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Sound Tape Cartridge hardware

RCA

Release year
Model number
Original price
Description




August 1959
SCP-2
299.95 dollars A case-style all-in-one stereo recorder with built in amplifier and speaker as well as pushbutton controls
November 1959
CP-1
199 dollars
Similar to the SCP-2 but monophonic only
November 1959?
SCP-3

Deluxe stereo recorder with built in amplifiers, pushbutton controls and auto-reverse. Possibly never made it to market.








September 1961 1YB1
99 dollars
Portable mono recorder that operates at 3 and 3/4 or 1 and 7/8 inches per second
September 1961 1YB2
129 dollars
Mono Trendliner
September 1961 1YC1
169 dollars
Stereo recorder with stereo amplifier but single speaker, with jacks to plug into external stereo equipment
September 1961?


unknown fourth machine mentioned in some publications




1962
1B4-11
99 dollars
Portable mono recorder




1963
1YB-11

Portable mono recorder with single built-in speaker, slight update of the 1YB1
1963
1YC-11

Portable stereo recorder with single speaker, updated 1YC1
1963
3YD1
199.95 dollars
RCA's first self-contained all-stereo machine with detachable second speaker in the lid.









1YB-29
Portable mono recorder in a brown and tan case.









YGB-29A

Transistorized mono home recorder with internal amplifier and speaker.








1965
Relay I

Mono two speed recorder
1965
Relay II

Mono two speed recorder with built in speaker
1965
YGD 43E

Stereo recorder with detachable speakers. The Relay III.
1965
MGC 71W

Modular tape transport for connecting to an existing stereo. The Module Mark I.










Bell Sound
Bell began offering a full range of cartridge recorders under the Stereo-Pak name by 1960, offering more machines than RCA.

Release year
Model number
Original price
Description
June 1959
401
99.95 dollars
Playback tape transport only, requiring a seperate amplifier with a tape-head preamplifier input
June 1959 402
129.95 dollars
Player with stereo preamplifier for plugging into a standard amplifier
June 1959 403
199.95 dollars
Stereo cartridge recorder with built-in record and playback preamplifier
June 1959 404
229.95 dollars
Standalone stereo player with built in amplifier in a fairly large case
June 1959 405
299.95 dollars
Standalone recorder with built in amplifier in a fairly large case
June 1959 406
299.95 dollars
Similar to the model 405 but with a different "portable" case design
July 1961
601
139.95 dollars
Second generation mono playback unit
July 1961
602
169.95 dollars
Second generation stereo unit but with only a mono amplifier and speaker built in
July 1961
603
199.95 dollars
Second generation lightweight (only 18 pounds!) stereo portable recorder with stereo amp and detachable second speaker






Sears/Silverstone

Release year
Catalog number
Original price
Description
Christmas 1960
57 N 1236L
274.95 dollars
Combo stereo recorder that handles both Sound Tape Cartridges and seven inch or smaller open reels
Spring 1961
W57 N 1237L
284.95 dollars
Same machine but with the second microphone included.


Other

Release year
Model
Original price
Company
Description
February 1960
Stereopac
199.50 dollars
Cine Sonic
Background music machine intended for juke box operators, with an original music library available on cartridge
pre-1962
Magneticon


Machine for school language labs





1965
STP-4499

Automatic Radio
Stereo automotive player