Stefan Kudelski dies

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[Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
edited February 2013 in 2 Channel Audio
Hello,
The man who developed the Nagra portible tape recorder, Stefan Kudelski, has passed away.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/29/170575923/stefan-kudelski-who-made-sound-recording-portable-dies?ft=1&f=1001
Regards, Ken
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited January 2013
    Sad times; thanks for the link Ken.
    Jake
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2013
    How many of us started this audio journey, with a portable cassette player sitting in front of an AM radio, waiting for our favorite song?

    Fingers on the play and record buttons, like a gunfighter, LOL. Ahhh the memories.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2013
    A Nagra portable was a step up from the portables I had. It was probably a step up from my first cassette deck, a Vivitar.

    RIP
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited January 2013
    Wow. An amazing piece of hardware, the Nagra.
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  • TSWisla
    TSWisla Posts: 446
    edited January 2013
    Thank you for posting.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited January 2013
    RIP Mr. K.
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited January 2013
    One Christmas my parents gave me a Lucor tape recorder that they bought from Western Auto (anybody remember them?). I used it to send tapes to my relatives in Ireland and play the ones they sent back. I was a big Steve Allen fan then and I would stay up and record the "phony phone calls" he would do. The microphone on the ottoman in front of the TV speaker and watching the "magic eye". It just fascinated me that sound could be "captured" that way, it has never ceased to amaze me.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited January 2013
    My first tape recorder was a little 3" Claircon (not Clarion) - knowing my father, probably sourced from Kann Ellert Electronics up on (or at least near) "TV Hill" in B-more. :-)

    I was a little kid.

    A Nagra or a Stellavox remains on my hifi bucket list (FWIW).
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2013
    Western Auto...LOL!! That was an awesome store.
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited January 2013
    Sad...had a little portable r-r when I was a kid,hardly put it down,really sparked my interest in sound. Now have REVOX gear due to that little unit! RIP! I'm sure you influenced a lot of kids out there!
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  • 84shovelhead
    84shovelhead Posts: 23
    edited February 2013
    Same here parents got me a little reel machine the reels couldnt have been more than 3 inches but it was maybe the best gift I ever got for sure not the most expensive .Been into sound related gear ever since.RIP to a pioneer.
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