Otari MX7000 good for use as good mic preamps?

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Hey everyone. I thought some of you may have experience with the old Otari MX7000 tape machines. I saw some pics of a few of these head units from these units circa 1970 or so for sale and wondered if it would be worth pursuing to use for interesting mic/line preamps? I'm always looking for rare, obscure stuff to run my audio through but would always rather avoid destroying it if I'd rather not. Lord knows I'm known to destroy it on purpose! Anybody know these machines and what do you think of their capabilities as good preamps? I haven't seen them yet in person so I got nuthin' but some alluring gear porn photos :-)

Thanks for any info oh wise ones...

I posted this elsewhere to find some info, so you may see this post again. Sorry!

Roger, roger.
Over.