Hallo Terry
Op 26 Jan 98 18:10 had jij het over *An Itch for Scratch*...
TK>> Pioneer was the first with CD pro-gear, yes, variable
TK>> speed....worked with
TK>> it...big buttons, sturdy, reliable etc... :)
TS> I recall a US semi-custom vendor being the first to offer that, I think
TS> based on some third party transport with custom controls and packaging.
Never seen that over here...
TS> Pioneer hasn't done much with pro CD gear in the US.  I do recall them
TS> dsiplaying all sorts of interesting esoteric level prototype stuff at AES
TS> conventions, but hardly what they've US retailed.
TS> Technics was quick to offer a pro CD unit with variable speed, but it was 
a
TS> big kludgy desktop thing.
It was as big as a SL-1200 and had the same weight but it was fast as hell 
and also sturdy and reliable...
TS>   Sony's early pro-CD stuff seemed costly but pretty decent, while Studer
TS> made expensive boat anchors.
Early SONY stuff always had trouble with the laser transport (sigh)
TS>  I suspect the Germans stuck to spec's so tightly that their units
TS> malfunctioned too easily on marginal disks, making high end consumer
TS> stuff better for some broadcast uses.
For home use I used to stick to Philips.....can't tell you much about 
it....I'm still using my first and it must be about 10 years old now...
TS> product within that era.  Of course, the product was such a junky idea in
TS> practice that it took about one year for people to realize how useless a
TS> record player with 6 MHz response was if you used it much, and that died
TS> off quickly.
Still a drag that Laservision never made it...we'll be stuck with crappy VHS 
forever :(
Groetenzenzovoorts, Thom
*----*
... De wal keert het schip.
--- GEcho 1.00
---------------