Revox B215 Cassette Deck with Remote & Manual. Fully Serviced.

Description

Incredible Revox B215 cassette player/recorder in fine cosmetic and proper working condition. Everything works as it should. It feature 3-heads and 4 direct drive motors as well as host of many other innovative features that set this unit apart from any other. This unit was recently professionally serviced and performs fine. Unit comes complete with original remote control, power cable and a printed copy of instruction manual.
From Wikipedia:
The
Revox B215
is a
cassette deck
manufactured by
Studer
from 1985 until around 1990. Because it was expensive compared to other consumer models and had exceptionally good mechanical performance and durability, the B215 was used primarily by professional customers—radio stations, recording studios and real-time cassette duplicators.
The B215 used a proven, reliable four-motor
tape transport
derived from the earlier B710 model. The B215 differed from the B710 and competing decks of the period in having an unusual, computer-like control panel and elaborate automation performed by three
Philips
microcontrollers
. The deck was equipped with automatic tape calibration, microcontroller-assisted setting of recording levels, and
non-volatile memory
.
Objective, independently measured and verified specifications of the Revox matched or surpassed those of the best competing decks; comparative tests placed the B215 on the same level as the
Nakamichi Dragon
and above the flagship models by ASC,
Harman Kardon
,
Tandberg
or
TEAC
. Reviewers praised the Revox for its exemplary mechanical quality and the expected durability of its tape transport and criticized it for lower-than-expected
dynamic range
and shortcomings in
usability
.
Reviewers between 1985 and 1988 unanimously gave the B215 excellent marks, particularly for the quality of its tape transport.
Len Feldman
of
Modern Electronics
wrote that "... on an overall basis ... it is, truly, a
Rolls-Royce
among cassette recorders. Its marque evades prestige. Moreover, it's built to last, and to go on meeting or exceeding all of its published specifications after many years of use."...
In comparative tests by
Stereo Review
(United States, 1988) and
Audio
(West Germany, 1985), the B215 was ranked one of the two best decks on the market, the other being the Nakamichi Dragon. The B215 surpassed the Dragon in the mechanical department, having a simpler, robust, durable tape transport. The B215 was losing to the Dragon in dynamic range and subjective level and the spectrum of noise; other subjectively detected differences in sonic signatures were insignificant and could be interpreted in favor of either contestant. Sonically, both the B215 and the Dragon surpassed equally expensive ASC and
Tandberg
decks and the much cheaper flagship models by
Harman Kardon
,
Onkyo
and
TEAC
.