Cambridge P-25
Almost nothing is documented about the Cambridge P-25. This page holds all that is known, and it is very little.
A short, truncated mention appears in a 1973 issue of Studio Sound (October 1973, p.78), in a section headed “Industrial Tape Recorders.” The surrounding text lists performance figures typical of a reel-to-reel recorder - wow and flutter below 0.05% peak (DIN), signal-to-noise ratios at 19 cm/s and 9.5 cm/s, reel sizes from 15 cm to 27 cm with NAB hubs, and a start time of 3 seconds. The surviving OCR fragment doesn't attach a model number to these specs. Without the full page, there's no way to confirm they describe the P-25 and not an adjacent model in the same article. The heading and the figures are all that remain.
The evidence is thin, so the following points are the outer boundary of what can be attributed to the Cambridge P-25 with any confidence:
- Product type: Very likely a reel-to-reel tape recorder, possibly for industrial or semi-professional use.
- Period reference: Studio Sound, October 1973—suggests it was in production or on the market by that date.
- No specifications, original price, design details, or user reviews have been located in any other source.
If you own a Cambridge P-25 or have period literature that documents it - a manual, a brochure, a service sheet - the Vintage Technology Archive would welcome the information. The model existed, and it was mentioned in a trade journal in 1973.
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