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Brand: Ampex

Model:612

Category:Vintage

Application:Consumer

Electronics:Tube

Equalization:NAB

Country of Manufacture:USA

Release dates:1955 - 1958

Original Price: $395

Tracks:1/2 Rec/PB

Speeds: 7 1/2

Max Reel Size("): 7"

Number of heads: 1 (PB)

Head Composition: Permalloy

Head Configuration: Mono - Full Track

Voltage(s): 110-120v

Outputs: RCA

Frequency Response:40 - 15kHz

Wow and Flutter:below 0.25%

Sound quality rating:5 / 10

Long-term reliability rating: 5/ 10

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Description

This Ampex unit was officially designated the “Model 612 Stereo Tape Phonograph (although phonograph
is an odd choice of words even for a playback-only unit). It was priced at $395 and intended for use in conjunction with a pair of Ampex 620 amplifier-speakers (about $170 each) .  It did not, however prove
to be terribly popular despite its great playback sound.
Not many people (in 1955) were willing to hand over almost $750 on a playback-only tape system (even for that new-fangled larger-than-life stereo sound)
The 612 was very quickly replaced in early 1956 by the model A121 which, for about the same price , gave recording capabilities.

Additional Info

Half-track stereo

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