Ampex 200A on Ebay.....Buyer Beware
There are posts on the Ampex list as to the originality of this supposed 200A Recorder.The owner listed it at $5995 but a few days later cut the price in half.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ampex-200-Vi...item259179cca8
Here is a list members comments:
Hello,
>
> This is neither the original (200A), nor the "improved" (201), Ampex, but
> rather a DIY Ampex imitation, made with some apparently-genuine Ampex
> parts, and some newly-built non-Ampex parts.
> The push-button panel is definitely not 200; the head
> assembly is a 300/350/400 (neither 200A nor 201); etc.
>
Here is the AES Info on the restoration and the 200A
> http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/ampex200a/200a-at-stanford-library.html
There are posts on the Ampex list as to the originality of this supposed 200A Recorder.The owner listed it at $5995 but a few days later cut the price in half.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ampex-200-Vi...item259179cca8
Here is a list members comments:
Hello,
>
> This is neither the original (200A), nor the "improved" (201), Ampex, but
> rather a DIY Ampex imitation, made with some apparently-genuine Ampex
> parts, and some newly-built non-Ampex parts.
> The push-button panel is definitely not 200; the head
> assembly is a 300/350/400 (neither 200A nor 201); etc.
>
Here is the AES Info on the restoration and the 200A
> http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/ampex200a/200a-at-stanford-library.html
