Telefunken TAB T30 20 Channel Mixing Recording Console Analog 1975 Vintage Rare Serviced

Retro Gear Shop is a high-end boutique store located in Nashville, Tennessee. Telefunken TAB T30 20 Channel Mixing Recording Console Analog 1975 Vintage Rare For sale is a very rare vintage Telefunken TAB T30 20 Channel Mixing Recording Console Analog from 1975. This is a beautiful and lovely sounding portable vintage analog 20x4x2 sidecar mixer with mic pres providing up to 72dB of gain, inductor EQs and built in compressor / limiters. The console is fully functional, refurbished by our in-house technicians and ready to ship. We put in over $10k total of servicing and parts costs with our technicians (over 70 hours of labor) to get this console running smoothly. A few original vintage spare parts will be included with the sale, and we can also share a file to download scanned schematics. We already have a custom professional crate built for the console and it will be safely crated and freight shipped. Service work included: - New internal power supply with switchable 115V/230V input (currently set for 115V). - All modules have been recapped, including the talkback module and Studer meter amplifier boards. - "Rev Output" meters 3 and 4 have new buffer amplifiers installed. Meters 1 and 2 retain their original amplifiers. One spare replacement buffer amplifier is included for meter 1 or 2. - Includes the original power transformers, 2x power supply cards, and additional spare NTP potted op-amps. - Includes three snakes: two input snakes and one output snake. - The talkback microphone functions through the talkback output. Talkback attenuation (TB Attn) cannot be adjusted because the correct remote is not included. - All module functions have been tested and are operational. Some slide switches are slightly stiffer than others but function normally. - Solo and mute functions operate on the submaster outputs only when the master modules are set to Ext. - The switches located above each module are phase-reverse switches. Some information from the previous owner: "Manufactured in Wuppertal, Germany for Dutch Radio with 18 excellent TAB/Telefunken limiters (one per channel - simplified U273/U373 diode limiter circuit with Haufe interstage transformers), 2 TAB/Telefunken U273/U373 compressor limiters (one per buss - Siemens U273/Tab U373 diode bridge limiter circuit with Haufe interstage transformers - a design that was later used by Neve with the 2254), excellent inductor based EQ, discrete NTP opamps, and top quality Haufe/Pikatron transformers throughout. This small console is on par with the finest recording consoles ever made as far as build and overall sound quality - and in my opinion is far nicer than the portable Neve or API desks from this era. From TAB-Funkenwerk and the late Oliver Archut about the TAB U373 compressors/limiters: "In 1960, Siemens introduced the U273 the world’s first solid state compressor. There is a dispute over whether or not Neve based their 2254 compressor on this module. There are striking similarities to the schematics but one of the main differences is that the Neve uses Marinair transformers while the U273 used Haufe. The Siemens U273 is one of the best sounding transistor compressors ever made. In 1963 TAB introduced the U373, an upgrade version of the diode bridge design, made with transistors that took the edge off the distortion. TAB built several different versions; the U373a/b/c, the U273a/b version for Siemens and the U373TS version of Telefunken. The U373 group is the only non-VCA compressor that works similar to a remote cut-off tube compressor." 18 x mic/line input modules with up to 72 db of gain in stepped increments, discrete NTP opamps, transformer in/out (2 Haufe transformers on each input module), excellent fully stepped 3 band inductor EQ (10K boost/cut, 60hz boost/cut, selectable mid-band boost/cut), a variable Haufe inductor based HP filter (40, 80, 160, 320), limiter (with on/off switch), 4 reverb sends per channel (pre/post selectable), stepped panning, channel mute/solo, peak LED indicator, a fine gain control (0 to -12db) and a phase switch. All the controls on the input modules other than the fader, fine gain control, and reverb sends are fully stepped. Each input module can also be one of four subgroups by switching the module input from "L" (mic/line) to 1-4. The channel output can be assigned to pan between the main stereo buss (1+2 - red lettering) or three subgroup combinations (1+2, 2+3, 3+4 - black lettering). The subgroup input/outputs allow creative bussing/limiting of drums, backup vocals, etc. 1 x dual HL input / line return module with a pan control and a variable Haufe inductor based HP filter (40, 80, 160, 320) for each of the two channels. The HL input/line return module features discrete NTP opamps and Haufe I/O transformers. 2 x buss modules with transformer balanced I/O excellent compressor/limiters with the ability to select between compression (10,15, 20db), limiting, and a variable release time. The limiters can be linked…