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Revox A-77 open-reel tape recorder Specifications

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Description: Open-reel tape deck with optinal Dolby noise-reduction system (1973). Speeds: 3.75 and 7.5 ips or (in HS Model) 7.5 and 15 ips. Stereo tracks: 4 standard; 2 on special order. Reel capacity: 10.5".
Weight: 34 lb.
Price: $569 (1971); $799, $999 with Dolby (1973), no longer available (2019).
Manufacturer: Revox USA, Syosset, NY 11791 (1973). Revox Deutschland GmbH (2019), Am Krebsgraben 15, D-78048 VS-Villingen, Germany. Tel: +49 7721 8704 0. Fax: +49 7721 8704 29. Web: www.revox.de. Revox (Schweiz) AG (2019) Wehntalerstra·e 190, CH-8105 Regensdorf, Switzerland. Tel: +41 44 871 66 11. Fax.: +41 44 871 66 19. Web: www.revox.com/en/classics/reel-to-reel-machines.html

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Submitted by jmsent on November 7, 2019 - 6:20am

...have crumbled into dust." Really? I've never seen that happen to a circuit board, and I'm a restorer of vintage electronic items. The only exception would be due to long term heat exposure from e.g. a tube socket. I wonder if Revox got ahold of a bad batch of pcb material? Even the old paper phenolic stuff in cheap '50s transistor radios still holds up reasonably well. I recall that later versions of the A77 were using the green colored glass epoxy boards. Those should hold up very well. I'm sure replacements boards would be available, as a lot of these decks have been parted out.

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