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Sony PCM-601ESD + Sony SL-HF750 Beta Recorder - Good Vintage Working Condition!
Estimated price for orientation: 695 $
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Description Brand: Sony / Sony Type: Vintage PCM Stereo Recording System Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan Model: PCM-601ESD / SL-HF750
Up for auction is my Vintage Sony Digital Recording System, consisting of a Sony PCM-601ESD, and a Sony SL-HF750 SuperBeta recording deck. Considering that they are 30 years old, both pieces are in excellent condition. I have tried to show their condition in the photos – please contact me if you have any questions not answered by the descriptions which follow and the photos above - these are not just “taken from a working environment”, they have been a working part of my home studio, right up until the time of photographing them for this auction! I have not done extensive testing on these units - all I know is that today, when I prepared to take these photos, they still played back properly, the tracking adjustment worked properly, and the sound was still superb, as it always was! This PCM-601 used in combination with this SL-HF750, can pretty well be guaranteed to work. I am also including a single-tone test-tape which I created to give a playback reference point for transfer to another medium. If you are interested, there is an extensive description of both pieces of equipment at the conclusion of this listing. FedEx Ground shipping is free, and of course the 601 and the 750 will be shipped separately, with the 750 in its original carton. Each piece will also include the original instruction manual - not a photocopy and not a web address, but the real thing! ALL ITEMS SOLD AS-IS – as with any 30-year-old electro-mechanical equipment, there can be no guarantee as to how long any of it will work. All I know is that, as of the taking of these photos, these units were still happily working together, and I fully expect they will do the same for you. Nevertheless, they are sold AS-IS. The first item included in this auction is my Sony PCM-601ESD, a Digital Encoder/Decoder marketed by Sony in 1985, which made it possible to record a 14/16bit 44.1kHz digital stereo signal on a video tape, preferably a Sony Beta machine. As can be seen in the photos, this is a working, fully functioning piece of electronics. Its final use for me has been to decode the my remaining collection of F-1 format live recordings from the 80's and 90's for transfer onto SD cards. The tapes were played on the Sony SL-HF750 Beta deck below, on which many of the original recordings were made. The 750 is also included in this auction, and its description follows.Its audio inputs and outputs are via L+R RCA jacks - there are RCA Video IN/OUT jacks for sending the encoded signal to/from the VCR - and there is an RCA jack for a TV monitor connection, so you can "watch" the digital signal on a TV screen! In addition, there are SP/DIF in + out RCA jacks for direct digital transfer. Sony made two such processors for the pro-sumer market - the first was the PCM-501ES (I have one those for sale in another auction) and later, the PCM-601ESD (somewhere in the timeline, a PCM-701 also appeared). Both were pretty much identical in function to the original F-1 electronics, but without the balanced ins and outs, and at a much more affordable price. As long as portability and/or ruggedness wasn't a criteria, they were a great choice. One of the differences between the 501 and the 601 was that the 601 had SP/DIF digital I/O (hence the "D"), making transfers in the digital domain possible - in addition, the 601 was given better digital tracking adjustment. The second item included in this auction is my Sony SL-HF750 Super Beta Hi-Fi Video Recorder. I bought it new, and I can truthfully say that this deck has never recorded an actual video program, in the normal sense of the word. It has always been used to make PCM digital recordings with Sony digital processors - this process converted analog audio into digital and then into an NTSC video signal, which was then recorded as a monochrome "video” picture – “video” but not video. I have, however, recently played an actual video tape on it, and the picture was excellent, as might be expected! The recorder is completely functional - the tape drawer moves smoothly and quietly, the transport winds fully in both directions and does it quietly, and all the controls work as they should. Also included is the original Sony Wireless Commander remote control shown in the photo – also a rare thing to have around, and still working! Like most VCRs of its day, the 750 has a single set of Y/W/R RCA input jacks on the back for the usual Video and L/R audio connections. There are also two (2) sets of Y/W/R RCA jacks for output monitoring. There is also a 1/4" TRS jack on the front panel for headphone monitoring. You will notice in the photos that the door covering the buttons on the right front of the deck is missing - except for making it more beautiful (hiding all those ugly little buttons, switches and things), the door had no other useful function, and was always in the way - the tracking controls were awkwardly placed - so I removed it years ago, and have never been concerned about how it looked! The only thing which is less than perfect is the LCD meter display - several of the meter segments on both channels seem to have stopped working some time ago. In that these meters were mostly useful only for recording, this shouldn't be a problem for playing back those old Beta tapes - most VCRs don't have meters anyway. I never noticed when they stopped functioning because digital recording and playback volume was metered on the external Sony 601 converter and did not appear on the 750 meters.
I regularly used one of the original Sony F-1 systems, which came out in 1981, utilizing a portable Beta deck to do the recording, and a matching separate set of portable electronics to do the A/D/NTSC and NTSC/D/A conversion. This combination helped kick-start the digital revolution by putting "affordable" digital recording into the marketplace. In the late 80's, Sony lowered the price of admission into the digital age by introducing the PCM-501 - subsequently, I outfitted my home studio with this Sony SL-HF750 recorder and the Sony PCM-501 which is for sale in another auction, picking up this PCM-601 later when I finally wanted to do D/D transfer of all of my original recordings to a newer medium. REMEMBER - ALL ITEMS SOLD AS-IS - See above. *** If you have any questions, PLEASE ASK before bidding. ***» PayPal only « International Buyers – FYI!Import duties, taxes and any other charges, including transportation to a destination outside the USA, are NOT INCLUDED in the item price or shipping cost. The shipping included as part of this auction will get the item to eBay's International Shipping Office in Erlanger, Kentucky.Additional destination charges are the buyer's responsibility and will be assessed and billed by the International Shipping Office.Please note that I am committed to your satisfaction as a buyer and I value your positive feedback; please contact me first, before leaving feedback, if there is any problem with this order after you receive it, and I will work with you to resolve any issue to our mutual satisfaction.Thank you for visiting my auction!
Description
| Brand: | Sony / Sony | Type: | Vintage PCM Stereo Recording System |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: | Japan | Model: | PCM-601ESD / SL-HF750 |
Up for auction is my Vintage Sony Digital Recording System, consisting of a Sony PCM-601ESD, and a Sony SL-HF750 SuperBeta recording deck. Considering that they are 30 years old, both pieces are in excellent condition. I have tried to show their condition in the photos – please contact me if you have any questions not answered by the descriptions which follow and the photos above - these are not just “taken from a working environment”, they have been a working part of my home studio, right up until the time of photographing them for this auction! I have not done extensive testing on these units - all I know is that today, when I prepared to take these photos, they still played back properly, the tracking adjustment worked properly, and the sound was still superb, as it always was! This PCM-601 used in combination with this SL-HF750, can pretty well be guaranteed to work. I am also including a single-tone test-tape which I created to give a playback reference point for transfer to another medium. If you are interested, there is an extensive description of both pieces of equipment at the conclusion of this listing. FedEx Ground shipping is free, and of course the 601 and the 750 will be shipped separately, with the 750 in its original carton. Each piece will also include the original instruction manual - not a photocopy and not a web address, but the real thing! ALL ITEMS SOLD AS-IS – as with any 30-year-old electro-mechanical equipment, there can be no guarantee as to how long any of it will work. All I know is that, as of the taking of these photos, these units were still happily working together, and I fully expect they will do the same for you. Nevertheless, they are sold AS-IS. The first item included in this auction is my Sony PCM-601ESD, a Digital Encoder/Decoder marketed by Sony in 1985, which made it possible to record a 14/16bit 44.1kHz digital stereo signal on a video tape, preferably a Sony Beta machine. As can be seen in the photos, this is a working, fully functioning piece of electronics. Its final use for me has been to decode the my remaining collection of F-1 format live recordings from the 80's and 90's for transfer onto SD cards. The tapes were played on the Sony SL-HF750 Beta deck below, on which many of the original recordings were made. The 750 is also included in this auction, and its description follows.Its audio inputs and outputs are via L+R RCA jacks - there are RCA Video IN/OUT jacks for sending the encoded signal to/from the VCR - and there is an RCA jack for a TV monitor connection, so you can "watch" the digital signal on a TV screen! In addition, there are SP/DIF in + out RCA jacks for direct digital transfer. Sony made two such processors for the pro-sumer market - the first was the PCM-501ES (I have one those for sale in another auction) and later, the PCM-601ESD (somewhere in the timeline, a PCM-701 also appeared). Both were pretty much identical in function to the original F-1 electronics, but without the balanced ins and outs, and at a much more affordable price. As long as portability and/or ruggedness wasn't a criteria, they were a great choice. One of the differences between the 501 and the 601 was that the 601 had SP/DIF digital I/O (hence the "D"), making transfers in the digital domain possible - in addition, the 601 was given better digital tracking adjustment. The second item included in this auction is my Sony SL-HF750 Super Beta Hi-Fi Video Recorder. I bought it new, and I can truthfully say that this deck has never recorded an actual video program, in the normal sense of the word. It has always been used to make PCM digital recordings with Sony digital processors - this process converted analog audio into digital and then into an NTSC video signal, which was then recorded as a monochrome "video” picture – “video” but not video. I have, however, recently played an actual video tape on it, and the picture was excellent, as might be expected! The recorder is completely functional - the tape drawer moves smoothly and quietly, the transport winds fully in both directions and does it quietly, and all the controls work as they should. Also included is the original Sony Wireless Commander remote control shown in the photo – also a rare thing to have around, and still working! Like most VCRs of its day, the 750 has a single set of Y/W/R RCA input jacks on the back for the usual Video and L/R audio connections. There are also two (2) sets of Y/W/R RCA jacks for output monitoring. There is also a 1/4" TRS jack on the front panel for headphone monitoring. You will notice in the photos that the door covering the buttons on the right front of the deck is missing - except for making it more beautiful (hiding all those ugly little buttons, switches and things), the door had no other useful function, and was always in the way - the tracking controls were awkwardly placed - so I removed it years ago, and have never been concerned about how it looked! The only thing which is less than perfect is the LCD meter display - several of the meter segments on both channels seem to have stopped working some time ago. In that these meters were mostly useful only for recording, this shouldn't be a problem for playing back those old Beta tapes - most VCRs don't have meters anyway. I never noticed when they stopped functioning because digital recording and playback volume was metered on the external Sony 601 converter and did not appear on the 750 meters.
I regularly used one of the original Sony F-1 systems, which came out in 1981, utilizing a portable Beta deck to do the recording, and a matching separate set of portable electronics to do the A/D/NTSC and NTSC/D/A conversion. This combination helped kick-start the digital revolution by putting "affordable" digital recording into the marketplace. In the late 80's, Sony lowered the price of admission into the digital age by introducing the PCM-501 - subsequently, I outfitted my home studio with this Sony SL-HF750 recorder and the Sony PCM-501 which is for sale in another auction, picking up this PCM-601 later when I finally wanted to do D/D transfer of all of my original recordings to a newer medium. REMEMBER - ALL ITEMS SOLD AS-IS - See above. *** If you have any questions, PLEASE ASK before bidding. ***» PayPal only « International Buyers – FYI!Import duties, taxes and any other charges, including transportation to a destination outside the USA, are NOT INCLUDED in the item price or shipping cost. The shipping included as part of this auction will get the item to eBay's International Shipping Office in Erlanger, Kentucky.Additional destination charges are the buyer's responsibility and will be assessed and billed by the International Shipping Office.Please note that I am committed to your satisfaction as a buyer and I value your positive feedback; please contact me first, before leaving feedback, if there is any problem with this order after you receive it, and I will work with you to resolve any issue to our mutual satisfaction.Thank you for visiting my auction!
I regularly used one of the original Sony F-1 systems, which came out in 1981, utilizing a portable Beta deck to do the recording, and a matching separate set of portable electronics to do the A/D/NTSC and NTSC/D/A conversion. This combination helped kick-start the digital revolution by putting "affordable" digital recording into the marketplace. In the late 80's, Sony lowered the price of admission into the digital age by introducing the PCM-501 - subsequently, I outfitted my home studio with this Sony SL-HF750 recorder and the Sony PCM-501 which is for sale in another auction, picking up this PCM-601 later when I finally wanted to do D/D transfer of all of my original recordings to a newer medium. REMEMBER - ALL ITEMS SOLD AS-IS - See above. *** If you have any questions, PLEASE ASK before bidding. ***» PayPal only « International Buyers – FYI!Import duties, taxes and any other charges, including transportation to a destination outside the USA, are NOT INCLUDED in the item price or shipping cost. The shipping included as part of this auction will get the item to eBay's International Shipping Office in Erlanger, Kentucky.Additional destination charges are the buyer's responsibility and will be assessed and billed by the International Shipping Office.Please note that I am committed to your satisfaction as a buyer and I value your positive feedback; please contact me first, before leaving feedback, if there is any problem with this order after you receive it, and I will work with you to resolve any issue to our mutual satisfaction.Thank you for visiting my auction!