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Just to even the scales a bit, I bought a Sony Apr 24 new in 92-93'... sold it in 06'
Solid machine. Flat sounding is not a way I would describe it.. All depends how it's set up and the tape formulation used. The deck was pretty versatile for it's time. fast punch in and out..low noise, store up to 6 tape set ups at a recall of a button. Long head life. inter-changeable/swappable channel cards. etc.
Studer's were 10 grand more at the time... also a very solid machine.
When I sold the Apr 24, I had the remote rebuilt by a company who specializes in that.
Back then you mostly saw Studer, Sony/MCI and Otari.
Studer = excellent engineered and sounding machines 800-820-827
Sony APR 24/MCI JH 24= second to Studer
Otari 90 = Not bad
If you're blaming any of those machine's for not sounding to good when set up proper, I would guess it's the engineers fault. YMMV
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