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My vintage Reel to Reel

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Posted on January 28, 2016 at 13:26:53
cjspu
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My three vintage Reel to reel

Revox PR99 and Revox A77 and Tascam BR20

 

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RE: My vintage Reel to Reel, posted on January 28, 2016 at 14:19:46
Uncle Mike
 Great! I just recently got my Teac 3340s out to give a check up. I do wish more tapes were available. I got a couple from the "Tape Project".... expensive, sound wonderful, but pricey.

 

RE: My vintage Reel to Reel, posted on January 28, 2016 at 20:51:18
Mr. Dick Hertz
 Evaluation among the three?

 

Is your favorite sounding one the A-77?~nT, posted on January 29, 2016 at 02:38:39
Cleantimestream
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RE: My vintage Reel to Reel, posted on January 29, 2016 at 03:16:11
cjspu
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The BR20 was the last reel to reel Tascam produced in 1992.

My Revox A77 is the first version MKI and was produced between 67 to 69.

The Revox PR 99 MKIII was initialy produced in 1988 (?)

I upgraded the Revox PR 99 MKIII with new heads.

For me the PR 99 and the BR20 are far superior than the A77.

The A77 has a very "sweet" analogue sound and i like it a lot, specialy with old vinyl records.

The Tascam is more "hi-fi" than the others. Very "strong" sound !

The Revox PR 99 is the one i like more. There is something about the recordings that sound so natural, alive, and completely analogic that seems to miss in the others. Its a fantastic reel to reel!

Dont get me wrong, the BR20 is still a great Reel to Reel, specialy with cd/sacd recordings but it seems to lack the musicality that the PR 99 Holds.

Both PR 99 and BR20 are 2 tracks and 15ifps. a77 is 2 track and 7 1/2 ifps.

I also use the revox a77 with small speakers because it has internal amplification. I enjoy seing a 50 years old reel to reel working so fine and also knowing it was the first version of the revox a77. Everything thing in this rtr is so manual- cool!

For me RTR is the King and nothing comes close. ( maybe only by some "old" top vinyl systems)



 

RE: My vintage Reel to Reel, posted on January 30, 2016 at 05:33:21
tesla
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Location: San Diego County, California
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 A very nice collection. My first serious RTR was a Revox A77. It had problems, (This was before the internet) so I ordered the $40 service manual. The UPS guy left it in my door, and someone stole it.

After that, and noticing the amount of hiss it produced, I sold it.
Like yours, it was a first gen.

Now I own a Technics RS-1500US, (unfortunately came with the RS-1506 headblock, which is 4-tr play/record, 2 tr play only.)

Also a Teac 2340R, (note to self, NEVER again clean the front panel, the lettering came off, anyone have one?)

A Pioneer RT-1050. (Should be two-track, but has the optional 4-track heads!)

Anyone have 2-track heads for the Technics and Pioneer decks?


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Very nice!!!! I have a Revox..., posted on January 31, 2016 at 05:40:42
Skylab
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Location: Chicagoland
Joined: August 8, 2003
 The one model you don't, a B77 MKII. Wonderful machine. Sounds terrific. I wish I had a PR99. Someday...
Rob

"Let there be songs, to fill the air"

 

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