Special tape recorder '' L60M3348 ''.
Reel-to-reel tape recorders, stationary.Reel-to-reel tape recorders, stationaryThe special tape recorder "L60M3348" was released in 1961. There is no information on it, there is only a letter from Sergey Viktorovich Litvinov from Moscow and he also provided photographs of the tape recorder for the site. Yesterday I received a very interesting from a technical point of view, a four-reel six-head tape recorder "L60M3348". There is no information on it. I did not find the possibility of using a tape recorder at a distance from the outlet. The power supply unit provides several separate stabilized power supplies: 22 V, 1.9 V (2 pcs.), 2.8 V (2 pcs.). Perhaps it was possible to replace the power supply unit with a battery with a separating voltage corrector. This system was used later on the VM-70 tape recorder. This thought was pushed to me by the connector for connecting the power supply unit, indirectly - the handle for removing the power supply unit from the seat and one bolt for fixing the power supply unit, as well as how to install the battery with its fixation with one bolt (in the middle). Using a tape recorder as a stationary one, for recording indoors, I do not exclude, but why then all this circus disguised as a suitcase, with which business travelers and vacationers often traveled in the 60s? The fact that the tape recorder was not accidentally in the suitcase speaks of itself not only the dimensions of the suitcase itself meticulously fitted under the tape recorder and four substrates inside on the bottom of the suitcase under the tape recorder, but also special stops on the suitcase lid for fixing the electric motor and power supply, since the tape recorder itself is attached to the suitcase is not fixed with any devices, screws or bolts. This is understandable, otherwise all this hardware would be visible from the outside of the suitcase. Its use was meant not only in a horizontal position, but also in a vertical one. This is evidenced by the mechanisms for fixing the bobbins on it from flying off the seats, as on stationary verticals from the 80s. I dare to suggest that this is the first attempt by Soviet engineers in the production of voice recorders for recording a conversation outside the room (on the go). It can be called a dictaphone at a stretch because of its size. But probably for this reason, they resorted to the method of veiling the tape recorder under the suitcase. Well, you can't hide it in the inside pocket of your jacket? I do not exclude the possibility that as of 1961 it was the smallest tape recorder at that time. It is not clear that there are buttons to turn on alternately microphone # 1, # 2 and # 3. In the kit I also got a microphone with a cord and a connection block to a tape recorder. Unfortunately, the cord was cut, but it is fixable. The microphone has a pin-type device for hidden fixation on items of clothing. From all of the above, the conviction is formed that the tape recorder was originally imprisoned for a hidden speech recording. The presence of four reels, I can assume the following task - the duplication of the recorded speech, which is of particular importance. Simply, the developers tried to duplicate the recording from an accidental failure of the main one. And this means that the tape recorder could be used for a hidden speech recording, the technical error of which was excluded from the outset, otherwise there might not have been a second attempt. PS This is so, thoughts out loud, if you are mistaken in the assumptions, do not exact. With a lot of unknowns, any hypothesis has the right to exist.
