finishing

Also called tuning in the car
The refinement of the Revox or Studer devices primarily serves to improve the sound through suitable measures such as the installation of toroidal transformers, a possible omission of electrolytic capacitors, the use of bypass capacitors and special audiophile capacitors from Panasonic, better transistors, OP amplifiers and others Semiconductors, pair selection and other suitable measures.

In contrast to the car industry, tuning is not used for optical individualization.
It is much more about a sound enhancement, a higher resolution, better audibility, a dry punchy bass, precise spatial staggering of the instruments and voices.
For us at revox-online, better usability is also a refinement.
Our spacing extension of the cinch sockets to 15 mm provides a much better connection option to the outside world. You can use high-quality audiophile cinch cables from many well-known manufacturers and no longer have to make any compromises in this regard.
We can also use better systems from Clearaudio to the Charisma of the V2 series to get the most out of your Revox record player.
Since the refinement brings about a huge tonal change, improvement, it can happen that you no longer recognize your Revox or Studer device. This, in turn, is not wanted by most lovers of these devices and even frowned upon. But there is a lot of potential in the Studer and Revox devices, why shouldn't you use this if it is possible today?
At revox-online, finishing can include the following points:
O Replace cutting band transformer with toroidal transformer
O do without electrolytic capacitors in the signal path as far as possible
O Bypass capacitors to the electrolytic capacitors
O Replacement of electrolytic capacitors with high-quality, audiophile, low-distortion and low-noise electrolytic capacitors from today production
O Replacement of the standard film capacitors with better KP, mica or polystyrene capacitors
O Block capacitors to active semiconductors, ICs
O Support capacitors on all circuit boards and assemblies in a reasonably large capacity
O Distance extension of the cinch sockets to 15 mm so that even the best RCA cables can be accommodated
O Replace standard transistors with low-noise derivatives, possibly with non-magnetic emitter resistors
O Optimization and filtering of the operating voltage at the amplifier stages and assemblies
O better, faster surgical amplifier ICs with very little distortion and large channel separation
O Pair selection of the electrolytic capacitors, transistors and so on

It is up to you which of these measures should be taken. We would be happy to advise you in this regard.
We leave the assessment of the sound gain and the increase in value to you.
Nevertheless, you will be amazed at what is still possible today with a Revox!

In the audio area, we use a bypass capacitor for every electrolytic capacitor. This is the only way for us, as experienced audio technicians, to place a device in the living room. Even if it is claimed that bypasses are useless in terms of measurement technology and Revox would otherwise have fitted bypasses -
Revox has bypasses, even in the Revox B750 you will find bypass capacitors, you just have to look closely instead of making comparisons with measuring instrument manufacturers!
It was also claimed on Ebay that bypasses would cause measurable and audible drops in the bass range. These stupid statements have now disappeared. Of course, bypass capacitors cause extra work - but it's your project - make the most of it!
For further questions we are happy to help you!
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