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In Reply to: RE: PR99... posted by user510 on September 03, 2014 at 19:54:19
The differences are very little. I did compare them using the 15IPS speed and NAB eq. In the overall scheme of things they sounded very close to each other, however, I have to give the Revox an edge when it comes to detail retrieval, sweetness on the top end and tightness on the bottom end. But, here's the thing, when I added the DBX 150 (type 1) noise reduction system to the chain on both of them the difference in sound quality between the two became blurred. So therefore, the DBX noise reduction system did help Otari to equally match the Revox P99 MKII in sound reproduction.Perhaps this is trivial to many here, but I also noticed that Otari like to be turned on ahead of time prior to listening session it as it takes at least 1-2 hours for it to perform its best after powering it cold. It sounds even better after a month of leaving it on.
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
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The Revox can take more signal and deliver it to the tape than the Otari can.
DBX is cool, but not very linear. I had the dbx 155, and yeah, it gave me a LOT more s/n, but at a cost in distortion and FR linearity. I sold it.
:)
When I was experimenting with DBX noise reduction system in the early going, I've found that the 2-channel 150 model were the best in the bunch as it doesn't introduced too much distortion. However, I don't use them anymore.
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
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