What new booty have you acquired? (Page 48 of 189)

Isn't the T8 more like a Prophet 600 in the synth dept. or something?

just got this for 67 eu 

The Roland CR-8000

I think that's what I'm most excited about. Everything works, there's no problems, came with original manual (and receipt! $5500 in 1983 dollars blech) and all accessories at a price I could make happen. I'm just glad I was first to the pole on Ebay. Justifies the trolling.

The prices of these are pretty funny from the people selling them. Like Analog Sweden is selling theirs for 4500 Euro and trying to tell me that there's no stock pedal for the T8 even though it came with one originally. And a guy in Australia trying to sell one for $9000 aussie dollars. Tonetweakers wants $8000 USD for theirs. They are always priced up the wazoo.

And ones that actually sell are going for about $4000 USD. Which is still crazy money.

Oh well, I got mine.

why sold them?

i know that.... bummer

those machines are avaliable in plenty here. well no wonder, they're made in switzerland. this one had a complete service in 2005, all weak parts replaced and i got the remote control and a bunch of tapes for free on top. playing with tis thing i almost feel like when i got my first boombox long, long time ago (must have been about 10 or 11 at the time)

Nice! With service history, that is really how to do it.
One thing, are the tapes new? Cause if they are old (like older than 5 years), whether used or unused, you'd be better of throwing them away. The risk of sticky shed is too big, better be safe than sorry.

Also, get a demagnetizer if you don't have one yet. If the recorder is in such a nice shape, some good yet simple maintenance once in a while will really make it last longer. Demagnetizing the head every once in a while (I do it before every important recording, but you can do it only once every 100 hours of operation) is part of good maintenance.

What version is it btw? A77, but HS, 1/4 track or 1/2 track?

Hmm yeah, that is a lot.  It's the service record and the general state that should determine the price. They're quite delicate machines in general, anything that seems too good to be true, probably is too good to be true. Still, you never know what you get, you always need to see and check the recorder carefully before buying any given price. Revox and a few other brands like Otari and Teac / Tascam are good to buy in general, spare parts are easy to get and general maintenance is rather easy.