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Jose Sifontes, on Flickr
Witness the Pioneer RT-707. My 1st RTR ever was a 707. It was my learning platform. I would mess with the bias and eq pots and eventually bring it to Anders and Tom to fix the damage I had done and explain what I should not do in the future. These are great RTRs - very reliable and relatively simple to fix when they break. Although the 1st one sounded pretty lousy, I eventually experienced a good one (well, one hot-rodded by Tom and sold to RevAmish [or whatever his handle was - he quit the forum some time back]) and got hooked on the bass. What you see in the picture is my 8th (yes, eighth) RT-707. I keep looking for fresher versions of this platform and I think this one is the one to beat for now. Great deck, always keep one around (thank you Ian!).
