Vintage Panasonic Model RQ-705 Reel To Reel Sound Monitor System Recorder! Used item. Tested and partially works. Item turns on and powers up. Rewind function works. Record button when pressed sounds like static/feedback. The fast forward button does not seem to work. Item will need some work and likely repair. Super cool, hard to find piece! Check pictures for detailed look. Feel free to ask for more pictures or if you have any questions. Shipped via UPS Ground securely to keep item safe.

This Panasonic Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder model RQ-705 was manufactured between 1964 and 1966 by the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. in Japan and exported to the United States.

Reel-to-reel audio tape recording used two magnetic tape reels, one to hold the virgin, unrecorded tape and one to receive the recorded tape. The supply reel, also known as the feed reel, was placed in a hub, the end of the tape was manually pulled out of the reel and threaded through mechanical guides and the tape head assembly and attached to the second take-up reel, which was initially empty. This new system of recording on tape revolutionized sound recording and reproduction. Inexpensive reel-to-reel tape recorders were widely used at home for voice recordings in the 1960s. The cassette tape was introduced in 1963 and eventually replaced reel-to-reel recorders for consumer use.