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In Reply to: Nice and flat FR... posted by kootenay on December 23, 2019 at 12:12:27:
Very well designed machine. It is also - so far - the leader in the purchased deck sound quality. It had very stiff competition here from the likes of Revox's, Studers, Otari's, Pioneer's, Teac's etc.There is a trick to it, though. As you might know it consists of two boxes - the drive unit and the control unit. Normally the output is taken from the control module, but you can actually take it from the drive unit. This way you bypass their output stage, and get better sound that way. That output stage, although discrete, still relies on electrolytic capacitors in its signal pass.
With that connection you get a bit less signal - about 14dB less to be exact - but that is usually compensatable in the preamp.
Done that way the 2022 sounds truly marvelous. Mind you, the tube head preamps will still beat it, but the margin is shrinking.
That calibration was done through the front panel controls on the 2022 - very easy to do using the Audio Precision system - you get the plots in a matter of seconds.
I have soft spot for Dokorder - I have the 1122 in excellent shape here, everything working, running at 15ips, 2-Track. Here it is, part of my office decoration. :)
Edits: 12/23/19
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- I do love the 2022 - Victor Khomenko 13:04:47 12/23/19 (5)
- Wow... - kootenay 13:42:26 12/23/19 (4)
- Between my partner and I... - Victor Khomenko 18:50:54 12/23/19 (3)
- If at first you don't succeed... - kootenay 00:20:11 12/24/19 (2)
- Lucky you! - Victor Khomenko 06:21:03 12/24/19 (1)
- We may have the tools and the parts... - kootenay 12:05:27 12/24/19 (0)
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