We have 7 working Studers and we've spent considerable time, effort, and money to build this capacity. If Studer were to revive a product line for the archival or studio market I probably wouldn't get a new one and I think most people that are serious about tape wouldn't either since they've already made a substantial investment in maintaining what they have. What frustrates me is the lack of parts and service. Studer spun off their parts business to Audiohouse and they can't even supply many parts and I have to buy pinch rollers from a complete lunatic that lives in a trailer in the woods (or so it seems). To support the long term viability of tape they should bring back factory service and parts as somebody else mentioned. 

David Seubert
UCSB


On May 23, 2014, at 5:34 AM, Barton, Matthew wrote:

> I think the archival market would be a better bet than trying to revive the home market, though they might also find some buyers among musicians and producers interested in analog recording for its own sake. I don't know how many machines Studer or anyone else would need to move for it to be cost-effective, but there are probably more than a few archives and archival engineers out there that would be interested in getting new stereo tape decks.
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> Matthew Barton
> Library of Congress
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> Well, no, because LP is cheap and there are billions of them out there. It's viable so long as interest persists. No less anachronistic, maybe.
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> Is it? Any crazier than than the vinyl revival?
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> On 22/05/2014 23:13, Carl Pultz wrote:
>> Assuming there are a lot of units laying fallow, I would think they'd test demand by offering factory-certified repair/mod/update service. That could bring machines out of storage, re-establish the value of the equipment, and create some cash flow, while possibly reinvigorating a market. They'd have to offer service on new production anyway, so why not absorb latent demand before committing to developing inventory for a professional market that's deep in austerity mode?
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>> Home users? That's crazy talk.
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>> We need a great multi track to be produced. Stereo machines are of very limited use!!
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