Nicholas West Report post #1 Posted January 18 I have a Nagra IV-S machine which I used to transfer quite a few 2 track tapes to digital. However, the utility of the machine as a transfer and home audio deck would be magnified a thousand fold if I was able to play 1/4 track tapes on it, of which I have A LOT, as well as 2 track. As a safe transport for old delicate tapes it has no equal. I was thinking that maybe a 1/4 playback head could be installed where the pilotone head is, and could be switched in and out of the playback amp. Has anyone ever heard of such a conversion? Has anyone here ever converted a Nagra into a 1/4 track machine? Or know anyone who could do such a thing? Has anyone here ever SEEN a 1/4 track conversion on a Nagra? Any thoughts on the subject would be so welcome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dela Report post #2 Posted January 22 Here is a guy who did replace the pilot head with a quarter track head: The tricky part would be to find a head that is an exact physical match to the original Nagra head. It doesn´t look like a Kudelski head viewed from the front, so he might have fitted another type head in a Kudelski head casing. Which in itself is quite a feat... In the commentary field someone asks about the make of the head; there is no answer, but a direct question to the guy might give an answer (which I am eager to know...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicholas West Report post #3 Posted January 23 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY MACHINE. Thank you so much for this Dela. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pverrando Report post #4 Posted March 20 Its a new-old-stock Ampex head, fitted into a pilot headshell. -Pete Verrando Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
