Voicemaster 65/A

EMI; Hayes, Middlesex

  • Year
  • 1961
  • Category
  • Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 344814

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Tape Recorder
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 220 - 240 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • 2 Loudspeakers
  • Power out
  • 4.5 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Voicemaster 65/A - EMI; Hayes, Middlesex
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 24.5 x 9.75 x 16.75 inch / 622 x 248 x 425 mm
  • Notes
  • The Voicemaster 65 tape recorder contains a tapedeck, amplifiers, and loudspeakers, and is supplied with a crystal hand microphone and 7 in. spool of tape. It has input sockets for the microphone, radio, or other high-impedance signal sources, and has sockets for extension loudspeaker, high-quality output, and pickup output.

    The following are its principal features:

    • A quality tape deck specially designed and precision built by E.M.I.
    • Twin 1 track tape heads, giving double recording time.
    • 3 high-quality tape heads—erase, record, and replay.
    • 2 tape speeds 7½ and 3¾ ips.
    • 3 specially designed and precision-built E.M.I, motors.
    • Precision-built clock-type resettable tape position indicator.
    • Pause control for instant tape stop and start.
    • Rapid forward and reverse winding.
    • Self-compensating brakes.
    • Separate record and replay amplifiers.
    • Automatic compensation on record and replay characteristics for tape speed.
    • Moving coil meter for recording level indication
    • Speakers, 9¾" x 4½" elliptical & 2½" tweeter.

    The price of the Voicemaster 65, is £76 13s. and it is manufactured by The Gramophone Co., Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex

    The Tape Recorder, May 1961, page 197.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 46 lb (46 lb 0 oz) / 20.884 kg
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (The Tape Recorder, Vol. 3, No. 4, May 1961, page 197.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

 Collections | Museums | Literature

 Forum