Revox B77 MkII Reel to Reel Tape Recorder

Another music format that refuses to go away is the reel-to-reel tape deck. although not as popular as vinyl in its heyday it can more than hold its own on the sound quality stakes. One of the best known manufacturers of these decks is Swiss company Revox, with this the B77 being one of the best known and most highly regarded. There were two versions of the B77, the plain B77, and the MkII. The vast majority sold, including this one, were the MkII, which have a pitch control built into the deck under the front panel flip-down cover. The unit is in good condition for its age and has been checked, and re-calibrated with BASF LPR35 but this is not our main area of expertice. It will be professionally packaged, shipped on a pallet with the appropriate power cable. NOTE: Our experience is that these items do not travel well so we are selling this item for spares repair only with no returns. Please make your bids on that basis.

Revox Say….
With the Revox B77 audiophile recording comes so near perfection that technological shortcomings are no longer the limiting factor in musical enjoyment.
Successor to the world acclaimed A77 and heir to the proud tradition that has made Studer studio recorders the standard of the industry, the B77 is fully professional in performance, yet penultimately easy to load and use. The touch of a button brings you up to three hours of matchless uninterrupted high fidelity on each side of a single reel.
A straightforward drop-in slot makes threading quick and fool proof, and ample access to the tape heads and built-in splicer facilitate head cleaning and editing. The transport uses light-touch, computer-grade push buttons to activate sophisticated electronic control systems made up of transistors, thyristors and integrated circuits.
Tape motion is constantly sensed automatically, and a protective circuit ensures that you will never snarl or snap a tape even if you go directly from fast forward into play. The logic circuitry in the B77 will store the playback instruction and execute it only after the tape has come to a gentle, positive stop. This is particularly important because the Revox B77 is designed to accommodate the professional-size 10½” metal reels whose 3600’ tape length (six hours of stereo at 3.75 ips) gives them considerable high-speed momentum. With the B77 however access to any point on the tape is always rapid and safe, and pin-point locating is facilitated by an accurate, 4-digit counter.
The two reel motors are triac-controlled, with a tension switch providing optimum torque for either large or small reels. The capstan is direct-driven through a servo mechanism that ensures constant, accurate speed even in the presence of power-line fluctuations.
Standard speeds are 7½ and 3¾ ips.
To facilitate operation, the controls on the B77 are ergonomically grouped, with the record section in the centre, the playback controls on the left, and the transport keys on the right. The twin record/playback indicators are precision VU-ballistic instruments with clearly marked dB/VU scales and are supplemented by inertia-less peak-reading LED’s.