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This is a comprehensive history of all things Hi-Fi with good bit of gear over the years.
My wife gifted this to me today and I had seen it being reviewed a month or so back.Thanks for sharing your find. Very highly reviewed here, but I will order it locally. Nice XMAS gift to self, of course there were the early Sundara's, oh and a Topping Dx3Pro +. but I have been very good since then.
You guys are killing me: with books, we need a one to two sentence review, more if one is inclined. For 70 bucks I could buy me two pair of interconnect cables. We value ASR opinions, last thing I want is a BS Audio type of read.. Though I understand it is more of a historical perspective I don't want a two chapter review on cables..My wife gifted this to me today and I had seen it being reviewed a month or so back.
I prefer the A77 MKIV. I owned one. So long ago the details are hazy.View attachment 174561
This is a comprehensive history of all things Hi-Fi with good bit of gear over the years.
It's actually hard to imagine that someone would put a book like that together and then put a ReVox on the cover -- as opposed to a Studer.My impression (never owned one) was that the A700 was more of an outlier. Many A77s in circulation--they were expensive, but nothing like the 700. Shortly thereafter the B77 hit the road, and the 700 was quickly forgotten. Tape handling mechanism on the 700, with the extra flywheels, was better than the B77, IMO. Easier on the tape.
Each of us has different forward speeds. Consider sticking with Twitter.You guys are killing me: with books, we need a one to two sentence review, more if one is inclined.
Perish the thought. I value literacy.Each of us has different forward speeds. Consider sticking with Twitter.
I think the post you quoted was sarcasm.Perish the thought. I value literacy.
A Real Studer:It's actually hard to imagine that someone would put a book like that together and then put a ReVox on the cover -- as opposed to a Studer.
It's like a Bentley vs. a Rolls-Royce. You know?
They're all real Studers. A
It's actually hard to imagine that someone would put a book like that together and then put a ReVox on the cover -- as opposed to a Studer.
It's like a Bentley vs. a Rolls-Royce. You know?
I'm just guessing, but I suspect that more A77s were sold than any other top-tier 'consumer' deck. It was really designed for dual duty. For home and 'live' semi-pro use. Progressively improved over years, to include incorporation of Dolby. As I recall, you could get them in pretty much any format you wanted, and pretty much in any speed combo you needed. I don't think, however, they ever offered a model that accommodated the short-lived 'high-bias' open reel tapes--I think that was pretty much a Japanese only, thing.As an aside, I note wryly that my ReVox A77 has a handle The A77 was quite portable -- and they definitely got around. Everybody had one, back in the day.