Who remembers what a 702T used to cost?

[JonG]

The title speaks for itself. 

[DanieldH]

 

[Ian Thomson]

I know that a 702T cost $4000-ish AUD way back when...

(the film I purchased it for fell-over the week after I made a final payment)

Thankfully, along with a 302, it ended up paying for itself many times over, before an upgrade to a first gen mix-pre10T

[Ontariosound]

Rugged construction and world class sound quality.  Great value these days.  What's not to like ?

[Philip Perkins]

With these early machines SD really wanted to prove themselves, and did.  All the 7xx machines are amazingly versatile, well thought out, rugged and sound great.   That 2006 post mentions the Tascam HD-P2 as well.  I had one of those for a few years before having enough $ to get a 702T.  The Tascam was a really good deal for what it cost, but it was NOT well thought out, not super versatile (although it would lock to tri-level sync from HDCAMS, quite useful in those days), very illogical in use and sounded only "meh" compared to the 7xx SDs.   I see lots of folks still using 7XX SDs, I rarely hear of anyone using the HDP2 these days.

[JonG]

I never had a 702T back then. When I could afford it I went straight to the 788T, and I’ll never get rid of it. I did eventually get a 702T on the used market for smaller projects and still use it today. I knew that it was very pricey when they still made them but just didn’t remember what they cost. Before I could afford Sound Devices, I just remember that there wasn’t anything on the market to my knowledge that had time code that was less than $2000. 

[The Immoral Mr Teas]

Not me either, but considerably less than the 744 which I might have got if I thought I could afford it (as an editor). 'Functions for size' I'd vote (only) for the 744 out of the family but I agree with Jon that 'functions overall' the 788 wins hands down, especially when I could strap three of them together and generally not worry that something wouldn't work.

 

The 702T was never a contender for me and I'm not certain I'd have any use for one now if someone gave me one free. What all the 7 series offered however, as well as a decent preamp sound, was a 'toolbox' ability to connect and sync to just about anything else about (at the time), whether cameras on a film set or broadcast or music studio equipment and I miss that level of versatility in much of what's available or made today - especially the MixPre recorders and their competition.

 

Jez

[Tuhiva]

I bought my 702T for $2 490 in 2009. I think it was the regular price for the US