FWIW, here's the original post with his phone number. No idea if it's valid
anymore. I plan on calling tomorrow to find out if he's got any available
and if he can still add a switch and a quarter-track playback head. With all
the money I've blown on consumer-level junk I could've bought one of these
already. Oh well, live and learn. Anybody want a Technics RS-1506 with a bit
of rust on the heads (oh but the Ebay seller said it was in excellent
condition of course)?
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Here's a happy follow-up to Dietrich Schueller's
"Re: Studer A 807 - last orders" message of July 31, 2001
to the AV Media Matters list:
In talking to Sam Lum, Studer North America, about some A807 parts,
I learned that, due to popular demand, the A807 production line is
_not_ shutting down this summer as planned. Studer will accept orders
for 200 additional A807 MKIIs in various configurations.
I inquired about Herr Schueller's desirable "archivist" configuration,
"replay-only version with a half-track plus a quarter-track head,
switchable".
Sam said he had a warehouse full of pre-owned A807-0.75 VUK (half-track
butterfly heads, meter bridge) play-only machines that he would
re-condition,
relap, and offer at _very_ reasonable prices. He said he could easily add
quarter-track heads and switches.