Definition of Pyrox Wire Recorder
Pyrox Pty Ltd was an Australian precision engineering firm with offices in Melbourne.
In 1947 they released their wire recorder, manufactured under licence to the Armour Research Foundation, of Chicago, Illinois.
The Pyrox Wire Recorder is an Australian wire recorder with audio recording and playback abilities. It was a pre-World War II predecessor to the tape recorder. The most portable version weighed 22 kilograms. The device utilises a 7,800 feet (2,400 m) long reel of magnetic stainless steel wire capable of having an audio signal encoded onto it. For distribution, the wire can be taken into a studio and the recording dubbed on to an acetate disc.
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Pyrox Pty Ltd was an Australian precision engineering firm with offices in Melbourne.
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