Tape Trail

The Revox A77 was my favorite back in the day...

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John Elison

In Reply to: RE: Those pesky portables posted by Victor Khomenko on January 25, 2020 at 06:48:26

When aligned and adjusted optimally, it will be your best performing tape recorder. I owned two of them and I knew that machine inside and out. It's a winner!

Best regards,
John Elison

Follow Ups:

Indeed... - Victor Khomenko 16:02:33 01/26/20 (2)
I owned one many years ago, and now have that one. It is in perfect condition, with its heads virtually untouched.
I also have two B77's and a PR99. The B77 is little easier to work on, but all of them are so far superior to anything else available at that time, it is almost funny.
Here is a beautiful internal photo of B77 - it doesn't get any prettier than this.

Edits: 01/27/20
- That's gorgeous! Check this out... - caffeinator 04:03:08 02/01/20 (1)
  If you appreciate the look of a well laid-out piece of equipment, you might enjoy this youtube video.
  
  One of my favorite YouTube series; 'The Post-Apocalyptic Inventor' includes this episode in which an analog Rohde & Schwarz analog frequency counter is torn down for salvage.
  
  It saddens me that the unit is being torn down; as you can see in the video, its construction is the height of analog design and build quality. However, as the teardown proceeds, one can view the incredible attention to every detail in each aspect of the system and it is truly impressive.
  
  The series, btw, includes a lot of interesting episodes on a variety of topics - lots of electronic and electromechanical enjoyment inside!
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRW3jBFroD0 (Open in New Window)
  - Thank you, that was interesting - Victor Khomenko 06:24:38 02/01/20 (0)
    I had been inside many units of that era, of course this is one of the most complicated - amazing how they actually made all that mess work! :)
    
    All along I had that funny feeling - the guy with an intention of experimenting with tubes - isn't that a bit like learning to read? :)

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