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27th Sep 2022, 7:19 pm | #1 |
Pentode
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Revox A700
I very, very stupidly gave away my copy of the A700 red book (I know it's on-line but the original had multi-coloured diagrams, etc.).
So I'm without the source to check, but I'm pretty certain it wasn't a daughter board* as such, but a complete revision of either the logic board or the record amp(s), or both. I"m pretty certain it changed the function of the two record enable buttons so they only switched when record was pressed, but it was all back in the late 1980s, and, although I still have the machine, I've had no real use for it since then. I agree however that it was very good for its time, especially mechanically. It never damaged tape, and the chassis arrangements were copied across wholesale to the professional Studer B67 series, which remains one of my favourite machines to operate (and performs very well too). At the time I discovered the issue, I looked at the possibility of upgrading to the later boards but it looked too complex for my resources at the time. [edit] Ted I've just re-read your post. It sounds like you have a service history. Apologies if I have that wrong - it was a very long time ago. *I'm not saying you're wrong - it might well have been a stopgap. There were definitely two revisions detailed in the service manual I had (bought directly from Bauch). Last edited by Simondm; 27th Sep 2022 at 7:26 pm. |
27th Sep 2022, 9:03 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
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Re: Revox A77 record/play question
The original oscillator, 1.067.265 as I recall, exhibited the fault. I have seen early machines fitted with the additional board, which fitted between the oscillator card and the backplane, but this is not mentioned in the manual. The later card was 1.067.267, which eliminated the problem. I did rework three 265s to 267 spec, but it was a lot of work and required transistors from Bauch selected for high breakdown voltage. The boards worked, but weren't very pretty. The manual arrived quite late, I believe - it had revisions introduced near the end of production. There was an earlier booklet with just the schematics, which included that for an early capstan card which was produced when the TDA1000 chip was delayed.
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Re: Revox A700
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