c.smith wrote in message
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Only go for the Studer if you have a good tech with experience working
on a Studer. The Otari will sound great and won't break. Otari still
has good customer service. I just got rid of my Studer and am very
happy to be running an Otari because there are no good techs with
Studer experience in the Portland,OR area. The Otari doesn't sound as
groovy, but it makes me more money by showing up to work every day.

Craig Smith
True Audio Classics


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Soundwise...Studer
Reliability-wise...Otari
Maintenence-wise...Otari
Sturdiness...Otari
Parts-wise (as in who'll still be able to supply 'em in 5 years)...Otari

Just my opinion, though. Worked on both/own an Otari MTR90 III. The Studer
sounded fatter,though. It's up to you.
guido
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article , Jules
wrote:

Places like sound to picture facilities like big video / film
studios, opt for an MTR 90 as they can take repeated punishment by being
externaly controlled day in day out. In the long term the studers don't
apppreciate being jerked around full time, all the time.

The fact that they lock up far faster and lots more accurately is the
main reason. And we are talking about MTR-90-IIs and later, NOT the
original MTR-90 which was a piece of trash most major facilities
ditched as quickly as they could.

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Sorry, I pushed the wrong button while pulling this post out of my archive.

Predrag

In article writes:

Soundwise...Studer
Reliability-wise...Otari
Maintenence-wise...Otari
Sturdiness...Otari
Parts-wise (as in who'll still be able to supply 'em in 5 years)...Otari

Hmmmm . . . someone here just had a part issue with an Otari MX-5050.
And I know they don't have any more parts for consoles.

I think that in 5 years, parts for most multitrack machines that can't
be replaced with off-the-shelf components will be either custom made
or come from parted-out or donor machines. And when it comes to those,
Ampex is the king.

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"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
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In article
writes:

Soundwise...Studer
Reliability-wise...Otari
Maintenence-wise...Otari
Sturdiness...Otari
Parts-wise (as in who'll still be able to supply 'em in 5 years)...Otari

Hmmmm . . . someone here just had a part issue with an Otari MX-5050.
And I know they don't have any more parts for consoles.

I think that in 5 years, parts for most multitrack machines that can't
be replaced with off-the-shelf components will be either custom made
or come from parted-out or donor machines. And when it comes to those,
Ampex is the king.


Only on your side of the pond, unfortunately. They are quite rare in Europe.

What about other manufacturers that allegedly cloned Ampex machines? MCI
springs to mind first.

Predrag

In article writes:

What about other manufacturers that allegedly cloned Ampex machines? MCI
springs to mind first.

Other than MCI's first offering, replacement cards for Ampex
electronics, there's really nothing parts-common between Ampex and MCI
machines. The nice thing about Ampex is that other than a few
custom-made switches, they used a lot of off-the-shelf stuff. With few
exceptions, you can buy most electronic components or acceptable
substitutes for an AG440 off the rack at Radio Shack, and you can get
new bearings from a bearing supplier. There are a couple of people
still making heads for them, mostly better than new.

You have to be pretty clever some times, but if you're not trying to
do a perfect cosmetic restoration, you can keep one of these things
running practicaly forever.

--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo