My first tape recorder bought 1972, the fantastic Revox A77 HS 19/38cm/s two track is to be restored.
It had its magnetic heads replaced for “Revodur-heads” and some components replaced for low-noise by one of two Revox-wizards of Stockholm at that time “Max Weber”.
The machine worked well for a while but was then replaced by a more practical machine, actually a casette deck! The magical Nakamichi Dragon! A dream machine pushing the tiny but practical casette tape into almost the domain of Revox. By dynamic calibration of azimuth, double capstan, three heads, metal tape capabilities and Dolby C.
The Revox was put on hold, for many years. Just took it out of retirement now, only to find that it was not working properly, the treble was way to low and recording did not work well. Could well be electrolytes aging over the 50 years of age of my machine?
So a service visit is planned to the other Revox-wizard of Stockholm “Gerhart Schubert”!
We will see what comes out of that… I´ll be back… like hopefully my old Revox A77!
Waiting for it, will be some master tapes of Opus3 of my friend since way back then Jan-Erik Persson.
Old refined technology will meet modern DRC-electronics and my Klipsch Palladium speakers!