Revox Straight Line Turntables

I own a B795 and it has no preamp.  I can’t recall any ReVox table that did. One thing about mine is it is a rare example of a sprung suspension direct drive.  Another is it’s a bloody pain to swap out the cartridge. 

"service manual is in German, so I have translated that part. I’m German, but @tablejockey Revox isn’t, they’re Swiss 😉)" 

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Oops! Obvious I didn't type my thought out clearly, AND proofread before posting! I did  mean Swiss(and German) typically imply precise build quality though.

The model I remember that we sold in the store did not have a phono stage. It had a moving magnet cartridge. They also broke a lot. I tried not to sell them. We also had the Harmon Cardboard straight line tracker. What a nightmare that thing was. It's mechanism was totally mechanical with a rubber wheel that followed a rotating shaft. It was actually very reliable if noisy. 

The HK and the Revox were both derivatives of the Rabco idea. The HK in particular was a near copy of the all in one Rabco TT (SL8?), using that rubber wheel to move the pivot. Even when they worked, it wasn’t a good idea to begin with.