Re: Revox 215 cassette deck owners?

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Posted by JayNYC on June 18, 2005 at 10:22:46

In Reply to: Revox 215 cassette deck owners? posted by Frank Waller on May 29, 2005 at 13:44:50:

Oh yeah!! Proud owner of a Revox B-215-S (the black version) here. Sent it to Steven Sank (Talking Dog Trandsucer company) a few years ago and had it overhauled and modded. Here's my interpretation:
What I like about the Revox B215
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--tapes made in this deck played back elsewhere sound very good
--feels very rock solid and sturdy

What I don't like about the Revox B215
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--cannot calibrate every tape I put in it; Maxell UD-XL-II it could not align
--there is no manual bias control so top end chromes with searing high end I cannot compensate for

other points:
1. I would like to borrow someone's Revox remote contorl so I can make my universal control learn the tape transport commands
2. I find there is a big difference in the resultant sound based on which tape I use: Maxell XL-II from the 80s sounds very different than BASF Reference Master.
3. I also own a Nakamichi RX-505. Without question, the Revox makes much much better recordings. However, I never owned one of the Nak true high end decks like 1000ZXL,CR7, or ZX9 so I cannot compare recordings. From the way everyone types/talks/writes, it seems that the Revox has a more neutral recorded sound and the Nak decks have more warmth.

I could keep this thread open for weeks talking about this tape deck.

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Topic - Revox 215 cassette deck owners? - Frank Waller 13:44:50 05/29/05 (23)

Re: Revox 215 cassette deck owners? - JayNYC 10:22:46 06/18/05 (3)

Re: Revox 215 cassette deck owners? - Frank Waller 23:30:40 06/20/05 (2)

Re: Revox 215 cassette deck owners? - JayNYC 05:07:02 06/24/05 (1)

Re: Revox 215 cassette deck owners? - Frank Waller 07:38:35 06/25/05 (0)

excellent, excellent & excellent - danny kaey 21:36:20 05/30/05 (18)

Re: excellent, excellent & excellent - kingseiko 19:43:50 05/31/05 (7)

to Dolby, or not Dolby... - Frank Waller 00:20:08 06/01/05 (6)

Re: to Dolby, or not Dolby... - kingseiko 11:12:44 06/01/05 (5)

Re: to Dolby, or not Dolby... - Frank Waller 13:24:42 06/01/05 (4)

eBay.de - danny kaey 13:46:01 06/01/05 (3)

Re: eBay.de - Frank Waller 12:27:58 06/02/05 (2)

one of the benefits... - danny kaey 18:17:55 06/02/05 (1)

Re: one of the benefits... - JayNYC 10:36:45 06/18/05 (0)

Revox cassette deck - Frank Waller 01:26:01 05/31/05 (9)

Re: Revox cassette deck - Mikewong 10:33:23 06/11/05 (5)

Re: Revox cassette deck - Mikewong 03:56:29 07/07/05 (0)

215-S & CR7E - Frank Waller 04:05:39 06/12/05 (3)

Re: 215-S & CR7E - Mikewong 13:33:16 06/12/05 (2)

Re: 215-S & CR7E - Frank Waller 01:31:30 06/14/05 (1)

Re: 215-S & CR7E - Mikewong 03:01:46 06/14/05 (0)

ZX-7-9 or CR-7 are the only ones' I'd consider... - danny kaey 09:34:47 05/31/05 (2)

Re: ZX-7-9 or CR-7 are the only ones' I'd consider... - Uncle Bull 12:31:40 06/02/05 (1)

I too am a Nak owner as I have one still doing her duties ... - millen 13:07:53 06/02/05 (0)

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Re: Revox 215 cassette deck owners? - JayNYC 10:22:46 06/18/05 (3)

Re: Revox 215 cassette deck owners? - Frank Waller 23:30:40 06/20/05 (2)

Re: Revox 215 cassette deck owners? - JayNYC 05:07:02 06/24/05 (1)

Re: Revox 215 cassette deck owners? - Frank Waller 07:38:35 06/25/05 (0)

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