Hello again, I was a user of the old S2G-forum, now I signed in to the new forum. Like it much more than the old one, because that never worked properly in my browser. Found this today on the internet - a funny concept for a new cassette player, but I am sure it will not work properly. Wow and Flutter galore. http://bridde.com/elbow-cassette-player/
Neat concept - Would be pretty cool if it were real. The first thing I notice is that it's missing a capstan & pinch roller, so it certainly wouldn't work with the pictured design.
If this is going to be released and working properly at some time i will be from the first ones in line to buy it ! Welcome Back Jonas
Yes. If you can see space above both of the holes at the top of the cassette some vital bits are missing. If actually think it looks to be quite thick as well when compared with some of the ultra thin Walkmans that were made.
If it somehow manages to provide minimal back tension through an idler and pinch roller on the supply side, and have an actual pinch roller and capstan, I don't see why a concept like this won't work. If you look at the 701C mechanism without the casing or reel table, it's about the size of something like this. A half sized Walkman like the AS10 with the mechanism thickness of a 701C is possible. Stack a flat battery with the 701C sized mechanism, add an integrated amp chip (maybe with blutetooth to save headphone jack space), and you've got a business card sized machine about the thickness of the F701C.
Welcome back jonas Interesting novelty and eye-catching gimmick. I would be interested in seeing a working one but I would never put any of my tapes in it.
if you read the discription nicely you'll get the answer - a capstan-drive for constant speed wouldn't be necessary, as there's an optical speedcontrol next to the tone-head and speed-control will be done by the drive-motor - ...anyway, I agree with TooCool4 that I would never put any of my tapes inside - what about tension ? the passive spool needs tension ! this is a nica way of creating tape-salad ANYWAY, F A N T A S T I C DESIGN, THANKS FOR SHARING !
Very curious design, but without captstan and roller I doubt it can keep stable speed. I think I'd never wear one; I prefer the vintage ones, and I bet they will sound better. The ION Tape2G comes to my mind... http://www.walkman-archive.com/wa/2015/12/tape2go-usb-vs-sony-wm-dc2-walkman-the-real-difference/
It wont work properly, as Hugo mentioned. It needs proper speed control and without capstan it will play even different cassettes at different speed
It's a nice render, but it'll sound worse than those cheap USB converter walkmans. Although the concept does give me ideas about technicians from this forum designing a new type of cassette walkman.
