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In Reply to: RE: Depends on how serious you are posted by PAR on October 15, 2017 at 08:01:01:
> > second hand availability close to unobtainable < <
I think there were around 150 units world-wide. Only 3 markets are "low" voltage - 100 VAC for Japan, and 120 VAC for Taiwan and North America. The rest of the world is either 220, 230, or 240 VAC. Ayre makes all 5 voltages to ensure proper operation.
The UK is *supposed* to be 230 VAC to harmonize with the rest of the EU, but in fact they never changed from 240 VAC by using the ±6% loophole. To make it worse, many areas in England have much higher mains voltage than nominal - Nigel has measured voltages between 250 and 260 VAC on many, many occasions. If you end up with a used 220 or 230 VAC unit it will operate just fine, but it may run warmer than usual and it may create some mechanical noise from the power transformer. However that noise will not be present in the digital file and the unit will not be used all that much - normally just once per LP to "rip" the file.
Otherwise you are pretty much stuck with a "pro" unit. They are all more-or-less designed for the "wannabe teenage rock star with a studio in Mom's basement", so the main things that matter are tons of features and a very low price - neither of which is a good harbinger of sound quality. Plus the pro market is dominated by one of two things - the vast majority of purchasers simply look at the specs (as if that meant anything at all) and a small number of people will buy equipment because that is what (name your favorite producer) uses - kind of like people who buy Stratocasters because that is what Hendrix/Beck/Clapton used or Les Pauls because that is what Allman/Green/Beck/Page/Clapton used.
Almost no pro gear is designed for sound quality by designers who actually listen to the stuff. Sad, but true - which is a huge reason that so many of the "best" recordings were made with vintage gear that used tubes ('50s and early '60s) or at least discrete transistors (mid-60s to early 70s). Everything in the digital era (mixing boards especially) was made with op-amps - one of the reasons for "bad digital" sound, in addition to the loudness wars.
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- RE: Depends on how serious you are - Charles Hansen 10/15/1708:33:44 10/15/17 (1)
- RE: Depends on how serious you are - PAR 16:12:09 10/15/17 (0)
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