Who still makes tape heads in 2015?

chrisinthewest · Post by **chrisinthewest** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:28 am

Hi guys and girls,
I'm wondering who in the world is still making tape heads?
Or anyone who has some personal experience making them in the past.
My Studer a80 is setup to switch between 16/24 track.
Also have some MCI 2 tracks they could use some love.
Dreaming of 16 track headstack.
Google shows me John French.. Which is cool - just wondering who else can make something similar.
SF Bay Area would be a bonus. Even if it's computer reel to reel heads..
Thank you!
Chris

I'm Painting Again · Post by **I'm Painting Again** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 1:48 pm

http://www.jrfmagnetics.com/

try here

I'm Painting Again · Post by **I'm Painting Again** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 1:51 pm

oh ha you found him already

Mo-Tech · Post by **Mo-Tech** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 6:47 am

Otari presumably still makes or has a decent new-old stock available, still listed on their web-page:

http://www.otari.com/product/mag_head/head/index.html

But very hard to impossible to get a contact with them as far as I know. If anyone knows how to obtain brand new heads from them - let me know!

PS: to my knowlage Otari is also the last maker of R2R machine that is still in production (MX5050 BIII), they make it on order.

Mo-Tech · Post by **Mo-Tech** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 6:54 am

Or their (custom-) magnetic head production info here: http://www.otari.com/product/mag_head/head/index2.html

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