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Old 03-10-2018, 05:29 PM
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Default Revox R2R -what happened?

Does anyone know what happened to the new Revox R2R that was supposed to launch in 2017?
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Old 03-10-2018, 06:56 PM
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Does anyone know what happened to the new Revox R2R that was supposed to launch in 2017?
I emailed Horch House in Slovakia -- any links they had touting the new Revox relaunch and any information regarding it are now dead ended.

Will report if Volker Lange or anyone at HH responds.

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Old 03-12-2018, 09:18 AM
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Received this email from Florian Ernst at Horch House (add the https://www. to link below if interested in receiving their newsletter).

"Hello Bob,

we’re delighted to read about your interest in our tape machine.

The project is still in the development phase with no release date set thus far. To combine an affordable price with the highest possible quality - given that a tape machine a very complex system - we will need more time to finalize the development.

You can stay informed with latest news on the R2R project following our newsletter. To sign up, please follow this link: horchhouse.com/newsletter/

Don’t hesitate to contact us for further questions at any time.

Kind regards
Florian


Eike-Florian Ernst
Artist Management & Sales"

For those interested and wondering what we're speaking of, here's a picture. Based on the Studer B-676 with pricing targeted back in 2016 at $4,500 USD for the playback only machine.



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Old 03-12-2018, 09:37 AM
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Thank you, Bob.

Interesting comment about “continued development”.
Since they were one of the best known makers of R2Rs into the late 1990s, you would think they just need to pull the schematics and CAD drawings and start building. This is not really new technology.

Hopefully, they will follow through and actually build them. Probably more of an executive decision as opposed to a development issue. I am sure that consumer interest would help.
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Found this on the web -- from a few years back. But gives a bit more info -- to excite anticipation levels in those interested. I also read where the machine will have meters or offered as an upgrade -- probably on the recordable model (if that's still being considered).

"At Munich High-End I spoke at length with Volker Lange of Lutz Precision, Horch House is a division of Lutz Precision. Volker is the founder of Horch House.

The new Horch House reel-to-reel machine is being designed by Manfred Meinzer. From the mid-1960s on Manfred was responsible for the physical design and appearance of all Studer and ReVox tape decks.

Horch House expects to sell the reproducer-only version of the tape deck for €4,000, and the recorder/reproducer version for €5,000. There is a €1,000 upgrade for a studio model which replaces the RCA connectors with XLR connectors,

I asked Volker how he could possibly expect to design and manufacture a high-quality open reel tape deck for only €4,000. I asked him what is his business model.

Volker said: "Our business model is the ink-jet printer business model. We want to sell the tape deck at this [low] price to get people to buy our tapes."

He said a working machine will be demonstrated at the Denver show in October 2016.

This is clearly a real product which is going to see the light of day.

Ron Resnick

Senior Contributing Writer"



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Bob
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Analogue Preamp:VAC Renaissance SE Phono stage in Silver Flake with XLR Output Option & with Nordost Valhalla XLR's.
Analogue Sources:SME 20/2 w/SME V arm & Nordost Valhalla TA cable, Palo Santos Presentation Cartridge & Akai GX-400D Reel-to-Reel w/relapped heads by JRF Magnetic Sciences. Akai RC-17 cabled remote (original owner since 1974).
Vibration Control:TT on HRS M3X2-1921 shelf.
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Speaker Cables:3M Nordost Odin Supreme Reference on Nordost Sort Lifts.
Signal Cables:Nordost Odin XLR's on dCS DAC & Amps.
Digital Cables: Nordost Odin 2's, 110 ohm AES/EBU on dCS Transport to DAC.
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Received this email from Florian Ernst at Horch House (add the https://www. to link below if interested in receiving their newsletter).

"Hello Bob,

we’re delighted to read about your interest in our tape machine.

The project is still in the development phase with no release date set thus far. To combine an affordable price with the highest possible quality - given that a tape machine a very complex system - we will need more time to finalize the development.

You can stay informed with latest news on the R2R project following our newsletter. To sign up, please follow this link: horchhouse.com/newsletter/

Don’t hesitate to contact us for further questions at any time.

Kind regards
Florian


Eike-Florian Ernst
Artist Management & Sales"

For those interested and wondering what we're speaking of, here's a picture. Based on the Studer B-676 with pricing targeted back in 2016 at $4,500 USD for the playback only machine.



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Found this on the web -- from a few years back. But gives a bit more info -- to excite anticipation levels in those interested. I also read where the machine will have meters or offered as an upgrade -- probably on the recordable model (if that's still being considered).

"At Munich High-End I spoke at length with Volker Lange of Lutz Precision, Horch House is a division of Lutz Precision. Volker is the founder of Horch House.

The new Horch House reel-to-reel machine is being designed by Manfred Meinzer. From the mid-1960s on Manfred was responsible for the physical design and appearance of all Studer and ReVox tape decks.

Horch House expects to sell the reproducer-only version of the tape deck for €4,000, and the recorder/reproducer version for €5,000. There is a €1,000 upgrade for a studio model which replaces the RCA connectors with XLR connectors,

I asked Volker how he could possibly expect to design and manufacture a high-quality open reel tape deck for only €4,000. I asked him what is his business model.

Volker said: "Our business model is the ink-jet printer business model. We want to sell the tape deck at this [low] price to get people to buy our tapes."

He said a working machine will be demonstrated at the Denver show in October 2016.

This is clearly a real product which is going to see the light of day.

Ron Resnick

Senior Contributing Writer"



Best Sirs,

Bob
Only RTR's at RMAF this year were all vintage. Does anyone recall if the prototype was unveiled at RMAF 2016 as stated above?

I can't even seem to find a working link to their website, so that, and after all the time that's passed, I'd have to believe this project is never going to become a commercial reality.
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I was there and it was a no show. Don’t know what happened.

The Acoustic Sounds room killed it with a Mara machine!

Best demo I’ve ever seen.
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I was there and it was a no show. Don’t know what happened.

The Acoustic Sounds room killed it with a Mara machine!

Best demo I’ve ever seen.
+100

Mara JH110 blows my K1 away; no clock, no obsolescence (oh, but that software is expensive).
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Yeah, I’m pretty sure that set up blew everything else you can buy to shame.

I’ve heard the HMA deck (1/4 inch) and an ATR 102 running half inch, and neither was as good.
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