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Explore HHB vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Amplifiers

• RADIUS 40 — HHB Radius 40 tube voice processor — four-stage pre/comp/expander/EQ channel strip from HHB's affordable Radius line, with switchable-order EQ and gain-reduction metering.

Cd Player

• CDR800 — HHB CDR800 professional CD recorder — copper chassis, 32–48kHz sample rate converter, balanced XLR and AES/EBU I/O, £1299 in 1997.
• CDR850 — HHB CDR850 professional CD recorder — balanced XLR, AES/EBU, CD-R/CD-RW, 32–48kHz sample rate converter. Broadcast-grade at a pro-friendly price.

Cd Recorders

• CDR 830 Burnit — HHB CDR830 BurnIT — 2U standalone CD recorder with 24-bit Delta-Sigma converters, 32–48kHz SRC and CD-RW. The PLUS version adds balanced XLR and word clock.
• CDR-800 — HHB CDR-800 — copper-chassis pro CD recorder with 32–48 kHz sample-rate conversion, balanced XLR and AES/EBU I/O, five record modes.
• CDR-830 — HHB CDR-830 BurnIT — 2U rack CD recorder, 24-bit converters, $569. A capable, CD-text-equipped alternative to DAT, if RCA analog I/O is enough.
• CDR-850 — HHB CDR-850 — broadcast-grade CD-R/CD-RW recorder with balanced XLR I/O, AES/EBU, sample-rate conversion, and a purple 2U face.

Dat Recorders

• PDR-1000 — HHB PDR-1000 PortaDAT: British-designed, Japanese-built location DAT with 4-head confidence monitoring, AES/EBU and S/PDIF I/O, $3,995 in 1995.
• PORTADAT PDR-1000 — HHB PortaDAT PDR-1000 — British-spec, Japanese-built location DAT with four-head confidence monitoring, XLR phantom inputs and NiMH power.

Digital Mixers

• 02R96 — Yamaha 02R96 digital mixer (2002): 56 channels at 24-bit/96kHz, 24 motorized faders, $9,999 MSRP, five times the processing power of the original 02R.

Minidisc Recorders

• MDP500 — HHB MDP500 PortaDisc (2000–2001): broadcast MiniDisc location recorder with XLR phantom inputs, SPDIF I/O, 2kg with batteries. No time code.

Preamplifiers

• Radius 50 — HHB Radius 50 (1999): a British tube mic preamp/compressor for the project studio, the top of HHB's affordable Radius line.

Speakers

• Circle 1 — HHB Circle 1 powered subwoofer — 100W amp, onboard 5-channel filtering, the bass anchor of HHB's Circle monitor range.
• Circle 3 — HHB Circle 3 — compact British nearfield monitor, active or passive, just over 10 inches tall. Period press praised its surprising bass and accuracy for the size.

Other Models

• PDR-1000TC — HHB PDR-1000TC professional portable timecode DAT recorder — 4-head/4-motor transport, SMPTE/EBU timecode, XLR phantom inputs, NiMH power.