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In Reply to: RE: A80 is my dream deck (nt) posted by Inmate51 on May 30, 2023 at 18:46:18:
I too lusted for it since seeing its promo material for the first time - its dual-roller tension sensors are way sexy.Of course I had to have one, and I bought the R version, with no bridge, because I prefer not to have any junk in signal path.
It is a pleasant machine to use, but I can't say it is ideal. Its most serious flaw is, in my view, its lack of reduced speed spooling - I prefer to never use full speed rewind, if I can. So to me it is big deal.
It also doesn't take 14" reels.
Another issue is its sound... it is unremarkable. In fact, all Studers sound unremarkable to various degree - the later ones, such as the A810, A807, A820 are particularly bad because their signal paths are overloaded with digital components, put there in order to make their calibration easier. But even the fully analog one like A80 still produce a closed-in sound.
Part of the reason is their obsession with "butterfly" heads. These give you a couple more dB's of SNR, but they damage the channel separation. It is clear that the studios and audio fanatics have different objectives.
Overall I am not thinking of parting with mine, even though I rarely use it. When I do it plays through one of my head preamps - it gets better that way.
Edits: 05/31/23 05/31/23
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- There's much to love about it - Victor Khomenko 08:10:49 05/31/23 (2)
- RE: There's much to love about it - Inmate51 09:58:58 05/31/23 (1)
- Yes, those three names - Victor Khomenko 11:07:34 05/31/23 (0)
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