Comments on: Forgotten Formats: The Elcaset

By: NELSON REID

NELSON REID — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:04:12 +0000

I bought the Sony el-7 in 1977. The el-7 is still working. Never replaced bels nor any other component except meter lights. It records fantastic. I will never get rid of this machine. I have used it nearly every day. When I buy a new record, I record it and listen to the record on the sony elcaset.

By: jed

jed — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 04:35:37 +0000

does anyone know of video on youtube or elsewhere where they show how to open the Elcaset tape and lubricate it?

By: Aivars Migla

Aivars Migla — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:01:26 +0000

In reply to Jim nicol. Hi, Jim Nicol! I am interested in your EL-5. Where are you situated? Aivars

By: Jim nicol

Jim nicol — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:18:01 +0000

In reply to Gary Tibballs. I have an el5 that I no longer need

By: Gary Tibballs

Gary Tibballs — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:20:19 +0000

Hi
I am fascinated by Elcaset, I have two machines a Technics RS-7500 which works perfectly and a Sony EL-5 that has been modified by a studio supply company called Mediatech, I am at present returning the EL-5 to standard state, I have removed all the mods carried out by Mediatech, but they fitted there own set of heads to this machine, which I don’t think are that good.
So I am wondering if anyone has a set of heads for a Sony EL-5 they would sell me.
Regards
Gary

By: Rob Riberdy

Rob Riberdy — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:52:05 +0000

I was just handed a Sony Elcaset (Model 5, I believe), a few months back. I had never heard of these things either until this friend of mine showed it to me. He bought it many years ago for next to nothing at an estate sale. It came with 3 tapes. From day one, he could never get it to play so he set it aside and forgot about it. On one of my visits, he pulled this thing out and asked me if I wanted it. So, basically free.

I am good at fixing old audio equipment like this so I took it home and noted that everything was working. But there was some sort of ‘machine gun’ type sound pounding out of both channels and the VU meters would jump with the noise. It turned out to be a cold solder joint in the Dolby circuit, which I reseated and now it works fantastic.

But, my point is, they don’t make them like they used to. This thing is built like a tank and weighs about as much. I haven’t seen that many mechanical relays since I used to work on 8-Track players. It’s not a useful device by any means in this day and age, but still makes a good conversation piece.

By: Jay Petach

Jay Petach — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:02:07 +0000

Has anyone seen the 3M Quickload Cartridge? It was almost identical to the Elcaset. I had assumed that it had appeared earlier than the 1962 Philips Compact Cassette, but it may have been a licensed version of the Elcaset.

By: Jay Petach

Jay Petach — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:01:11 +0000

Has anyone seen the 3M Quickload Cartridge. It was almost identical to the Elcaset? I had assumed that it had appeared earlier than the 1962 Philips Compact Cassette, but it may have been a licensed version of the Elcaset.

By: Pavel Bartosik

Pavel Bartosik — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:25:28 +0000

Hi,
I want to find informations about repair and set ELCASET EL-7 and EL-5 from http://www.elcaset.ca. When you have it, please send me via e-mail.

Thanks,
Pavel Bartosik

By: E-94

E-94 — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:33:19 +0000

In the spring of 1979 EL 5 and 7 was offered for around 2400crowns for 5 and around 2800 crowns for7,5 cassettes were included.No other decks were dumped out.Cassettes was available,but no campaign.The decks stood in huge stacks in the shops.It lasted about 6 months.I estimate it to a few thousand decks.1982 was the cassettes gone.Spareparts lasted to the 90s. Was LD777 really serial-produced and for sale in the shops? E-94