My own Revox experience ...

Posted by Dave Pogue (A) on April 21, 2014 at 12:19:13

In Reply to: RE: DBX posted by John Elison on April 21, 2014 at 11:25:21:

... was pretty awful. I had heard great things about the A77 and bought a Mk IV (Dolby) deck two years ago on Ebay that LOOKED absolutely beautiful. Then things started happening. First a couple of caps went, with a bang (my tech calls them "firecracker capacitors"). He replaced the caps. Then it caught on fire. Just a wee blaze, but still. He fixed that and then I discovered that its Dolby circuitry didn't make my Barclay-Crocker and other Dolbyized tapes sound right -- for one thing, it was impossible to reach "Dolby Level" on the A77's meters. My tech couldn't fix that, though he tried. Then I discovered that the unit was produced BEFORE the first commercial Dolby tapes were released, which may have had something to do with the problem.

Then I gave up on it :-)

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My own Revox experience ... - Dave Pogue 12:19:13 04/21/14 (2)

RE: My own Revox experience ... - John Elison 14:16:22 04/21/14 (1)

My own favorite deck. - Dave Pogue 14:38:02 04/21/14 (0)

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My own Revox experience ... - Dave Pogue 12:19:13 04/21/14 (2)

RE: My own Revox experience ... - John Elison 14:16:22 04/21/14 (1)

My own favorite deck. - Dave Pogue 14:38:02 04/21/14 (0)

My own Revox experience ...

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