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Originally Posted by Michael Maurice
Regarding the mechanics, its quite likely that a complete deck was bought in from say Switzerland for the Revox and Japan for the Akai/Tascam deck and these were married to Soviet style electronics and ergonomic design.
Post 6 looks like a Revox A700 chassis but with probably Soviet electronics
Post 8
Picture 1 looks like a cross between an Akai and a Revox.
Picture 2 looks like a Tascam
Picture 3 looks like a Revox A700 right down to the tension sensor rollers but with probably Soviet electronics and styling
Picture 4 looks like an Akai
Picture 5 looks like a cross between an Akai and a Philips.
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Especially the "cross" observations scream "clones" or "copies", not bought in. Akai and Revox or Akai and Philips aren't brands that usually share their developments directly so if it looks a hybrid between their designs, it probably wasn't made by them. Of course, other models could still be bought in.