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Analog lives! Andreas Kuhn of Analog-Audio in Spiez is keen on getting it back into the recording studios. He
specializes in complete restorations of professional Studer equipment
for private and professional collectors. But preferably, he works with
actual users, ideally those on the professional side whose labors can
be enjoyed by many.
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machine above is all tube—"not a single transistor in there"—and
exactly what Abbey Roads used for the famous Beatles albums. The
engraved decal of this unit read "Willi Studer, Regensdorf-Zürich, Type
C37, Nr. 541, 200V, 50Hz, 250W". Andreas has quite a list of primarily
American recording studios which have returned to fully analog
recording equipment which he furnished for them. Playing us over Quad
and then Klangwerk speakers with Weiss electronics a rare 1962 cut
which Deutsche Grammophone did of a famous tenor was our tastiest
musical treat of the show. A CD of this recording exists, too. Punned
Andreas: "You hear it and think to yourself, not bad considering its
age. Until you hear the tape. Then you cannot believe just how bad the CD is by comparison. More important perhaps, you understand
that age alone is never a valid predictor for sound quality. There is
some fabulous stuff in the tape archives nobody ever gets to listen
to." If you want a Studer machine in perfect working order, contact
Herr Kuhn. Buying, fixing and selling is what he does.
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