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Actually the Technics only has NAB EQ.
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Myles.......As I understand it, the Technics RS1500 and RS1506 only have NAB. The RS1520 has IEC equalization.
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I guess what I meant was older prerecorded or tapes like TTP. In that case, 15 ips is mandatory along with the ability to playback IEC EQ curves. Most of the new tapes that are coming out are usually IEC though with one, can order in either format. (the German tapes actually also come in wide or narrow gap version too).
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Miles, Dan... I'm liking the 1520 more as it is still well supported. J-Corder has some pretty cool refurb packages too which may sway me that way. |
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I bought my Technics 1500 from Jeff Jacobs and then sent it to Dan Schmalle at the Tape Project where he customized the tape path, got rid of the captive AC cord, hard wired it from the heads thus bypassing the stock electronics and a few other things. Then for a while ran the heads straight out to a BH Tube Repro (with V-caps). Then I switched to the King/Cello tape preamp (based on the Cello phono section with Mundorf--and awaiting Dueland--caps) that was quieter, greater resolution and much better extended highs and lows. Finally, I swapped tape heads and put in Pro Nortronics heads that was also a sizable improvement particularly in the low end linearity, ambience retrieval and overall noise floor. Gone was that "fuzzy" bass characteristic of many Japanese heads. We measured the upper octave response to over 22K when aligning the heads at +1.5/-1 dB.
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I'm actually quite excited to have come across Jeff who has been doing some awesome work by giving the Technics a 2nd life. I did find another 1520 in Germany & also asked the German about the possibility of sourcing a Studer A810. Relatively easy to get a A810 in Europe but hard to find a good one that hasn't had a hard life... Last edited by MyPal; 06-27-2012 at 11:40 AM. |
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And many think that by modding a Technics deck (it does have an excellent transport eg. the same hefty motors used in their top turntables), changing the heads, etc. that there's little difference between the pro machines and pro-sumer machines for PB purposes (for instance, Opus 3 uses a modded Technics for making their new tapes).
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