Nothing escapes your eagle eyes, mr Dane. Not sure if they are Ferrograph but definitely not the original ones. They are just stamped Made In England.
Lovely Tony - I have said before that the reel-to-reel is the sexiest looking piece of audio gear, and this is but another example.
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Agreed DrMark.
One of the largest audio mistakes I ever made was to sell my 1970 (bought new for about Ā£40) Grundig TK 141 tape recorder (mono, I couldnāt afford the stereo version) to raise funds for a then top of the range Hitachi twin motor portable cassette, still mono, in 1974.
The Grundig sounded superb on its own & through the hi fi. The Hitachi was one of the better cassette recorders of the time but sounded poor through its own speaker & even worse through the hi fi.
The Grundig went to a work college who put it through a PA system to provide background music & effects in the theatre for his amateur theatrical group. It was still doing sterling service when I lost touch with him in the 1980ās. I attempted to buy it back on several occasions but he was having none of it.
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Yup, they look like they are from Ferrograph.
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Thanks Richard. I should really try and get a pair of Revox ones to make it all original but some people are asking stupid money for them. Donāt mention the original Perspex cover! 
Tony, the Ferrograph NABs were a popular fitment to many early Revox R2Rs. My very early 77A came with a set. I do like the later Revox NABs though and use them almost exclusively on all my R2Rs, including the Sony TC-755. They arenāt cheap but you should be able to get a pair for about Ā£50-60.
As for the cover, I take it youāre referring to the big āMickey Mouseā ear cover? Itās pretty cool, but yes, the last one I saw was very pricey indeed!
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Yep, the MM ones. As for the NABs, Iāll shop around and see what I can find.
I remember well your A77 and the TCs are also really cool looking decks. Cheers, Richard!
Such a cool looking bit of kit. Iād love to try and photograph one.
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Beautiful vases and glasswareā¦
let alone the Saint Julien.
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Hahaha I think Iāll be fine. Donāt have any Romanee Conti in there!
Haim,
Iāve always kept all my displays off, whenever possible. Mainly to avoid useless aging. But perhaps red lights last longer than green ones, like when youāre waiting at a crossroad in your car.
I have a costly Pic Recognition Software and I alert you, the babyās eyes are pointed exactly at the tip of the TTās cartridge.
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They do and blue LEDs have the shortest life of all.
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Looks like a super-cool desk system. Please tell us more about your active speakers ā not sure if we have seen these before in the Forum. 
Yes, please do tell, I am very interested - are those the 8010s or the 8030s?
Neither. This is Genelec G2. The G series is their āhomeā version of the studio monitors, where G1 is the smallest and G5 the largest.
There is no volume control so a preamp or source with a volume control is needed.
The G2 is a two way active speaker built in aluminum (very solid). 2 x 50W class D built-in amp with 105 mm bass driver and 19 mm tweeter.
The rubber stand configuration makes it possible to tilt them and it prevents the vibrations (if you play loud) to propagate to the table.
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Thanks for the info - much appreciated.