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RE: Revox A77 high speed - with speakers

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vinnie2

In Reply to: RE: Revox A77 high speed - with speakers posted by torc on March 29, 2020 at 11:29:00

I would never use 3 3/4 for anything but voice recordings anyway, so I would never use it. Your machine has the two most desirable speeds.
On second thought, you really need that speed, so sell me your machine cheap and buy another for yourself! : )

Edits: 03/30/20 03/30/20

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RE: Revox A77 high speed - with speakers - torc 07:54:27 03/30/20 (4)
Oh - I know that for fidelity's sake, I have the right one. But I have all these tapes of album's I love - Frank Sinatra's "Sings for Only the Lonely," Joni Mitchell's "Blue" and more in 3 3/4 speed. I guess I'll get over it. Had you ever heard of a deck of its type with speakers built in? Seems unusual...
- RE: Revox A77 high speed - with speakers - sonyuser 00:27:31 05/31/20 (0)
  Perhaps your A77 can be modified for the two standard speeds. Many years ago I bought one which had an unusual set of speeds (the lowest, I think) and I had them changed for 3.75/7.5, in my opinion the most practical for domestic use. Btw I used it for many years, then it got stolen. Greetings from Italy.
- RE: Revox A77 high speed - with speakers - vinnie2 13:30:04 03/31/20 (0)
  That is a new one on me to.
- RE: Revox A77 high speed - with speakers - Victor Khomenko 08:46:22 03/30/20 (1)
  Well, both the 3 3/4 and 15ips have their uses, but unfortunately in the consumer realm they don't meet in the same machine.
  
  If I were you, I would have that Revox repaired, as it is a nice machine... the music can be bought, copied, etc, so you will be able to play it on your A77. I would not butcher it to have lower speed. You can always buy a reasonably priced working machine with 3 3/4" speed.
  - RE: Revox A77 high speed - with speakers - gcryow@gmail.com 13:09:17 07/26/22 (0)
    You could always get an Otari B5050. With all three speeds and 1/4 and 1/2 track playback heads. Of course to get to the slower speeds (3-3/4 & 7-1/2 ips) you have to take off the back cover and flip a switch inside. But a pretty good playback machine for just about any 1/4" prerecorded tape, and a good record/playback machine for 1/2 track stereo, especially at 15 ips.

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