Revox G 36

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Revox
• Model: G 36
• Type: Tape case
• Years of manufacture: Early 1963 to early 1967
• Made in: Germany / Switzerland
• Colour: grey
• Remote control: -
• Power supply
  • 110 V, 125 V, 145 V, 220 V, 240 V, AC, 50Hz

60 Hz version available for USA

• Power consumption: 120 W
• Dimensions: 480 x 340 x 300 mm (WHT)
• Weight: approx. 20 kg
• New price approx:
  • Chassis version: 1'295 SFr.
  • Case version: 1'395 SFr.
    • + GEMA: 43 DM

Connections

• Number of inputs:
  • Cinch: Micro 3 mV at 1 MΩ

Cinch: Radio/Phono 50 mV at 1 MΩ

• • Cinch: Diode: 3 - 50 mV at 47 kΩ
• Number of outputs:

Specifications

• Max. bobbin diameter: 26,5 cm
• Drive: 3 motors
  • Three-motor device, equipped with Pabst external rotor motors.
  • Pole-changing synchronous capstan motor for 19,05 and 9,5 cm/sec.(direct drive)
• Heads: 3, 1 x record, 1 x playback, 1 x erase
• Tracks: 2-track STEREO or 4-track STEREO
• Tape speeds
  • 9.5 cm/sec, 19 cm/sec.
• Slip:
  • Slip-free capstan shaft driven by a mechanical filter.
• Synchronisation fluctuations: < 0.2%
• Pitch fluctuations
• Overall frequency response:
  • 9.5 cm/s: 40 Hz - 12,000 Hz, +2 / -3 dB.

19 cm/s: 40 Hz - 15,000 Hz , +2 / -3 dB

• • 19 cm/s: 40 Hz - 18,000 Hz , +2 / -3 dB (According to other data).
• Signal-to-noise ratio:
• Spurious signal-to-noise ratio:
  • > 55 dB for 2-track

52 dB for 4-track

• Noise-to-noise ratio:
  • 9.5 cm/s / 2 track: 53 dB
  • 9.5 cm/s / 4 track: 50 dB

19 cm/s / 2 track: 55 dB

• • 19 cm/ s / 4 track: 52 dB
• Distortion:
• Equalization:
• Crosstalk attenuation:
• Cancellation attenuation:
• Premagnetization and cancellation frequency:
• Oscillator: 70 kHz, push-pull.
• Componentry:
  • Tubes
    • 12 tubes, 4 x ECC 81, 1 x ECC 82, 5 x ECC 83, 2 x ECL 88,
  • Diodes
    • 3 silicon diodes, 3 selenium rectifiers
• Fuses
• Total playing time
• Rewind time
  • approx. 80 seconds for a 26,5cm reel with approx. 730m tape material
• automatics -

special equipment'

• Horizontal/vertical operation
• A tape tension switch allows the use of any spools up to a maximum diameter of 26.5cm. The spool holders have a lock and the unit can be operated horizontally or vertically.
• 3 toroidal heads with two systems each in 2- and 4-track technology. Two separate recording and playback amplifiers each. Cathode follower outputs.
• 6 watt control amplifier with pre-backband switch. Level control with two VU meters according to ASA regulations.
• Input amplifier switched as a mixer when operating in mono.
• Trick recordings such as Duoplay, Multiplay and Echo without additional equipment.

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
• Revox A 36
• Revox B 36
• Revox C 36
• Revox D 36
• Revox E 36
• Revox F 36
• Revox G 36
• Revox T 26

Pictures

• Image: Revox G 36

• Picture: Revox G 36

Reports

• The technical data from the most different sources are partly not consistent. The Revox G 63 was built in the versions MK I to MK III.
• At the beginning of the 60s, the Revox F36 model was completely revised. This resulted in the Revox G36 tape recorder. This high-quality tube tape recorder now had 26.5 cm reels, two VU meters for the sound control and a synchronous motor for the tape drive, which ensured a very even tape transport. The first models of the G36 had a "tape feel lever" on the right side of the tape channel which switched the machine to stop at the end of the tape. Later models of the G36 tape recorder were then fitted with a photoelectric end-of-tape switch similar to those later fitted to the A77, B77 and PR99. (Taken from an auction of a well known auction house)

Links

• http://audio.mezei.fr/pages/RevoxG36.html