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WHAT IS THIS SITE ABOUT
ATTENTION 3M M79 OWNERS: This site is created for you, people saving the lives of their blessed 3M M79 analog tape machines!
Let me introduce myself. My Name is Mike G. I am just a regular recording guy who was looking for info on the 3M M79 and found little support for this venerable piece of ancient technology. The current situation for 3M 79 owners is now changing for the better.
1) SERVICE-There are now two service companies in the USA that openly champion the cause for the 3M M79: GRS (Ted Jolly and company) and Allen Sound.
2) PARTS from a 1970's tape machine= stock piles of NOS have been located and are available in the U.S. and the U.K.
OPEN AGENDA: I am putting together this site with the hope of creating a friendly worldwide community 3M 79 network in an effort to help each other keep our blue gems running long into the future.
HIDDEN AGENDA: The romantic thought that people will one day realize the delightfully mysterious qualities of this amazing sounding machine and triumphantly return to 2" tape. No doubt the biggest praise of the M 79 is the sound but the legitimate gripe is the technical hurdles to keep it running well. I hope we call pull together and make the latter a bit more bearable.
We can begin to find new solutions to old problems and historical Information, technical Information... Also including other resources for the novice: Tape Machine Basics 101. Are you looking for a 3M M79? We will try to keep track of machines for sale: working or scraps to preserve the bones of these old fossil.
TODAY 2010
This site will also be the best resource for finding information to keep your machine going strong and will contain places, people, pictures to be helpful to apprentice and expirenced Tech's alike.
A blog has been created for asking questions, finding resources and sharing tips will magically appear here. 3M 79 BLOG
Also stay tuned.
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To learn how I got involved follow this link MY 3M HISTORY.
