Looking for a tech for Studer A80

Sonictransducer

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May 29, 2020
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Can someone recommend a good tech who could make modifications to a Studer A80 RC Mark II machine? I want to bypass the internal electronics so I can use an external tape head preamp, so I need to have the machine rewired for direct out. (Ideally, I'd like to have both balanced and single-ended output, so I can use either kind of preamp, but I'm not sure if that's even possible.)

As for location, I'm in LA, but it doesn't need to be local.

Thanks!
 

Sonictransducer

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May 29, 2020
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Los Angeles, California
This looks like it would be ideal, but there's one complication. I need to be able to play both 2- and 4-track tapes, and so I'll be installing a second, 4-track playback head. So I'll need direct out from both playback heads.
 

dcc

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Unless you have the pilot tones options, you should have two empty slots right to the left of the stabilizer card. You could get them rewired to connect the 4-track playback head. I just hate the idea of having two loose cables getting out of my RC MK II.
 

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