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brenellic2000 · 30th Nov 2022, 8:43 am

The reason they did not develop a 10-1/2" deck was two-fold: 1) their major commercial market was the educational field that did not require 10-1/2" and 2) that they were handicapped by their superb, sculptured cast-alloy deck; so they concentrated on top of the range domestic decks, amps... and speakers. Unlike Brenells, Collaros (and BSR) the deck could not be expanded to fit a larger spool.

When Truvox and Thermionic Products (later Racal-Thermionics) airfield and data recorders merged, domestic audio took second stage but the superb 100/200 lent itself to a professional 7" field data-recorder, the Racal-Thermionics T3000 now with a 4-th speed 15ips... but still only 7" spool!

Truvoxes have always been underrated, but the 100/200 was as good as any domestic Brenell, Ferrograph, Grundig....

30th Nov 2022, 8:43 am	#4
brenellic2000 Octode Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rye, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 1,647	Re: Truvox PD-95 R2R Check Out The reason they did not develop a 10-1/2" deck was two-fold: 1) their major commercial market was the educational field that did not require 10-1/2" and 2) that they were handicapped by their superb, sculptured cast-alloy deck; so they concentrated on top of the range domestic decks, amps... and speakers. Unlike Brenells, Collaros (and BSR) the deck could not be expanded to fit a larger spool. When Truvox and Thermionic Products (later Racal-Thermionics) airfield and data recorders merged, domestic audio took second stage but the superb 100/200 lent itself to a professional 7" field data-recorder, the Racal-Thermionics T3000 now with a 4-th speed 15ips... but still only 7" spool! Truvoxes have always been underrated, but the 100/200 was as good as any domestic Brenell, Ferrograph, Grundig....