Philips stereo tape recorder Model N4450
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| Philips stereo tape recorder Model N4450 | |
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| Manufacturer | Philips |
| Production years | c. 1970 |
| Production location | (unknown) |
From the mid-1950s until the introduction of the compact cassette there was a strong minority interest in high quality sound reproduction from reel-to-reel tapes. This Philips recorder typifies what was available to the committed enthusiast at the time and gave a performance attractive to the professional user as well.
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I was lucky enough to have been the owner of one of these wonderful N4450 machines, purchased brand new from Argos in around 1971 or 1972. It cost £308 at the time, very expensive, but worth every penny.
I owned it for about 6 years, and I finally sold it to someone in Belgium in 1977 for the equivalent of £1,000, the guy was obsessed with becoming the owner, so how could I resist?
Fabulous multi multi featured machine, I would love to have another one, in spite of all the amazing digital hardware and software we now have at our disposal.
Ahhhh, sweet memories!!
— submitted by Philip, <philippennell@aol.com>
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Inv. No: 1993-434 Source: J R Taylor