A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck?

They mean Studer is back? Or is it Nagra?

inna,

That's what I was thinking.  I sent the link to our audio friend 'thuchan' hoping he would be able to find out or maybe has heard something.  He regularly attends the Munich high end show.

Studer is in the best position for this I think.  As part of of Harman International, they are fully backed finically, and have extensive manufacturing sources of their own.  A 'new' Studer or ReVox would be incredible!  I would be in line for one for sure.

It would likewise be amazing if NAGRA built a new machine, though I am thinking it would probably be way more expensive then something from ReVox.

Norman

The linked article is more than 18 months old and claims that the un-named Swiss company will begin producing decks "next year." It looks like that isn't going to happen.

I am WAY too lazy to thread tape and wait for tape to rewind, but, I have heard The Tape Project copies and other high quality dubs and the sound is quite superior to vinyl and any digital sources I have heard--open and detailed sounding while managing to sound relaxed, smooth and natural.  

The United Home Audio people who recondition reel to reel machines and equip them with superior parts also like to dub their records on to tape.  I have been to their showroom and heard a comparison of the record being played to the tape made using the same record playing gear.  I can see why they like the sound of the tape copy of their records (actually smoother and less edgy), but in some respects I liked the records more (slightly better dynamics).

The BIG problem is the lack of decent pre-recorded tapes being available.  The stuff you can buy from e-bay varies greatly in quality and the really good duplicates, made by the likes of The Tape Project are extremely limited in number and in the size of the catalog.  I doubt that there will be much of a resurgence of reel tape.