Anyone know about these tape echoes?

[Nychthemeron]

Just saw these on eBay and was wondering if people knew about them. Also, seriously low prices for tape delays if you ask me.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Elk-EM-11-Vintage-A ... 500wt_1154 - Elk EM 11

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kastam-Echo-Chamber ... 500wt_1154 - Kastam Echo Chamber

Then again, I'm still waiting to see if someone in the UK can find a Watkins Copicat on the cheap.

[metalmariachi]

Both are the Univox tape echo sold under different names.
Nice units when you can find the tapes.

MM

[inface]

[Jero]

I have tapes!!! An the actual Univox version...too bad no one bought it.

[devnulljp]

Both are the Univox tape echo sold under different names.
Nice units when you can find the tapes.

Ay, there's the rub...

[Caesar]

If they run off 8-track tapes then the replacements should be easy to get, right?

[Jero]

If they run off 8-track tapes then the replacements should be easy to get, right?

nope. a few places were rebuilding them though, analogman for one, but have since stopped.

[devnulljp]

If they run off 8-track tapes then the replacements should be easy to get, right?

The old Dictaphone tapes work with some modding, but you can't get those anymore either. I passed on one of these for $75 on my local CL because it just seemed like it would be such a headache to get tapes. Bad enough trying to get them for an echoplex (although that's changed now thanks to Mike Fuller), but these things are next to impossible to find now.