Teac’s enduring budge 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 Music: Vogue Machine - Hard Limited Video: VWestlife’s Teac W1200 Review Websites: HiFi catalogues etc: 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 ------------- Merchandise ----------------- Unique and cool designs of Techmoan branded Merchandise now available. --------------- SUBSCRIBE ------------------ ------------- SUPPORT --------------- This channel can be supported through Patreon *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* ---------- Outro Music ----------- Over Time - Vibe Tracks ------ Outro Sound Effect ------ ThatSFXGuy - ------ AFFILIATED LINKS/ADVERTISING NOTICE ------- All links are Affiliated where possible. When you click on links to various merchants posted here and make a purchase, this can result in me earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network & Amazon. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to AMAZON Sites (including, but not limited to Amazon US/UK/DE/ES/FR/NL/IT/CAN) Regularly asked question Q) Why are there comments from days ago when this video has just gone live today? A) Patrons usually have early access to videos. I’ll show the first version of a video on Patreon and often the feedback I get results in a video going through further revisions to improve it. e.g. Fix audio issues, clarify points, add extra footage or cut extraneous things out. The video that goes live on youtube is the final version. If you want to see the videos early too, you can sign up to Patreon here: