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Lodgesound
03-03-2009, 21:35
Hi;

This is the machine currently in use for audio mastering - this is honestly one of the finest sounding digital tape recorders I've ever had the pleasure of using.



http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss270/Lodgesound/NagraD1.jpg


http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss270/Lodgesound/NagraD2.jpg

Marco
03-03-2009, 23:08
Wow, stop it - you'll be getting Beechy all excited! :eyebrows:

Marco.

Beechwoods
04-03-2009, 06:12
It's lucky I'm in bed, or I'd have had to go for a lie down :lol:

This machine is definitely open reel for the DAT generation! There's a great overview of what it's about here > http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/461/index.html

And some other interesting thoughts here > http://www.assg.org.au/nagrad.htm

All the Nagra-D's I've seen have been trolley mounted, and I must admit that I'd assumed the trolley was integral to the design. It looks like they only have a small supporting rig under them.

Do you record your own music, Lodgesound? Does the Nagra-D have a distinctive sound, or is it very 'pure' to the source? The whole Nagra-Digital thing is intriguing to me, only being familiar with their analogue machines.

Lodgesound
04-03-2009, 09:46
Hiya;

Thanks for the comments - in answer to your question I don't record my own music but do perform mastering and restoration for others using various techniques and systems.

I own a Nagra T audio machine and when this is married with a Dolby 363 SR encoder the results can be spectacular to say the least producing an extremely warm, rich and dynamic sound.

The Nagra D quite simply has some of the best DAC's I have ever heard - even recording a CD digitally through the AES inputs of the machine and then playing back the improvement in sound is quite startling. I've successfully used the machine to smooth and restore harsh sounding recordings that have been supposedly mastered at studios for bands.

nat8808
12-10-2010, 14:37
Hi - just reviving an old thread..

Lodgesound - are these Nagras, which must be getting to be 14 odd years old now, still worth using in terms of their sound quality/value (and perhaps considering wear and tear)? When you see them for sale around the net, people are often asking around £2000 but does their sound quality still hold up? Of course many people will go on about 24 bit this and that and 96 or 192 KHz sampling rates but those specs don't actually take into account real sound quality or build quality.

Is the Nagra-D still valid today and for the prices they fetch?