Nicholas West Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dela Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 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...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas West Posted January 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY MACHINE. Thank you so much for this Dela. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pverrando Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Its a new-old-stock Ampex head, fitted into a pilot headshell. -Pete Verrando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALVIN Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 excellent !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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