Metaxas & Sins
Papillon
Introduced 2020$106,950 MSRP
The Papillon (also sold in play/record form as the "T-RX") is an entirely newly engineered professional reel-to-reel tape reproducer from Australian horology-inspired audio maker Metaxas & Sins, combining a CNC-machined aluminum chassis and stainless "milgauss" transport parts with all-discrete-transistor electronics voiced in the spirit of vintage Stellavox portable recorders (Metaxas & Sins).
MSRP
$106,950
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Specifications
- Crosstalk
- >55 dB
- Distortion
- <1% at 1kHz, 514 nWb/m
- Electronics
- 100% discrete-transistor circuitry, Noritake LCD display, construction style modeled on 1960s-70s Stellavox portable recorder circuits
- Tape speeds
- 19 cm/s (7.5 ips), 38 cm/s (15 ips), and 76 cm/s (30 ips)
- Tape formulation
- Optimized for 468-type formula tape; also usable with SM900/SM911
- Chassis mechanics
- CNC-machined solid-aluminum chassis with high-precision "milgauss" stainless-steel mechanical parts
- Frequency response
- ±2 dB, 30 Hz–20,000 Hz
- Signal to noise ratio
- -67 dB at 38 cm/s, ASA filter, 514 nWb/m
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