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excellent, excellent & excellent

on a serious note, I own the H1 which was a Europe model only AFAIK (I bought it in Vienna in 94), mechanically identical to the 215 series, except for some minor electronic gizmos, such as the 0 locator, a-b memory, etc... otherwise it had the same electronics. The main reason for going the ReVox route was their top level reliability w/ the only 4 motor direct drive transport ever built for a cassette deck. No plastic gears or otherwise to break, loosen, etc. the proof is in the pudding, here I am some 11 years later... it has been stored for about 5 years and my brother just sent it to me earlier this year... I changed the voltage to 120 plugged it in, turned the power on and there you have it, played back and worked just like the day I boxed it up. Can't beat that, and no Nakamichi comes even close to its mechanical reliability - i'd be curious for a sonic shoot out... :)

Tapes I used were all sorts, MA-XG's, Maxell Metal Vertex, Sony Super Metal Masters, MA's, XLII-S's, just about anything you throw at it works out perfect due to he unique 3 frequency bias/calibration process, unlike most other decks which were limited to only 2 frequencies.

Great decks, and I bet they will last another 30 years!

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