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Iain Churches wrote:
Good workhorses though they might have been in their day, Revox was in a
different league.

The Revox A77 was not available then. The G36 was the
current model. The Vortexion was a more durable machine
with a better performance and ease of maintenance (modular
amps), though nechanically a bit clunky and less refined.

You're certainly right about the last bit. Horrible machines to operate.
Using a deck near enough unchanged from the early '50s.

Mine is on its 2nd second head block but is still only
-1dB (replay) and -2dB (overall) at 18kHz. An A77 had
to be constantly tweaked to maintain this level of performance.

Strange. I have two A77s - and neither needed 'constant tweaking' to
maintain their high spec when they were heavily used. Perhaps you use poor
tape?

But it's all a matter of taste. I did not want a machine that would
look nice in the living room, I needed a tough reliable machine
to go from gig to gig, and stand the rigours that are involved.
Hence my choice of Vortexion recorder and Vortexion mixer
back in those days.

Oh they certainly were rugged. But nowhere near class leaders in
performance. Sort of semi pro stuff.

Not then surprising it still exists while the others long since gone.

????

I seem to remember that Revox closed circa 1997
when production of the B77/III ceased. The name
was bought by a venture capital company.

And Vortexion? Ferrograph? Ferrograph did attempt a better machine, but it
was never well received.

There is, I think some kind of multi room AV system currently
made which carries the Revox badge.

There are countless firms offering spares and service, but none
that I know of offering new product.

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