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Hello Anat, This link will take you to the current Ebay site for reel to reel unit: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=reel+to+reel+tape+deck&sosortproperty=1&ht=1&from=R10&BasicSearch= retreat wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone give me information where I can purchase a 4 track reel > player? Or is anyone interested in selling one? > > > > Anat Dagan > > Krishnamurti archives > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard L. Hess > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:32 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] REVOX A77 > > > > Diederick, > > It's very hard to say. Check eBay prices and then halve the highest > one, but there are many issues: > > Mark I, Mark II, Mark III, Mark IV? > > The Mark III and Mark IV have better hum shielding between the capstan > motor and the play head. > > Mark III and I think Mark IV were available with optional Dolby. > > I've seen Studer A810s and A807s go on eBay for prices similar to > A77s, and please allow me to suggest that the professional models were > worth the difference when they were new. You can get good and bad in > any flavor. > > I had four A77s and sold my two high-speed models several years ago > when I started "collecting" Sony APR-5003vs and Studer A810s and > A807s. I still have my MK III Dolby unit and a beater 1/4 track MK I. > I sold the HS MK 1.5s (I did some of the MK II-->MK II conversions > myself) for $125 each--but that was to friends. > > Anyway, it all depends what you want to do. Also, most A77s, I think, > were sold as 1/4-track units. I converted most of mine to half-track > (NAB) units. So be aware of what the head configuration is. > > Finally, I do think there is an improvement in sound from the A77 to > the A807, for example. I re-transferred some tapes I had done on an > A77 when I got my Sony APR-5003V. (I think the APR and the A810 and > the A807 all sound great). > > One of the things with the A77 is that the tape path is not as robust > as the pro machines. One of the things that makes the APR so nice, is > that they hired someone (as I understand it) from Studer... > > All of the pro machines have flutter idlers which seem to help with > the "clarity" of the reproduction...although that is still open to debate. > > Also, please check the availability of spare parts in your country > (and elsewhere--I've bought Studer spare parts from New Zealand, > Canada, and England, and Nakamichi parts from Turkey!) > > Cheers, > > Richard > http://www.richardhess.com/tape/ > Glendale, California USA > > > > > At 12:04 PM 3/28/2004 +0200, you wrote: > > Dear Listmembers > > Someone has got a REVOX A77 which he bought in the 1970's that he > would like to sell. What do you think would be a good offer to make him? > > Kind regards, > > Diederick Basson > Stellenbosch > South Africa >