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cars

will have

stereo

tape playing

systems."

Norelco. With

all

this activity,

another

cartridge system

would seem to

have

little

chance

of gaining

a foothold.

Nevertheless,

Norelco

last year

introduced

a dashboard

harness for

its

battery-

operated

portable

tape- cartridge

recorder

and

thus

made a

bid

capture

part of

the growing

market.

And

the

real

breakthrough

came

when Norelco

managed

to persuade

Mercury

Records,

Minnesota

Mining,

General

Electric,

Sony,

Aiwa, Concord,

Panasonic,

and

other

firms

to adopt

its

system.

Norelco

-type play-

ers

now cost

from

$70

to $100

and,

unlike

the others,

are

powered

by self- contained

flashlight batteries.

The Norelco

system

centers

around

two

hub cartridge

roughly

fifth the

size

the

other

two. Similar

design

that

was

introduced

RCA

in 1959,

the

Norelco

model

utilizes

1/2-in. tape

recorded

17 /a ips.

At the

moment,

recording

twin -track

mono

only

-but

the developers

plan

in-

troduce

compatible

four

-track stereo

soon.

Blank cartridges,

which cost

from

$2.65

$3.25,

hold

minutes

of uninterrupted

recording

and

are

available

from

Norelco,

Mercury,

and

Minnesota

Mining.

Prere-

corded

cartridges

will cost about

$4.95 for

32 minutes

(about

the

same price

stereo

LP).

Among

the

machines

which now

fill the

Norelco car

harness

are the Norelco

Carry-

Corder

($89.95),

the

Mercury

TS8000

($89.95),

the Wollensak

4100 ($89.95),

and

the General

Electric

M8300

Lively

Set

(about $90).

Both Norelco

and

Mercury

project

four

-track

stereo

models

using

1/2-in.

tape at prices

around

$150.

The

versatility

of a

3 -lb. recorder

that

operates

equally

well in

living

room,

the

beach, or

under

the

dashboard

-plus

the

fact

that

the owner

can

record

his

own fare

-are the

major assets

the

Norelco

sys-

tem.

course,

given

the

know

-how,

possible

record

Fidelipac

tapes

con-

ventional

four

-track recorder,

then

load

the

tape

into a cartridge.

And

Soundex

now

offers a

Lear

-Jet

record

/playback

deck,

while Roberts

has

introduced

eight

-track

cartridge

record /playback

as an extra

feature

on its model

1725

-8L

recorder.

But for

the

most part,

Fidelipac

and

Lear

users are

limited

commercially-

recorded

cartridges.

At press

time,

there

were only

prerecorded

Norelco

-type

cartridges

-all

monaural,

and all

from

the

Mercury,

Philips,

Smash,

Wing,

and Limelight

catalogs.

But

were

promised.

SJB,

Tenna.

For those

who can't

make

up their

minds as

which of the

three

major systems

they prefer,

there

are a

num-

ber

of hybrid

compatible

units

on the

market.

SJB's

line, for example,

includes

six

models,

ranging

price

from $100

$170.

The

model

ST308, at

the

bottom

of the scale,

comes

with indicator

light.

For

$130

you

have a

choice

model

ST408,

with indi-

cator

light

and autpmatic

light

model

603M/48,

an all-

chrome

unit

with speakers,

adjustable

bracket,

cigarette

lighter

plug, and

carrying

handle.

Another

$10

adds

radio

to the

ST308.

Shell

out $170,

and

you have

choice

two

compatible

tape -FM

units,

models

ST408

/FM

and

603M/48/FM.

Still

another

compatible

unit

comes

from

Tenna Corporation.

Said

be the

least

ex-

pensive

the

market,

sells

for

$69.95

and

features automatic

sensing

of cartridge,

Mark

8 player

RCA

Victor

permits

use of 8 -track

car

-cartridge

tapes

anywhere

in the home.

Device

comes

in two

models:

unit at

left

contains

built

-in speakers,

while

model below

must be

attached

to stereo

system.

FEBRUARY-

MARCH,

1967

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