Never heard about these things:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NAGRA-D-DI...541418?hash=item4d993f41aa:g:cgwAAOSwJ9RdERuC
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NAGRA-D-DI...541418?hash=item4d993f41aa:g:cgwAAOSwJ9RdERuC
I don't believe that will play your analog quad tapes. I'm pretty sure that was a digital deck that competed with DAT or or something like the Akai MG1212 or the Fostex RD-8. IMHO the cartridge based systems were better for consumers which is why you seldom see the Nagras anymore.
Those Nagras were 24 bit when most of the others were 16, but that was still in the era when many commercial releases were being done at 16 bit. It would be more of a selling point now than it was then, but of course everything now is hard disc based. Tape is strictly for analog.
The tape head section isn't round just to make it look cool. I believe those units had rotating heads like a VHS deck.
Asking and getting are two completely different things.
Edit: I take it back. I looked at eBay completed sales and those are going for stupid money. I don't know why, but they are.
This auction has some great pictures for those of us who enjoy audio porn.
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