Commericial Cart Player/Recorder..Stereo
 

Very good condition Audi-Cord Mode lDL-RS-5.W/3rd Cue.P/P
stereo.2C..W/Timer.Any one have an Idea what this worth? Have manual and
Picture.Write

On 16 Nov 2004 22:58:01 GMT, (Riv papa 1) wrote:

Very good condition Audi-Cord Mode lDL-RS-5.W/3rd Cue.P/P
stereo.2C..W/Timer.Any one have an Idea what this worth?

Practically nothing. Very few radio stations use cart machines
nowadays, and those stations that do generally have little trouble in
finding top-quality used machines such as Pacific Recorders and ITC.
Even to a collector an AudiCord is not very desirable. In my 35 years
as a radio engineer I have worked on, I believe, every brand of cart
machine ever made in the US, and I consider AudiCord to be the worst
brand that ever I have ever worked on. Their principle defects are
underpowered motors, and materials and workmanship that are noticeably
inferior to the premium brands. The only reasons why so many were sold
are 1) a radio station used to need quite a few cart machines, and 2)
AudiCords were relatively inexpensive, compared to other brands.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, WWWR Roanoke VA, WCQV Moneta VA, WKBA
WZZI Vinton VA, WKPA WLNI WZZU Lynchburg VA, WMNA/WMNA-FM Gretna VA,
WOWZ Appomattox VA
http://members.cox.net/dalehcook/starcity.shtml

On 16 Nov 2004 22:58:01 GMT, (Riv papa 1) wrote:

Very good condition Audi-Cord Mode lDL-RS-5.W/3rd Cue.P/P
stereo.2C..W/Timer.Any one have an Idea what this worth?

Practically nothing. Very few radio stations use cart machines
nowadays, and those stations that do generally have little trouble in
finding top-quality used machines such as Pacific Recorders and ITC.
Even to a collector an AudiCord is not very desirable. In my 35 years
as a radio engineer I have worked on, I believe, every brand of cart
machine ever made in the US, and I consider AudiCord to be the worst
brand that ever I have ever worked on. Their principle defects are
underpowered motors, and materials and workmanship that are noticeably
inferior to the premium brands. The only reasons why so many were sold
are 1) a radio station used to need quite a few cart machines, and 2)
AudiCords were relatively inexpensive, compared to other brands.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, WWWR Roanoke VA, WCQV Moneta VA, WKBA
WZZI Vinton VA, WKPA WLNI WZZU Lynchburg VA, WMNA/WMNA-FM Gretna VA,
WOWZ Appomattox VA
http://members.cox.net/dalehcook/starcity.shtml

I have worked on, I believe, every brand of cart
machine ever made in the US, and I consider AudiCord to be the worst

Amen brother. I worked for a state-wide news and sports network and we had
about 20 of these pigs. It was a full time job keeping them aligned and
running.
Carroll Senn
Columbia, SC
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I have worked on, I believe, every brand of cart
machine ever made in the US, and I consider AudiCord to be the worst

Amen brother. I worked for a state-wide news and sports network and we had
about 20 of these pigs. It was a full time job keeping them aligned and
running.
Carroll Senn
Columbia, SC
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Carroll Senn wrote:
I have worked on, I believe, every brand of cart
machine ever made in the US, and I consider AudiCord to be the worst

Amen brother. I worked for a state-wide news and sports network and we had
about 20 of these pigs. It was a full time job keeping them aligned and
running.

I have one word for you. A word that strikes fear in the hearts of First
Class holders everywhere.

Tapecaster.
Just say no.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Carroll Senn wrote:
I have worked on, I believe, every brand of cart
machine ever made in the US, and I consider AudiCord to be the worst

Amen brother. I worked for a state-wide news and sports network and we had
about 20 of these pigs. It was a full time job keeping them aligned and
running.

I have one word for you. A word that strikes fear in the hearts of First
Class holders everywhere.

Tapecaster.
Just say no.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On 30 Nov 2004 09:32:54 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

I have one word for you. A word that strikes fear in the hearts of First
Class holders everywhere.

Tapecaster.

Tapecasters were simple and relatively crude, but held their alignment
pretty well, whereas Audicords were prone to get out of alignment and
were badly underpowered. I'll take a Tapecaster over an Audicord any
day.

I have one client that still has one Tapecaster and one Spotmaster in
their MCR, for a one-hour live weekday show where the jock has a lot
of old music on carts. Another station would like to contract with me,
but until they get rid of the Audicords in their MCR I'm not
interested.

BTW, cart machine maintenance had nothing to do with holding a First
Class Radiotelephone Operator License. Large stations had studio
engineers to keep the cart machines running, and First Phones to keep
the transmitters running.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, WWWR Roanoke VA, WCQV Moneta VA, WKBA
WZZI Vinton VA, WKPA WLNI WZZU Lynchburg VA, WMNA/WMNA-FM Gretna VA,
WOWZ Appomattox VA
http://members.cox.net/dalehcook/starcity.shtml

On 30 Nov 2004 09:32:54 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

I have one word for you. A word that strikes fear in the hearts of First
Class holders everywhere.

Tapecaster.

Tapecasters were simple and relatively crude, but held their alignment
pretty well, whereas Audicords were prone to get out of alignment and
were badly underpowered. I'll take a Tapecaster over an Audicord any
day.

I have one client that still has one Tapecaster and one Spotmaster in
their MCR, for a one-hour live weekday show where the jock has a lot
of old music on carts. Another station would like to contract with me,
but until they get rid of the Audicords in their MCR I'm not
interested.

BTW, cart machine maintenance had nothing to do with holding a First
Class Radiotelephone Operator License. Large stations had studio
engineers to keep the cart machines running, and First Phones to keep
the transmitters running.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, WWWR Roanoke VA, WCQV Moneta VA, WKBA
WZZI Vinton VA, WKPA WLNI WZZU Lynchburg VA, WMNA/WMNA-FM Gretna VA,
WOWZ Appomattox VA
http://members.cox.net/dalehcook/starcity.shtml

Dale H. Cook wrote:
On 30 Nov 2004 09:32:54 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

I have one word for you. A word that strikes fear in the hearts of First
Class holders everywhere.

Tapecaster.

Tapecasters were simple and relatively crude, but held their alignment
pretty well, whereas Audicords were prone to get out of alignment and
were badly underpowered. I'll take a Tapecaster over an Audicord any
day.

Alignment? I didn't know you aligned cart machines! I thought you just
shook the cartridge back and forth until the high end came back.

Okay, that was kind of sarcastic. But honestly, azimuth alignment on
a machine that can't keep azimuth is something of an adventure.

I have one client that still has one Tapecaster and one Spotmaster in
their MCR, for a one-hour live weekday show where the jock has a lot
of old music on carts. Another station would like to contract with me,
but until they get rid of the Audicords in their MCR I'm not
interested.

High end cart machines are such a glut on the market right now that you
might consider a contract in which you replace their whole cart arrays
for a nominal price upon taking over. Put an ad in Radio World asking for
cart machines and your phone will ring off the hook.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."