[Frameworks] Seeking Info - Portable Magnasync 16mm magstock dubber

[Jeff Kreines]

Ryder,

Yes, that’s the amp.  I assume you want to record, not just play back?  The Magnasync electronics are not easy to find, because the tube electronic enthusiasts hoard them.’

One option would be to find alternatives like the Inovonics record-play amps (there are some on eBay, about $200) or to find Magnatech record and play amps — which require a clean 28v DC linear power supply.  The Inovonics also require a power supply, but I don’t know the specs.

You’d need some electronic skills to make any of these work — different connectors, etc.  Also, the heads on your machine may not be a good match for third party electronics.  Not sure which 1/4’ electronics might work.  Also note that this machine has no erase head so your mag stock has to be bulk-erased or new, you can’t record over used stock.  Another expense.

The question is how deeply do you desire a 16mm mag recorder?  If you just want to use it to playback mag, that’s a lot simpler — there are even old hifi amps that have an input for a magnetic head.  

Best of luck!

Jeff Kreines


> On Dec 4, 2023, at 2:47 PM, Ryder White <ryder.white at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Awesome, thanks Jeff. That model number made the research a lot easier. I’m guessing by electronics you mean the companion amplifier unit like this:
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> I’m wondering if I can figure out how to send it amplified signal from other equipment in order to still be able to use the transport. Any thoughts on what it might be expecting to see as far as recording levels go? Any chance it’s similar to its 1/4” tape contemporaries? I have some open reel decks I might be able to cannibalize. 
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> Thanks again -
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> R
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> On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 17:17 Jeff Kreines <jeff at kinetta.com <mailto:jeff at kinetta.com>> wrote:
>> It’s a Magnasync 602E or a variant of that. But your photos are missing the electronics, so all you have is a transport. 
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>> Jeff Kreines
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>> > On Dec 2, 2023, at 6:49 PM, Ryder White <ryder.white at gmail.com <mailto:ryder.white at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> > hi Frameworks-land,
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>> > I recently acquired a cool portable Magnasync magstock dubber (thanks Todd!) and now I’m trying to learn a little more about it. It doesn’t have a model name or number, and in my cursory googling I couldn’t find any reference to this unit or anything similar. If anyone has any good info to pass along about this unit, I’d be very grateful to have it. In particular, I’m wondering how the input/output are configured…the only connections I see are a type I don’t recognize. 
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>> > Many thanks all!
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