex 351 with 2 amplifers and this box which is labeled

Hello All
I have a chance to acquire an Ampex ATR 700, if it works is it worth $200 ? Is their any info online for operation?
Thanks for any info.
Best Regards
Paul

So I am a college student, and I have a workstudy job in one of the buildings on campus. There is a history of Post-Production work at my college, so there is vintage stuff laying around all over. So I was organizing a pile of chair cushions in the basement, and lo and behold, there is an Ampex tape machine sitting under them.

Has anyone used a an Ampex 354 mic preamp? I know they were made as mic preamps for the Ampex tape machine, but someone I know is selling one. I would love any opinions on them in the studio...what they have sounded good with, etc.

Thanks!

Does anyone know how to tell the difference between an Ampex 350 vs a 351? A friend of mine has a couple of these Ampex pres, and from pictures i've found it obviously one or the other, but there is nothing on either of them to distinguish which model it is. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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I am toying with buying some Ampex AG440 mic preamp's that are on an auction site down these parts.

From what I can tell, they were originally bundled with the Ampex reel to reels of the same model.

Any one had, or has these that can tell me what they think of them?

Cheers All, Al.

Hi all,

A friend of mine just acquired an Ampex atr-700 reel-to-reel tape machine. He got it from the company he works for while they were cleaning out some old gear. We wanted to try doing transfers of some digital material to tape to see how it sounded. The material in question is 24bit 48k two track material that I have on my audio computer.