The Return of an Icon: The New Revox B77 MK III Tape Recorder

A German company called Revox Klangwerk is now manufacturing reel to reel machines again, and is selling improved versions of the famous Revox B77 reel-to-reel analog recorder. Given the demand, and following a limited reissue B77 MK II in 2023, the company is now introducing the new Revox B77 MK III tape recorder, which the company says was redesigned and improved with significant new features, and using updated electronics, optimized with components available today. They are even selling Master Tapes to pair with this reissue.

A project of passion and perseverance the Tape Player TP-1000 from French company Analog Audio Design is available to order since 2023 and is now going to be presented at the new Southwest Audio Fest show in Dallas, TX (March 15-17). The TP-1000 is a 1/4" 2-track tape player supporting 15 and 7.5 ips speeds with switchable NAB or IEC equalization curves that combines a completely new DC motor, belt drive design with a microprocessor for precision mechanical control and allowing for a modern touch-screen display and user interface.

Merrill Audio Advanced Technology Labs, LLC, from Bernardsville, New Jersey, USA, a company focused on only the best possible audio and Very High Value using the latest technologies and accurate reproduction, announced a new surprising addition to its portfolio - a new Tape Head Preamplifier design, intended to be the ultimate in the reproduction of reel to reel master tapes. "Finally, there is a Studio Quality Tape Head Preamplifier for the purist of Reel to Reel Tape playback," Merrill states.

Did you know that audio cassette tapes are outpacing all other audio formats - including vinyl - in sales growth? Yes, exactly. Since cassette sales reached its peak in 1989, when the US market alone counted 450 million albums sold in cassettes, the format was quickly replaced with Compact Discs and the digital recording uprise in home studios. But cassette tapes never went away and they are now returning to considerable volumes. Enough for RecordingTheMasters, the leading worldwide manufacturer of reel-to-reel tape to introduce a new music cassette with superior quality. Available in the US in November 2018.

audioXpress February 2018 explores the progress being made by ORA Sound and GraphAudio, two pioneering companies with distinctly different approaches to the use of graphene based transducers. We explain why open reel analog tapes are coming back in force, the differences between Line Source and Point Source speakers, and how Dante Domain Manager is providing an integrated approach to media network management. All this and much more, now available!