TEAC’s enduring budget reel-to-reels - the X3 series

The TEAC X300-R 7” open reel tape recorder remained on sale into the early 1990s.
A look at the history of the X3 range along with a demo of my early ‘80s X-3R.

Links & Resources
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Websites: https://reel-reel.com
HiFi catalogues etc:
https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com
https://worldradiohistory.com
https://www.hifi-archiv.info
https://www.hifiengine.com

Note in the video thumbnail the * is intended as a wildcard - covering the X-3R, X MkII, X-300 and X-300R

00:00 Start
01:13 Range history
06:03 Features
11:46 Direct feed audio
12:07 Quirks
13:47 That’s Teac’s MO
15:55 Patreon Credits

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