A few months ago I had to sort out a PCM701 with one of my spdif cards in (the ones I used to do for Audio Design). We went through three PCM units before we found one that worked fully in replay mode (the original, one from the Uni and the final one, off Ebay). There seems to be something in the electronics that becomes increasingly unreliable with time in, I think, the clocking circuits which I find very worrying especially. Given the fact that archiving houses (in the UK in particular, the British Library) very sensibly bought up a lot of machines when HHB finally stopped sponsoring production, there aren't likely to be many working boxes around any more, so guard any you have that work very carefully!
Dave PS I don't have any more of the spdif and the chip it was based on is no longer available so I can't make any more! On 29 April 2013 15:23, umashankar manthravadi <[email protected]>wrote: > i work in an ethnomusicology archives here in india, and we have about > 5000 hours of pcm f1 recordings dating back to 1983 (when I even did > digital field recordings using the F1). we have two F1s and one 501. None > have digital outputs, but cricklewood electronics (?) produced a card which > produced a sdif signal out of the F1 that we are using to convert our pcm > recordings to wav files without redigitising. umashankar > > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:02:32 +0100 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X) > > > > On 29/04/2013 11:53, Jon Honeyball wrote: > > > I have a pcm-f1 tape of the Zuccherelli stuff from 30 years ago, for > those > > > with looooong memories. Must pull that into a wav file, but my f1 has > no > > > digital output. Hmmm > > > > > > > As it happens, I have a Sony PCM-701ES (incl SPDIF) with the CDP digital > > port added (designed, along with the "SoundSTreamer" it connected to, by > > Dave Malham), sitting around doing nothing. It cost several arms and > > legs when bought new, back in 1987. Last time I used it, several years > > ago, it recorded 16bit audio nicely to a bog-standard (and cheap) VHS > > recorder. > > > > My question is, simply, are these things still in use/demand anywhere > > (e.g. for recovering vintage F1 recordings, which I merely assume it can > > do)? I also used the CDP port to connect (via a tiny bit of DIY buffer > > electronics) to a now utterly obsolete but cute IDE-based 56001 dsp > > development card. The port gives you direct access to the otherwise > > internal serial data and clock lines. > > > > There is currently one on Ebay "Buy It Now" for £150 plus shipping. I > > guess shipping by UK courier would be around £25. I would only take the > > plunge on Ebay if I could be sure of a price good enough to justify > > "letting it go". > > > > Richard Dobson > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130429/6c6a7dc8/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -- As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University, so this disclaimer is redundant.... These are my own views and may or may not be shared by my employer Dave Malham Ex-Music Research Centre Department of Music The University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130429/92752c61/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
