FA: Audiophile Pioneer RT 707 Reel to Reel

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Pioneer RT-707 Direct Drive Reel Tape Player/Recorder. Item is preowned
in Very good condition. Maybe the best piece of audio equipment Pioneer
ever made.

Follow link for photos and full description


Some additional Pioneer provided info:

Signal input/output via RCA jacks or 5pin DIN connector
Output controllable for each channel so you can match the deck to your
amplifier.
Recording via microphone jacks on the front with adjustable levels.
Line input also adjustable from the front.
4-track stereo 3 3/4 and 7 1/2 inches per second.
Tape speed adjustable plus or minus 6%.
4 heads, 3 motors
Headphone jack.
AC outlet on the back
120 Volt, 60 Hz
Mic/Line mixing possible
Claimed frequency response 20-20,000 Hz and wow and flutter less than
..05% at 7 1/2 inches per second

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Audiophile?

Philip Perkins


wrote:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260022062884
>
>
> Pioneer RT-707 Direct Drive Reel Tape Player/Recorder. Item is preowned
> in Very good condition. Maybe the best piece of audio equipment Pioneer
> ever made.
>
> Follow link for photos and full description
>
>
> Some additional Pioneer provided info:
>
> Signal input/output via RCA jacks or 5pin DIN connector
> Output controllable for each channel so you can match the deck to your
> amplifier.
> Recording via microphone jacks on the front with adjustable levels.
> Line input also adjustable from the front.
> 4-track stereo 3 3/4 and 7 1/2 inches per second.
> Tape speed adjustable plus or minus 6%.
> 4 heads, 3 motors
> Headphone jack.
> AC outlet on the back
> 120 Volt, 60 Hz
> Mic/Line mixing possible
> Claimed frequency response 20-20,000 Hz and wow and flutter less than
> .05% at 7 1/2 inches per second

[TimPerry]

wrote:
> Audiophile?
>
> Philip Perkins

used to have on in a production room on a shelf above a mixer. the
pushbuttons used to fly off and strike the operator in the face.

[William Sommerwerck]

This was a very popular deck, but it's only "audiophile" because open-reel
is an audiophile format.

I used their RT-2000 "semi-pro" deck for several years, but sonically, it
wasn't up to ReVox, Otari, or even a three-head Nakamichi. * The sound was
somewhat dry and grainy.

* Before anyone moves to respond. Yes, the Pioneer had much better headroom,
especially HF. But what came out of the Nakamichi sounded more like what
went in.

[Scott Dorsey]

> wrote:
>
>Pioneer RT-707 Direct Drive Reel Tape Player/Recorder. Item is preowned
>in Very good condition. Maybe the best piece of audio equipment Pioneer
>ever made.

Now, that's depressing.
--scott

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