My three head, three motor TEAC cost me $1200 in the early eighties. So to even approach Hi-Fi quality was very expensive. The cassette recorder was a huge problem due to very narrow tape width and very slow speed. I see the Brenell prices were not published and all were price on application! The pro MK6 Brenell I put together from bespoke parts for around $1000. My semi pro Revox A 700 cost me around $1500 in the early seventies. In addition to that, if you did not own extensive test gear, and expensive laboratory alignment tapes then you had to take the machine to the dealer at least once a year for calibration.
All of those A77 were purchased as wrecks, or with a serious problem. These were domestic but used extensively by pros. In the early seventies my three Revox machines would have been in the $700 to $800 range.
To be pro a deck had to be built with precision engineering, have three motors and three heads. However you have to understand in the days of analog spending more on equipment brought a huge increase in sound quality.
Click to expand.Well of course cheap single motor two head decks could be had for $100 to $200 range and up to around $500.
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