This is our most loved and improved version and is
almost a professional machine in quality; everything breathes quality and the
dynamics are unbelievable. This is a very rare version of the N4520, judging by
the extra transformer placed in front of the memory of the counter. Fewer than
100 of these were made! Can be seen by the text at the on/off button! This is
on/stand-by.
We can also call this mint, but you can see it in the
photos. We deliver this deck of no less than 25 kg for a small fee in the
Netherlands and without coils (if you still want to email us, we will offer it
at an additional cost)
The price, including the revision costs, is actually a
bargain and the value of these types of increasingly rare top devices only
increases further.
then we have received a message from Bert
Hello EUROMAXX, Here's a message from an N4520
restorer... The photos of this ad show a rare version of this deck. An extra
transformer has been placed for the memory of the counter. Less than 100 of
these were made!!! Can be seen by the text at the on/off button! This one is
on/stand-by… it is worth mentioning for the enthusiast! Regards, Bart
Have a small Philips museum at home and have seen the
N4520/22 for 40 years… Cool, do you happen to know if this model has a special
name? A certain edition name or something like that No, it doesn't have a
separate name… you can't even get it out of the type number. It is one of the
last decks produced in Vienna (Austria). It should be visible on the production
sticker (date), but that is also incorrect. Decks were produced later that did
not have the counter memory transformer mounted. An advantage is that the decks
with the counter transformer also have a better motor control! (One of the weak
points of this deck). The transformer to keep the counter control under voltage
when the deck is turned off, came after comments from the German trade press
after test comparisons with Akai and other brands, which did have a counter
memory in combination with a digital counter… Unfortunately, the Philips cogs
turned slowly and this improvement only came into production at the end of the
deck's lifecycle… . Thank you for all the information! no thanks, good luck
with the sale!