<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi, Chris,<div><br></div><div>I'd argue the point, since manufacturers—even ones the size of RCA and Ampex—don't always make all of their own component level parts or subassemblies.</div><div><br></div><div>When Visual/Allen made the V/A Quads, Bosch was simply a mechanical parts supplier of two subassemblies for a machine V/A designed, then manufactured the electronics and assembled a completed system.</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div>On Mar 21, 2011, at 7:21 AM, <a href="mailto:Chill315@aol.com">Chill315@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id="role_body" bottommargin="7" leftmargin="7" rightmargin="7" topmargin="7"><font id="role_document" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"> <div>Good answers but we can not include Visual or Allen as they would be considered refurbishers and not manufactures. They took parts from other folks and made a quad.</div> <div> </div> <div>So we are getting closer.</div> <div> </div> <div>Chris Hill</div> <div> </div> <div> <div>In a message dated 3/21/2011 9:28:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a> writes:</div> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"> <div>2" Quads:</div> <div><br></div> <div>Bosch<span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>(Germany)</div> <div>Visual/Allen <span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"></span>(Bosch transport and heads from Germany w/Visual/Allen Electronics from US)</div> <div>Shibaden<span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>(Japan)</div> <div>TAMCO <span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"></span>(Japanese partnership btw. Ampex and Toshiba making Ampex designed machines in Japan)</div> <div><br></div> <div>1" Quad:</div> <div><span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"></span>Asaka <span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"></span>(Japan) Company also known as Asaka/ShibaSoku</div> <div><br></div> <div>Sony, NHK made 2" Quad prototypes in Japan.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I suspect there are more to be found. The hunt continues! (We need some Japanese QuadList members!)</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ted</div><br> <div> <div>On Mar 21, 2011, at 5:56 AM, <a title="mailto:Chill315@aol.com" href="mailto:Chill315@aol.com">Chill315@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type="cite"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" bottommargin="7" leftmargin="7" rightmargin="7" topmargin="7"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"> <div>We all know the Ampex and RCA machines. A number of us have seen other machines in use. So the question of the day is.</div> <div> </div> <div>What other manufactures built quad machine? </div> <div> </div> <div>The answer can not be a refurbished machine that was built on someone else's platform. I know of two of the manufactures. I do not know a third one but am aware of the machine. There may be more.</div> <div> </div> <div>Answers can not include prototypes.</div> <div> </div> <div>Chris Hill</div> <div>WA8IGN</div></font></div>_______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying!<br>Send QuadList list posts to <a title="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com" href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a title="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com" href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></blockquote></div><br> <div apple-content-edited="true"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: 14px Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; 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