Revox making a new tape machine?

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Neato! Now I can mult-track in the digital domain, run that mix through the AD-to-DA converters of my mastering hardware, send that to reel-to-reel tape, and then record that back to .wav, and then compress that to mp3.

I'm on it! :D

Seriously though - that does look like a nice unit. And only $16K.?
 
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Does seem to be geared to the well heeled audiophile.

Say what you will, I think it’s cool that there’s enough demand to get a company to respond. Especially an iconic company.
 
I made it to 4m49s, before he bored the pants off me.
 
For that sort of money I would want auto-lace up, impeccable digital tape control including a servo system that eliminated wow, digital setup of bias and EQ*. Revox make a virtue of "no computer" but these days I think we would expect MIDI control and remote using a laptop and phone?

Also the ability to link machines ad inf. such they could extend recording to any reasonable length and not miss a millisecond!

*I had that on a Denon cassette deck at least 30 years ago.

Dave.
 
Strange video - nothing at all about the new machine?
Revox Klangwerk, the new company seem, from what I can see, to be building B77's the MkII versions 'redesigned' into a MkIII version, but they appear to be a hifi company and also are offering music on tape at crazily high prices. They are not marketing to studios or broadcasters, but the hifi community, which makes me deeply suspicious of their intentions. Sixteen grand. Great value for the engineering, not that great for practical recording.
 
It will fit in perfectly with your $370,000 Wilson Audio Chronosonic speakers, your $30,000 Clearaudio Jubilee turntable, your pair of $30,000 Macintosh power amps, and $25,000 D'Augustino preamp. In fact, at $16,000 it's cheap!

Soon, we'll see articles about the resurgence of tape in the audio world, and all tape decks will jump 300% in price. It's the way the world works.
 
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It will fit in perfectly with your $370,000 Wilson Audio Chronosonic speakers, your $30,000 Clearaudio Jubilee turntable, your pair of $30,000 Macintosh power amps, and $25,000 D'Augustino preamp. In fact, at $16,000 it's cheap!

Soon, we'll see articles about the resurgence of tape in the audio world, and all tape decks will jump 300% in price. It's the way the world works.
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Oooo! Aanyone want to buy a Teac A3440?

Dave.
 
Slouching Raymond said:
I made it to 4m49s, before he bored the pants off me.
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I hear you, but.... For whatever reason I was not bored by that at all. In fact, I enjoyed it. Glad rfr shared. It's an interesting subject - I learned some stuff.
 
TalismanRich said:
It will fit in perfectly with your $370,000 Wilson Audio Chronosonic speakers, your $30,000 Clearaudio Jubilee turntable, your pair of $30,000 Macintosh power amps, and $25,000 D'Augustino preamp. In fact, at $16,000 it's cheap!

Soon, we'll see articles about the resurgence of tape in the audio world, and all tape decks will jump 300% in price. It's the way the world works.
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Yeah that’s a little crazy. But who am I to judge what people do with their money.

And there people out there with that kind of money to spend on hobbies.
I know one guy who has over 100k invested in his model train set up in the garage.
 
I don't know that much about this sort of thing - but I was reading more about this machine and it seems it will only record as a two-track. I was under the impression that most reel-to-reels were 4 track capable.
 
No absolutely not - stereo is the norm. The confusion comes from the two types of stereo. Half track = stereo, but 4 track, is also stereo, tracks 1 and 3, from top to bottom of the tape are the left and right, so you can take the spools off and reverse them, then your can record in the opposite direction, again in stereo - but as the tape is upside down, the other recording is now on tracks 2 and 4, leaving 1 and 3 empty - twice the recording time. These tracks are in slightly different places on the tape, playing a tape on my 'real' 4 track Tascam, mis reads and you get a bit of each track bleeding into the other. On a virgin tape it's not too much of an issue, but a 4 track stereo machine cannot erase the tracks from my Tascam and vice versa. You often end up with ghost reverse tracks which is VERY annoying. The A and B series Revox machines are all strictly 2 channels, but can be 2 channels on two tracks, or two channels on four tracks if this makes sense.
 
Considering Tape Prices - I don’t see this as a Viable solution for anyone recording music - I think as everyone is saying - tape sin’t back - HiFi Audiophile gouging is.
 
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