A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck?

<< Also makes me wonder what it's gonna cost?  =)  Maybe this will inspire TEAC, SONY, Pioneer, AKAI,  etal. to return to manufacturing machines again.  Wouldn't that be wonderful? >>

The Revox/Horch House deck will start at $5000. It will be a modular approach with the entry level machine, prosumer machine capable of only playback all the way up to a full blow, studio machine.

It's hard to imagine that it will be manufactured in either Germany or Switzerland at such a low entry price.  Maybe it will be built in China with a ReVox label? 

This is good news, though I would not be interested. I would get classic Studer or Otari. The price is too high for a common folk and too low for it to be good for audiophiles. If a decent table/arm/cartridge start at about $4.5k - $5k, RTR deck should be double that, I would guess, well, maybe a little less.

Inna,

Coming from ReVox I am certain it will be of 'audiophile' quality.  Yes, they're are many classic alternatives, as is true with any piece of gear we may be looking for. 
I beleive that this move by ReVox will inspire other 'classic' open reel manufactures to follow this lead. The easiest of which is Otari and possibly NAGRA. 

This  may also inspire more companies to provide parts for machines that are still in use. It would be easy for TEAC, SONY, Pioneer etc, to gradually move back into production.  The market of course will have to be strong, which from what I understand is more so in Europe and Asia then here in the States. 

There are over 30 companies now providing open reel titles something that we would have thought impossible a decade ago. 

Very good news indeed. 
N

Analog is healthy indeed. Eckarts blog showing some good photos from the show in Munich going on right now. 

https://audiocirc.com/2016/05/08/high-end-munich-2016/

N