HISTORY:
Working through yet more reel to reel related accessories and media plus some PHILIPS reel to reel tape machines, models N4504 & N4512
Not a bad machine from Philips, 3 motors, separate Read and Write heads in addition to the Erase head, 3 run speeds but not all that impressed with the extensive use of plastic for the case, albeit high impact very strong plastic! This makes for a pretty lightweight machine compared to the Otari 5050's and Studer B67's I have lugged around in the past!
There was actually very little "wrong" with the machines I am "parting out" but I felt they were more useful as "organ donors" to bring other machines back to life (or improve their functioning) so they are currently being "operated on" to extract useful components.
I am very much "into" sustainability and a complete tape machine represents a LOT of embedded energy and to waste that embedded energy is a very bad thing, even worse is to bury it in landfill and subsequently poison our environment!
What is embedded energy?
Embedded energy is a measurement of the total energy that was used to create a component, a module or a complete piece of equipment originally.
HERE is some more information about Ee
PHILIPS - Reel To Reel Tape Recorder SPARE PART
Model: N4504 OR N4512
Part # 4H21430238
Dynamic Noise Limiter module (one per channel)
Very small PCB which has 5x gold plated fingers which plug into a socket on the main board (2x one for each channel)
DIMENSIONS:
40.5mm Wide x 42.25mm Height x 16.5mm Height
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
NO damage to the single sided PCB, one section of the fingers is shorter - this is intentional NOT broken
NO component damage
I have now packed this DNL module into a sealed clear packet, awaiting a new owner
