Magnecord 728

400$US
Untested

Seller Information

Silvana de Jonghe
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Sebastopol, United States

All of this equipment belonged to my father, and he took excellent care of his equipment. He purchased this in 1960 or 61. Both the recorder and the microphone turn on satisfactorily, but have not been fully tested or refurbished. I want to sell all of these items as a bundle. "This is the four track version of the Magnecord 728, released in the late 50s. One of the more leading edge machines of its day and unfortunately represents one of the last really great machines that were made by Magnecord." 1. Magnecord Reel to Reel #748 2. Magnecord Instruction Manual 3. Electro-Voice Model 664 Microphone 4. Electro-Voice Commercial Catalogue No. 132A 5. Atlas Microphone Stand 6. 2 Reel Retainers for RETMA 7-inch reels and 2 Reel Retainers for NAB 10-inch reels 7. Variety of cables, jacks, and adapters 8. Audio Head Demagnetizer 9. Tape Splicer 10. 43 7-inch reels (used) 11. 14 10-inch reels (used) 12. 3 packages of Scotch Leader and Timing Tape

Technical Details

Magnecord
728
Mid High Fidelity
Portable
Tube
USA
$800
1/2 Rec/PB
7 1/2, 15
10.5"
3
Permalloy
Stacked/Inline
NAB
3
No
110-120v
9 / 10
8 / 10
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Additional Details

Description

A pretty spectacular sounding machine that Anyone considering would best ignore the specifications for frequency response, ff etc. as it sounds way better than many very expensive Japanese machines. Really musical, really dynamic and very small for a 10 inch capacity machine. As you can see in the photos, I added an IEC socket for power and RCA’s for input-output.

Available in two track (728) and quarter-track stereo (748), both versions had the following features:
Monitoring: Phone jack on front panel for head phones.

Approximate dimensions 18 inches wide 14 inches tall 14 inches deep. Weight 50 pounds. rewind/fast-forward 1600 ft./m

Headphone jack, Early remote control option so the 728 can be started and stopped in any mode of operation.

These machines had an optional fourth head, switchable on front panel, for quarter track playback which unfortunately my model does not have. One of the last pictures shows the black faceplate that was an option.

 

Additional Info

Heads: Erase head. full track, half track, or split stereo at customer’s option. Record head and reproduce head. full track, half track or in-line stereo. (Additional heads were available for quarter
track or special applications.)
Remote control: With single pole/single throw switch installed, the recorder could be start-stopped in any mode of operation.
INPUT: Two high-impedance microphones (for use with two 250Kohm impedance unbalanced bridge inputs).Two low impedance microphones (for use with optional input transformers 50Kohm impedances)

Crosstalk: better than 55 db per channel. / Bias frequency: 100 Hz / Tube complement: record: 6AN8 and 12AT7 per channel, playback: 7025 and 12AT7 per channel, bias: 12BH7, solid state power supply diodes / Rewind speed: 1600 feet per minute / Inputs: high & low impedance mics, high impedance balanced & unbalanced bridge / Outputs: cathode follower, 2.5 V & 150 / 600 ohms balanced / Dimensions: 17½ x 13 x 12″ (444.5 x 330 x 305 mm) / Weight: approx 50 lbs (22.7 kg) / half-track or quarter-track stereo

Information

We have the following inventory to sell as a bundle:
  1. Magnecord Reel to Reel #748
  2. Magnecord Instruction Manual
  3. Electro-Voice Model 664 Microphone
  4. Atlas Microphone Stand
  5. 2 Reel Retainers for RETMA 7-inch reels ans 2 Reel Retainers for NAB 10-inch reels
  6. Variety of cables, jacks, and adapters
  7. Audio Head Demagnetizer
  8. Tape Splicer
  9. 43 7-inch reels (used)
  10. 14 10-inch reels (used)
  11. 3 packages of Scotch Leader and Timing Tape

Information

We have the following inventory to sell as a bundle:
  1. Magnecord Reel to Reel #748
  2. Magnecord Instruction Manual
  3. Electro-Voice Model 664 Microphone
  4. Atlas Microphone Stand
  5. 2 Reel Retainers for RETMA 7-inch reels ans 2 Reel Retainers for NAB 10-inch reels
  6. Variety of cables, jacks, and adapters
  7. Audio Head Demagnetizer
  8. Tape Splicer
  9. 43 7-inch reels (used)
  10. 14 10-inch reels (used)
  11. 3 packages of Scotch Leader and Timing Tape