"Reel to Reel Haven only allows the tippity top of analog recording and reproduction products to the studio. When Jeff Garshon approached me about The legend behind Metaxes & sins it was like a badge of honor was awarded to me. Welcome and thank you.
Papillon
The audio “SOUL” of the Papillion's external electronics borrow from intensive recording work conducted over the past 35 years with Swiss Stellavox portable recorders which use single-ended transistor purist electronic paths developed in the 1960s.
The Papillon
The Papillon
Tourbillon
In horology, a tourbillon ( French: “whirlwind”) is an addition to the mechanics of a watch lever escapement to increase accuracy. It was developed around 1795 and patented by the French-Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet on June 26, 1801.
The Metaxas & Sins T-RX Analog Tape Reproducer is the first Tape Recorder to use the same concept to absolutely regulate the speed of the tape through the use of An ARM-CORTEX “controller”.
The Tourbillon
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The Tourbillon
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The man behind the gear
A life time pursuit
Metaxas & Sins, founded by Kostas Metaxas, is renowned for creating “high-end audio sculptures” and “kinetic art objects” - not merely hi-fi. Furthermore, Kostas is also a prolific recording engineer who's made hundreds of live concert recordings using magnetic open-reel tape.
Hand Made to perfection
Metaxas & Sins is based in the Netherlands, where Kostas and his sons carefully hand-make these pieces of sonic art. Kostas is a renowned artist and product designer whose collaborations with respected luxury brands stretch well beyond audio equipment – pens, clocks and much more.
As with all Metaxas & Sins' creations, the design is horologically inspired and offers the user the tactile appeal of precision mechanical machinery. The high-end wristwatch design is followed through in the TR-X with the use of a tourbillon, an addition to the mechanics of a watch lever escapement to increase accuracy and has been used for the first time in a reel-to-reel tape machine to regulate the speed of the tape.