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REVOX PR99 ?
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I big studio has recently closed and the owner has brought me 2 1/4" Revox PR99 with the monitoring and original rack. I'd paying $200 for each...which should be cheap for what they are. Now, the problem is that they both need to be serviced. What I wanted to know is essentially about how reliable they really are, and if they are easy to repair in any case. Regards Rocco Flores Oneto |
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REVOX PR99 ?
Hi! I big studio has recently closed and the owner has brought me 2 1/4" Revox PR99 with the monitoring and original rack. I'd paying $200 for each...which should be cheap for what they are. Now, the problem is that they both need to be serviced. What I wanted to know is essentially about how reliable they really are, and if they are easy to repair in any case. Regards Rocco Flores Oneto Some servicing is easy--General electrical and physical alignment. Soem stuff isn't a lot of fun or even covered in the service manual. Replacing heads. I wore out a capstan on mine a long time ago and that was relatively expensive. I've had mine since 1984 and have worn out three sets of heads on it. Back tension and other tape path adjustment is very crude and you must use reels of the same size and weight on it for good results when FF or Rewind. Richard H. Kuschel "I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty |
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It makes an acoustic tone in the room (from "magnetostriction" of the speed-servo gear on the perimeter of the flywheel). The tone changes pitch with capstan speed (i.e., tape speed). This precludes using it in the room with the mikes unless you take a lot of care.
James Boyk |
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On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 12:25 pm, RoKKo
wrote: Hi! I big studio has recently closed and the owner has brought me 2 1/4" Revox PR99 with the monitoring and original rack. I'd paying $200 for each...which should be cheap for what they are. Now, the problem is that they both need to be serviced. What I wanted to know is essentially about how reliable they really are, and if they are easy to repair in any case. Regards Rocco Flores Oneto someone mught yell at me for saying this, but 'aren't they just a B-77 with balanced ins and outs."? these machines are reliable, but they don;t like to be moved alot. servicing should be pretty simple but parts are going to be a pain since the last Studer-Revox outpost is now closing and Studer is now trying to build a dealer network through their Harmon connections. So all the new dealers for Studer will have limited knowlage of any older products. ( Studer Canada is set to close in a coupel of months) If you are in Europe you can probably deal with the swiss ofices direct. |
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What IC's depends on what version PR99, i.e., plain PR99 or mkI, mkII, mkIII
version. I like the original best, due to the nice, simple, discrete transistor pb head amp, which sounds better than the later IC head amps. But it is not usually IC's that fail in Studer/Revox decks of any model, but is almost always electrolytic capacitors that fail. The best thing you can do for a PR99 is replace every electrolytic in the unit with Nichicon, Nippon Chemicon or Panasonic caps. It'll save you LOTS of aggravation on the long haul, and will sound better too. Once re-capped, they are superb & reliable machines. -- Stephen Sank, Owner & Ribbon Mic Restorer Talking Dog Transducer Company http://stephensank.com 5517 Carmelita Drive N.E. Albuquerque, New Mexico [87111] 505-332-0336 Auth. Nakamichi & McIntosh servicer Payments preferred through Paypal.com "RoKKo" wrote in message om... thanx for the info... i'll let a technician check the machines... before that.. how do I know if the heads or capstan need to be replaced? BTW most of the problems are from inputs and outputs... does anybody know if the use very specific IC in their cards? thanx again regards Rocco Flores Oneto |
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RoKKo wrote:
I big studio has recently closed and the owner has brought me 2 1/4" Revox PR99 with the monitoring and original rack. I'd paying $200 for each...which should be cheap for what they are. Now, the problem is that they both need to be serviced. What I wanted to know is essentially about how reliable they really are, and if they are easy to repair in any case. They are basically B-77 machines. Parts are mostly available and they are mostly easy to work on. Alignment is a pain in the neck because of where the alignment controls are; you can't easily get to them when the machine is in a rack and your arms are bent around the side while you watch the meters. But it's not that bad. The one nightmare is that the button assembly is one plastic molding, and if it breaks, the machine is effectively unrepairable because even when they were available, the assembly cost more than the machine was worth. $200 is a reasonable price if the heads are in good shape. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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In article , nmm wrote:
someone mught yell at me for saying this, but 'aren't they just a B-77 with balanced ins and outs."? They are just a B-77 with balanced ins and outs, and with a fancier timer. The fancy timer is really nice for editing work. servicing should be pretty simple but parts are going to be a pain since the last Studer-Revox outpost is now closing and Studer is now trying to build a dealer network through their Harmon connections. So all the new dealers for Studer will have limited knowlage of any older products. ( Studer Canada is set to close in a coupel of months) Studer basically dropped Revox support five or six years ago. There are still folks with Revox parts out there, though. Depends on what you need. New heads are easy to get. New capstans are a bit harder. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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This is plain Revox PR99, no MKs at all. They are in pretty good
shape, the owner is going to pay for the servicing, so $200 is all i should spend. I'm in Perú... and don't think there's a big demand for this recorders here... It's just i felt i would like to experiment mixing to 1/4" after years of HDs, DATs and other digital stuff... Thanx again for the info to everyone... Regards Rocco Flores Oneto |
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Scott Dorsey wrote:
The one nightmare is that the button assembly is one plastic molding, and if it breaks, the machine is effectively unrepairable because even when they were available, the assembly cost more than the machine was worth. On a B77 there is a remote control connector. I wired a set of push to make connectors in a die-cast box which worked fine. I was lucky enough to blag the connector from a Revox guy at an exhibition many years ago (in the days where they offered a free line-up if you brought your machine to their stand). It may not be as pretty as using the controls on the machine but it would get around a broken switch assembly. Cheers. James. |
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Again the machine is in great shape and the owner is going to give me
a new set of heads just in case i need to replace them... I've been checking the electronics and channel 1 balanced output is not working... inputs are ok and headphone and pr99 monitor outputs are perfect... hopefully this will be easy to repair... I've heard some gaps on recordings during some tests... maybe because i'm using a very old tape... not easy to find 1/4" tapes here. BTW is there any special brand of tape you can recommend me? Very useful info Thanx Rocco Flores Oneto |
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