Enjoyed your presentation along with your philosophic outlook on a "by-gone era"... which I never left, come to think of it. A Lifetime of Recording No Regrets
The A77‘s mechanical design and Papst motors are pretty much indestructible and were the benchmark for the industry. I did a internship at the Uher factory in Munich when the tried to launch a competitor to the B77. What a catastrophe! Even with their decades of experience building single motors decks, they couldn’t come up with a design for a reliable 3 motor, 10 1/2 inch reel deck. They were late to the party and messed up big time. The warranty claims for the SG 630/631 alone were a huge nail in the company’s coffin…
i have 2 Mk3 A77's Both with DolbyB a 4 track and a 2 track the 2 track needs the Recording Board re-capped as playback is great but when i record it is terrebly distorted the 4 track Records and Play's back great the only thing that i dislike about the A77's is that it has no pause button,but they put one on the B77's theis machines are probably both 50 years old and still going strong my Ferrograph Logic 7 that i bought new in 1978 died in 1995 and spare parts are scarce and expensive so i will not be getting that fixed but the Revox machines can be fixed easy as their are loads of spares
The Maxell tape is far from a few years old. This Maxell tape is between 35 to 27 years old. In my opinion Maxell made the best cassette tape and "reel to reel" tape. Once the Maxell tape has a chance to bathe in the open air, it will deteriorate fairly quickly and leave lots of oxide on your Sony heads. That's a VERY nice Sony recorder. In a few more years (5-10 yrs) we will be able to buy high quality cassette tape. You got scammed by this Polish company. These guys are operating out of a Crack House in a city ghetto and scamming anyone who comes along. Keep buying (new or old) stock of Maxell or Sony Low Noise. Thanks for your work on the tape comparison. Good Job.
