Try to make it work again Studer B62

andromedaaudio · Oct 13, 2013

Thanks yes i will do that eventually i ll send the heads to them and have them either new or relapped, the noise on you tube is the camera mike ,the B62 noise is still very reasonable i ll measure the head exactly later on

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andromedaaudio · Feb 27, 2020

I bought another one , fully restored calibrated / 100 % . , incl a external ( tube) tape stage , record and reproduce
And my current one ( incl original case VU meters ) will be updated to 100 % spec .

andromedaaudio · Feb 27, 2020

And to people who laugh at this little thing from the 60 / 70 s wait till you hear it and you laugh no more

, with original audio cards that is.
And yes i have owned a Studer A 80 RC ( previous page ) , i also have a Telefunken M15 A currently , which plays well but will be checked also when i get the other B 62 back .

andromedaaudio · Feb 28, 2020

I was in the tapewalhalla today in germany .
Eternal arts audio , picked up my new NOS B 62, it has the original studer case its not the model in the picture.
Bought the tapestage and dropped of the other B 62 and M 15 A for repair check up

astrotoy · Feb 28, 2020

Here is the electrical session sheet for one of the most famous and sought after audiophile recordings, The Arnold Dances on Lyrita, engineered (as all Lyrita stereo recordings were by Decca). John Dunkeley, the recording engineer gave me a copy of the session sheets to include in my FIM Decca book back in 2013. Notice he used two Studer B62's for the recording, done in 1977. Also used Scotch 206 tape at 15ips 2 track. Arnold himself conducted the London Philharmonic.

Larry

andromedaaudio · Feb 28, 2020

Good to know.
I ll do a follow up later, i saw and learned a lot

andromedaaudio · Feb 28, 2020

+- 1 db 30 hz - 20 khz ccir calibrated on SM 468 studiotape.
My new B 62 .
The Original box is in very good shape , looks great.
As is the tapemachine itself technically up to date
It s adjusted so it can also play the modern SM 900 tapes .

andromedaaudio · Feb 28, 2020

Here some pics .
Tape machines with calibration / response curves

andromedaaudio · Feb 28, 2020

Some pics

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Some more

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My new portable studer B 62 ( blue box) plus the Fr curve on the paper

andromedaaudio · Feb 28, 2020

Tubed tapestage for record and reproduce with VU meters

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andromedaaudio · Feb 29, 2020

astrotoy said:
Here is the electrical session sheet for one of the most famous and sought after audiophile recordings, The Arnold Dances on Lyrita, engineered (as all Lyrita stereo recordings were by Decca). John Dunkeley, the recording engineer gave me a copy of the session sheets to include in my FIM Decca book back in 2013. Notice he used two Studer B62's for the recording, done in 1977. Also used Scotch 206 tape at 15ips 2 track. Arnold himself conducted the London Philharmonic. View attachment 62177

Larry

Larry, so you re telling me that one of the most famous high quality recordings of all time was ¨ simply ¨ done with 2 mikes on a 2 track stereo recorder??
I assume the second Studer B 62 was only for back up recording .
I never heard ( saw) of multitrack changable headstacks for a B 62 , i think there was a stereo version of the recorder and a mono version .
I will look it up as i have the original manuals from studer

I have now 1 studer B 62 all calibrated / set up for CCIR ( europe ) record /playback , and the other one will be for North american standard NAB.
All on SM 468 studio tape ( archive tape ), it has less chance of print through , keeps a high quality , it was advised to me to do that
Regarding the standards, in this case i dont have to change the small cards on the circuit boards inside the recorder anymore .
Some off these cards didnt have the stickers anymore so i didnt know whether they were for NAB or CCIR

astrotoy · Feb 29, 2020

andromedaaudio said:
Larry, so you re telling me that one of the most famous high quality recordings of all time was ¨ simply ¨ done with 2 mikes on a 2 track stereo recorder??
I assume the second Studer B 62 was only for back up recording .
I never heard ( saw) of multitrack changable headstacks for a B 62 , i think there was a stereo version of the recorder and a mono version .
I will look it up as i have the original manuals from studer

I have now 1 studer B 62 all calibrated / set up for CCIR ( europe ) record /playback , and the other one will be for North american standard NAB.
All on SM 468 studio tape ( archive tape ), it has less chance of print through , keeps a high quality , it was advised to me to do that
Regarding the standards, in this case i dont have to change the small cards on the circuit boards inside the recorder anymore .
Some off these cards didnt have the stickers anymore so i didnt know whether they were for NAB or CCIR

Here is the studio plan of the recording. The famous Decca tree is in the middle with two outriggers and a very few spot mikes. Everything is fed into a custom Decca mixer and mixed in real time at the recording to two channels of the B62. No after recording mixing like most everyone else did. Part of the magic of the Decca sound. John was a protege of Kenneth "Wilkie" Wilkinson and worked with Wilkie from John's start at Decca in the late '60's until Wilkie's retirement in 1980. Wilkie did many of the earlier Lyrita recordings. John was assistant engineer to Wilkie after he joined Decca and then John became a full engineer, doing many of the later Lyrita recordings (as well as many other Decca, L'Oiseau Lyre, etc. recordings). He told me that even after becoming a full engineer, he would often go as assistant engineer on some of Wilkie's recordings.

Larry

andromedaaudio · Feb 29, 2020

I ve been playing high quality tape this weekend .
Tape project, Horch house ,analogue productions, hemiolia
And with this new set up its just as quit as CD .

Dynamics are different then digital it goes from soft to loud in a more natural way.
Very natural and transparent it sounds really good.

Ps i thought i heard the capstan motor at 3 meters distance but it was actually a led light with a fan.
After that is turned of i only see the VU meters of the new tapestage
Nothing can be heard from the B62 the thing itself is dead quit .
Bravo burkhardt / eternal arts audio ,good job

andromedaaudio · Mar 2, 2020

I had nothing to do at work , so i post some more pics and do something usefull

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Below also a good picture of the FR response.
This machine did the most ¨ important ¨ on location recordings , the A 80 being to heavy was ¨ just¨ for the studio

andromedaaudio · Mar 8, 2020

Not sure if the Tube tape pre is a stayer , on some recordings i like it and some not , i bought it mainly because it is adjustable and it has VU meters for recording.
Plugged the B 62 in directly via the original audiocards and played the Hemiolia / pavarotti mastertape today ,

..... tape is the real deal.
The B 62 never sounded better before , my other one still had faults in it .
My other B 62 will be , NAB SM 911 calibrated. record and repro .
I can go in the recording bizz lol .
I have 2 portable machines both calibrated on studio tape , it would be nice to record a choir in a big cathedral here in belgium / holland .

Both machines off course equipped with high end stereo mikes , but the mikes( different ) placed at different locations-/distances / heights in the cathedral to learn about the effects it has

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