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[bigaudioblowhard]

Well, cheap by someones standard, I'm sure

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&i tem=330176454637&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014

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[Barry Hufker]

But what does one do with it anymore?

Barry

[bblackwood]

But I don't even have a boat!

[jdg]

but maybe you have a door that needs stopping?

we had one of these back when i worked in duplication... but i wasn't allowed to touch it. i should get it for the nostalgia.. and not touch it.

[Jerry Tubb]

Well isn't that cute.

Oughta be a space in a museum for it somewhere.

Wanted one back in the day, but the sticker shock...

Makes me chuckle to see it going for a song.

jT

[Allen Corneau]

According to the seller:

"MSRP FOR THIS UNIT IS $29,300!"

[compasspnt]

Gee, if I didn't already have an iBook, I might get it...

[Barry Hufker]

Even in its day the Sony PCM F1 kicked its ass sonically.

Barry

[Bob Boyd]

Yikes!  This is only the processing unit, right?  Don't you still need a 3/4" deck to record to or does this take the cartridge?!?

[TotalSonic]

Bob Boyd wrote on Mon, 15 October 2007 15:03

Yikes!  This is only the processing unit, right?  Don't you still need a 3/4" deck to record to or does this take the cartridge?!?

Yeah - you need a DMR2000 or DMR4000 Umatic deck to go with this if you actually want to create masters.  The vast majority of plants can't do direct transfer from 1630 to glass master these days anyway - most of them would have to have it transferred to a CD-R or DDP image first.

Best regards,
Steve Berson

[Bob Boyd]

Yeah, I regularly deliver DDPs electronically to a label in Nashville but on the whole, most duplication plants seem to have adopted a turn and burn mentality and just want a CD master.

[MASSIVE Mastering]

I wonder if there's going to be a thread ten years from now about someone selling their CD-R drive...?  

[Barry Hufker]

Let's all go in together to buy the 1630.  It'll spend a week at my house and then a week at your house and then a week at...

[billdooley]

I don't have too many regrets about my chosen profession.

I would like to have all the hours back that I've spent listening to guitars being tuned.

I would really like to get back all the hours I spent proofing 1610 and 1630 copies just to have them rejected by manufacturing.

I do like the meters though........



Bill Dooley

[Adam Dempsey]

billdooley wrote on Wed, 17 October 2007 10:32

I do like the meters though........

Ditto there.

Quote:

Even in its day the Sony PCM F1 kicked its ass sonically.

It's A-D filters were sometimes replaced with Apogee ones, which I can't comment on as I never heard 'em but we had custom modded ones (gentler filters) & it became the reference when testing newer convertors (all at 16/44).

[Barry Hufker]

I had my F1 converters changed to Apogee.  It made a huge difference as I recall.