[FreddieFerric]

Originally Posted by vintage_tube

Received this email from Florian Ernst at Horch House (add the https://www. to link below if interested in receiving their newsletter).

"Hello Bob,

we’re delighted to read about your interest in our tape machine.

The project is still in the development phase with no release date set thus far. To combine an affordable price with the highest possible quality - given that a tape machine a very complex system - we will need more time to finalize the development.

You can stay informed with latest news on the R2R project following our newsletter. To sign up, please follow this link: horchhouse.com/newsletter/

Don’t hesitate to contact us for further questions at any time.

Kind regards
Florian


Eike-Florian Ernst
Artist Management & Sales"

For those interested and wondering what we're speaking of, here's a picture. Based on the Studer B-676 with pricing targeted back in 2016 at $4,500 USD for the playback only machine.



Best Sirs,

Bob

Originally Posted by vintage_tube

Found this on the web -- from a few years back. But gives a bit more info -- to excite anticipation levels in those interested. I also read where the machine will have meters or offered as an upgrade -- probably on the recordable model (if that's still being considered).

"At Munich High-End I spoke at length with Volker Lange of Lutz Precision, Horch House is a division of Lutz Precision. Volker is the founder of Horch House.

The new Horch House reel-to-reel machine is being designed by Manfred Meinzer. From the mid-1960s on Manfred was responsible for the physical design and appearance of all Studer and ReVox tape decks.

Horch House expects to sell the reproducer-only version of the tape deck for €4,000, and the recorder/reproducer version for €5,000. There is a €1,000 upgrade for a studio model which replaces the RCA connectors with XLR connectors,

I asked Volker how he could possibly expect to design and manufacture a high-quality open reel tape deck for only €4,000. I asked him what is his business model.

Volker said: "Our business model is the ink-jet printer business model. We want to sell the tape deck at this [low] price to get people to buy our tapes."

He said a working machine will be demonstrated at the Denver show in October 2016.

This is clearly a real product which is going to see the light of day.

Ron Resnick

Senior Contributing Writer"



Best Sirs,

Bob

Only RTR's at RMAF this year were all vintage. Does anyone recall if the prototype was unveiled at RMAF 2016 as stated above?

I can't even seem to find a working link to their website, so that, and after all the time that's passed, I'd have to believe this project is never going to become a commercial reality.