I suppose that that may be true. But, that would also mean that any Prosumer machine (I believe that they are almost all) in an upright design could not have wow and flutter perform as a console orientation machine (unless it was placed horizontally). In my situation though I just do not think that I have the space to install this machine in a console orientation. In addition any machine set up in the console orientation could not be monitored as well from across the room as in a vertical orientation.
So, if true, like so many other things in life and in audio I may have to compromise a little performance to have the ability to use this or just about any other R2R machine in my system in a vertical orientation.
Roger having seen photos of my room and the available space that I have has concurred that he does not believe that I could install a horizontally oriented machine and could only install a vertically oriented R2R for the available space.
In addition, a console orientation may be more convenient for sitting in front of the machine for recording as in a recording studio environment, my machine will be and is intended more for playback and only to be used for recording on occasion.
I have 5 tape decks right now,soon to be 7, 3 are vertical,4 will be horizontal. If had to worry about the WAF I'd be divorced. Whatever the orientation was when I bought them that's what I have. Being R2R rich has one disadvantage I don't care for.....
Horizontal type or angle adjustable console is more easy to load up tape especially for those with big movement tension spring, I got experience of quick load up tape in live recording, musicians are waiting for my signal to start, then you know what is the different for easy loading !
tony ma
At the moment I have 4 used calibration tapes for sale- Ampex 15ips NAB; MRL 15ips IEC and two MRL 7 1/2ips NAB. $50 each plus shipping. Email me if interested - stellavox@excite.com.
Good evening Sam
I am working on the repro amp of A80's modification, a tube out put, after done will start to make copy from our live recording, we bought blank tapes and reels already also need to settle the legal matter first and then will make a web site too, wait till there, won't be too long
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tony ma
